Antler Harpoon Head

[Man of Tanith]

Been messing around with antler recently.
Worked this harpoon head using flint and an abrasive piece of stone. Hole for cordage was made using the flint tipped hand drill(also worked by me) cordage is
willow bark 2 ply reverse wrap



(zippo for scale not the end shaft for harpoon head just a trial run)
thanks for looking

 

[Tony]

Very nice Sam, how long did you spend on that?

 

[Man of Tanith]

off n on bout hour n half
lots of short moments rather than 1 hit which probably slowed me down if i am honest as i didnt get into the groove of it

 

[Broch]

That's very nice; did you base it on any particular archaeological find?

 

[Man of Tanith]

That's very nice; did you base it on any particular archaeological find?

Not particularly
It was loosely inspired by images from Indian Fishing by Hillary Sewart then it kinda organically developed from there.

 

[JonathanD]

Not half bad that Sam. I hate working antler.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Not half bad that Sam. I hate working antler.

it works nicer with flint I've found.

also good is to soak it for a while as it softens it up a bit

Nice to see you posting mate

 

[JonathanD]

I’ve been hibernating. Good to see old friends still active on here and still getting up to shenanigans as per...

Never soaked it, so I’ll try that.

 

[Buckshot]

We've played with antler and bone as well.
you can make some nice things
2020-06-08_12-44-05 by Mark Aspell, on Flickr

2020-06-08_12-44-20 by Mark Aspell, on Flickr

2020-06-08_12-44-55 by Mark Aspell, on Flickr

 

[Man of Tanith]

Struggling to find any decent bone to work

 

[John Fenna]

Lots of hard work there!
I have done a bit myself so can see how much work it was..
.