Well, we had a fabulous weekend. Thanks to all you guys for helping me slip into another year. WE had some bow building, heat treating and knapping rock, primitive cordage making and fire starting with a hand drill plus a bit of rain dodging, eating, drinking and prestidigitation.
Here are a few pics I took...the fire pit under the blue tarp is where some different rocks were heat treated over the weekend. I dug the pit a few days earlier but we, started a fire in the pit to dry out the soil, then lined the bottom with flat stones as reflectors, added a few bags of sand then a layer or rock, more sand and started the fire. We cooked the rock Friday night and let the fire slowly cool down. It was Sunday morning before the pit was cool enough to remove the rock. Its amazing to see the changes in these rocks after heat treating. I'm not a knapper but I'm sure someone else will explain the process and changes.
A few bows were started and worked on. Mole will have plenty of work to do to get the boo backed ipe bow where it well bend. I think he likes them strong but I believe he will have to remove more ipe from the belly to get his bow down to the "strong" stage!
Enjoy.....
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