oooo look what postie braught today!

[fishfish]

made by a mate of mine in the states,and ime getting arrowheads next!

 

[SOAR]

made by a mate of mine in the states,and ime getting arrowheads next!

Nice, very nice, they look well made.

Simon.

 

[Eric_Methven]

They are lovely. Was it someone on Paleoplanet? If you hafted one of those onto an atlatl dart, what sort of punishment would it take? I mean, if it hit a tree would it shatter?

Eric

 

[Greg]

It would be a horrible waste Eric, that's for certain.

 

[Eric_Methven]

I agree entirely, I just wondered how long a stone point would last in reality.

Eric

 

[Tadpole]

I remember hearing/seeing on ‘time team Salisbury plain dig, (I think that), all the really top quality flint arrow heads were made as offerings, rather than for using

 

[Dean]

They are beautiful, does your mate in the US sell these, if so does he have a website I can visit to order some.

 

[fishfish]

They are beautiful, does your mate in the US sell these, if so does he have a website I can visit to order some.

he does sell them heres his details,and dont forget to mention me when you contact him!

Steve Holloway
www.flintknappingart.com

 

[Toddy]

They are lovely. Was it someone on Paleoplanet? If you hafted one of those onto an atlatl dart, what sort of punishment would it take? I mean, if it hit a tree would it shatter?

Eric

Yeah, they break. It happens when the arrowheads hit bone too......and they don't always kill cleanly either
The archaeological record is fullof examples. Near Star Carr they found a deer that had several arrow heads that had fragmented in it, and it had obviously escaped and lived for a because the bones had started to heal before it died. It looks like the beast had escaped into the marshy ground away from the hunters.

Beautiful work there fishfish

cheers,
Toddy

 

[fishfish]

i know of quite a few pheasants that survive a shotgun too,i find them in the briars and undergrowth! in all seriousnes stone points are made from a good many different materials,several of which are very hard and durable,the yanks love the ones made of obsidian. a chap i know took a huge black bear with one shot with a flint arrowhead!