Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: MetisLifeguard on December 18, 2011, 01:07:09 am
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I have a branch of a sumac tree that's about 4 ft high. I heard it glows under a black light. Any ideas on how to use it, what to make out of it or do with it? Something fun to do and interesting looking.
Minwikijigan
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Maybe a very nice looking Atlatl ? ;D
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Maybe a very nice looking Atlatl ? ;D
hm. Maybe. Do you have a blueprint or something like that on how to make one?
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I have used dry pcs of sumac for bowdrill an hearthboard an made a coal, but there are lots of better woods for this.
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Believed by some Native American tribes to foretell the weather and the changing of the seasons, for this reason it was held as a sacred plant.
http://www.altnature.com/gallery/sumach.htm
Don't know how true that is but it's interesting. You could use it as a walking stick if it's strong and thick enough.
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Maybe a very nice looking Atlatl ? ;D
hm. Maybe. Do you have a blueprint or something like that on how to make one?
take a look on youtube under tom mills channel. he has a good tutorial... there isnt much to making a stick chucker...
Jon
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Makes a good peace pipe stem. Josh
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Makes a good peace pipe stem. Josh
Yup, you just knock the pith out of it. (no I do not speak with a lithp)
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Branch flute.
Thanks Leroy