Lets make a glass arrowhead.

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Graps
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Lets make a glass arrowhead.

#1 Post by Graps »

I think this would be a good challenge to see if any of us could make like some bamboo arrows with tied on fletching tipped with a home maid arrow head.
And then take a big game harvest with it. ;)
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#2 Post by Carpdaddy »

:shock: Now that took some practice! Don’t think I have the years left in me to learn that skill, but it may possibly be easier than I’m thinking, interesting.
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#3 Post by Hill billy »

There are several ways to produce an arrowhead. I have never tried but have seen some metal homemade heads made that i would consider primitive. Could be a fun challenge. I dont have the time and patients to learn how to knap a head.
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#4 Post by Graps »

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I found these obsidian arrowheads at a Pow Wow.
$5 each.
I'm going to give it a go.
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Got six bamboo garden steaks for $.59 each.
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#6 Post by Captainkirk »

Have you tried them yet?
From everything I've read, bamboo arrows ("nature's carbon") doesn't have to be necessarily straight or kink-free to fly like a dart and hit the spot.
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#7 Post by Graps »

I've made some before and they are very suprising.
Haven't put these together yet but I'm planning to hunt with.
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#8 Post by Captainkirk »

Graps wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:58 pm Haven't put these together yet but I'm planning to hunt with.
Oh, WAY cool! Looking forward to that thread! :D
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#9 Post by Elkman »

Captainkirk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:10 pm Oh, WAY cool! Looking forward to that thread! :D
Me too!
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#10 Post by Dan »

That’s cool for sure. I really enjoy the HuntPrimitive YouTube channel, he has a ton of videos making and hunting with stone pointed arrows and atlatal darts
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