My Work

I saw this vid a while back. Pump drills were used by American Indians to drill holes, they would have had a flint drill bit. I always wondered if it was possible to light a fire using them as it seems much less effort than a bowdrill. 36 seconds, not bad.

Yes it is Grendel. I'm teaching a class next week on the pump drill, plus other advanced friction fire making techniques. It works great as a camp, fire making kit!

Buckskin Rucksack

Red deer Brain tan hide
Euro moose antler O rigs and button
Ash pocket fastener
sewn with buckskin thong and red deer sinew.

I'm speachless (for once!).

thats well smart - ideal for carrying a few tools into the wood.

Native wrote:Bone needle case - sheep bone, braintan buckskin stopper, sinew, and scrimshaw decoration.

3 deer bone needles
1 European moose antler

To be used for sewing and basket making.

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Great thread and lovely work all round... is there a stopper at the bottom end of the needle case or is that where the bone becomes solid? i've a few bone needles that i have been mulling over making a home for but decided against antler as i cant justify a large antler order at present (to justify p&p etc) so was thinking about bone. Nice leather stopper too, i have experimented with polypore as stoppers and found them pretty good, though i guess they would get mouldy in the wrong weather.

Great thread? Hur hur! Again, i'll get my coat.

Thanks Skalla

I carved an oak stopper for bottom.

Sorry for not adding anything recently, been busy with teaching. 5 day tracking class last week and prep for a primitive bow and arrow building class in a weeks time!

Hello all. 

Sorry for not being around much recently!

Heres some more work! 

suffolk flint 4 inches long 

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Australian Jasper 

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A really pretty piece of Norfolk flint! 4.5 inches long

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A couple of bows i made for our neighbours kids. 

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Two laurel leaf flint spear points.

Both Suffolk Flint.
14 cm long/5.6 inches 
10 cm long/4 inches
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Norfolk Flint. 

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And a couple of fun ones took at our primitive camo class 

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Look a little closer behind the tree! Hiding in plain sight!

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Gosh... thats enough for now. ( more on page two!) 

very good - love the ling flakes took of the Jasper. i bet the Suffolk flint took some knapping.

Yep, the Suffolk needs a good squeeze of the thighs!

That is some impressive parallel flaking you have done there, pushing flakes that far and uniform on English flint is really difficult. Are you are using an Ishi stick?

Thanks Grendel... Yes I'm a big fan of Ishi sticks.

I have the mantra, Kerpow in my head as well... Seems to help!

For pressure flaking it's Ishi stick all the way for me unless the piece is tiny! What are you using for a backing on the bows? I've just finished a self bow with bone tips for myself, not had to try any backings yet.
Your jasper point looks rather like a scotsbluff, nice work all round

Hello mr hertzian. Those bows have a rawhide backing mainly for aesthetics, to make them look a bit more primitive looking but also to protect the bows from the kids bashing them.... I prefer self bows, but made these from bits of timber in my workshop. They both have two laminates lemonwood and ipe... Ipe being the belly wood and lemonwood the backing.... :-)

Ps. The jasper is mookaite

Mookite sure is beautiful stuff, I had some myself once. Keep on meaning to get some more.