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RE: BOW MAKING, FLINT KNAPPING AND FRIENDS

in #story7 years ago

Did you make these tips yourself? Of silicon? That's cool! I remember that we used to insert a nail in the childhood, we made the tips out of tin, but there was nobody to teach us from silicon ...

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These tips, are the exact same type that were used by our Native Americans. They are made from various types of rocks. Some are volcanic obsidian, chert rock, Flint Rock and a few others. They're the same types of rocks that the Indians used. Different tribes of Indians made different types of arrowheads and some arrowheads were made specifically to kill different types of animals. The form of the rocks, you use the bottom of a deer antler and other types of rocks to Chip Away the pieces and form the arrowhead. It truly is an interesting Hobby. The picture below is of an arrow that was actually used to kill a whitetail deer in America here. The end of it broke off upon hitting the deer bone.
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