Stone Tool Woodworking

Adze/axe

feeds@yuku.com (Rose418) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:35:56 GMT

Making parts for tools is one thing, but then actually putting a tool to use is another. I enjoyed working with this tool I put together. I learned that the mass of the head helps to make progress in the amount of material removed with one blow. I discovered that many small chips work better than trying to achieve large chip removal. A pecking kind of rhythm and the beaver technique seemed to work best. The handle kink at the butt end was useful in hanging on to the tool while pecking, and I...

Building a Dugout Voyaging Canoe

feeds@yuku.com (veniceabundance) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:25:14 GMT

I have been sailing for 3 years, with a 3000 mile trip this summer from oahu to long beach.
I am inspired to build a 35' Dugout voyaging canoe completly with stone/bone tools. I live in southern CA.
I am looking for 5 willing workers to help me on such an endevor and some knowledge on how to go about building a voyaging canoe.
the forests nearby are: pine, spruce, willow, cedar, sycamore, juniper. Are any of these materials preffered for an ocean-going dugout?

Any...

Some "Paleolithic" Woodworking Tools for Making Spurs/Nocks

feeds@yuku.com (PaleoAleo) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:09:34 GMT

This is a copy of a post I put up yesterday on the Atlatl forum (that's why I'm primarily talking about using this tool for shaping atlatl spurs/nocks, etc). I thought to copy it here as well.

Fiddler's recent posts with the stone-age woodworking tools inspired me to have some fun today. Thought I'd share a cool little Paleo woodworking tool I made a while ago (having been inspired by others on the forum here!).

It's a little "crooked-Knife"...

cutting scarfs, sawing, and notching with stone tools

feeds@yuku.com (fiddler49) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:20:18 GMT

Here we go. The obsidian saw is pressure flaked only on one side. The other saw is a flake of coarse granite
without teeth. Seems to work ok. I used an obsidian flake, like a pocket knife, pushing the square back edge
with my thumbs like whittling on a stick. The scarfs are 4 inches long, 8 to 1 ratio works best. After cutting both scarfs you grind them smooth and flat on a coarse stone so they...

"Sinew stone" use test

feeds@yuku.com (Huey Tlatoani) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:45:50 GMT

I have seen artifacts called "sinewstones" which consist of small blocks of sanstone maybe 2 inches long with grooves on their flat faces. I thought perhaps they were used by sandwiching them beween two stick, and then using pulling the sinew across the groove. I just made one the other day, making the grooves by scratching over and over with a slate chip. I have come to the realization that this type of artifact makes a very, very poor sinew working tool. I actually found...

Spike Sheds

feeds@yuku.com (bglong) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:11:52 GMT

I found these a couple Springs ago while groundhog hunting. Any ideas on what could be done with them?

Is this a stone tool?

feeds@yuku.com (bglong) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:51:01 GMT

I found the L shaped tool in the river here this summer. Maybe it's just a wierd shaped stone, but it seems to have worn spots as shown. I thought that maybe someone here might be familiar with what it might have been used for. And then again, maybe it's just a wierd shaped rock.

Collecting and using Stone (I think it's Flint)

feeds@yuku.com (Rabbs) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:24:53 GMT

Hi everyone I am new to this Forum and I am heading down to the beach tomorrow and where I go the mountain side is full of rocks which I think is Flint. I am judging this by what I have seen on the Net, they are brown and tan inside and somewhat glassy. what I am wondering is there something in particular I need to look for when collecting stone? and if it is flint will it be any good for as a functional knife?

Thanks in advance

Stone age atlatl-n-dart making.

feeds@yuku.com (Thimosabv) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:52:18 GMT

Got lots of pics loaded already but I gotta go to a cookout soon.

I'm currently on a total Old-Stone-Age Neanderthal kick. Yes I know atlatls were not used by the Neanderthals...... or were they???? Hmmmm.

Anyways here we go.

Shot at 2009-07-04

Shot at 2009-07-04

Grinding Out Sandstone-for SS Bowls

feeds@yuku.com (Leigh) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:49:41 GMT

Hi

I hope this is the right spot for this...

My daughter and her family live out in the boonys, where there are lots of sandstone outcrops, especially along the roads. Lots of loose stone that can be picked up. What I'm hoping is that someone here can tell me the best materials to use to make sandstone bowls-to hollow and shape the sandstone. I'm not sure how hard a sandstone this is-some are tough enough for building materials.

This doesn't HAVE to...

Paleo Woodworking Tools from Central Texas

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie Hatchett) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:34:20 GMT

http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4799

A Stone Age Bow By TeWaoko

feeds@yuku.com (Te Waoko) — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:33:19 GMT

I've started making a film about a bow I'm making using only stone tools. Hope you guys like it.

1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqpADuJCDBk
2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkAEMJnuQsM
3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBmcOLH6BOM
4-

My Holmegaard

feeds@yuku.com (tzh) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:11:56 GMT

Hello!

I've finished today my first elm Holmegaard, done with stone (I have broken several limnoquarzite adze-heads, so I had to make most of the work with an antler-axe) and antler tools.
It has a stoneage-shape. It is 160 cm long, 60# on 28", but still wet.

"Some" pics :

http://www.my-bow.hu/node/1948

Thanks:

Zoltán

spoon carving with stone tools

feeds@yuku.com (lebaronr) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:12:18 GMT

has anybody done it?

i'd assume a burn to get the bowl, easier than trying to knapp a hook knife :P , but stone tools for roughing it out and finishing with sandstone or something.

Pecked and ground axe and flint adze!

feeds@yuku.com (Jamwatso) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:23:20 GMT

Hello all.

I thought that this year I would attempt my first stone age bow. So I went about making the tools that I would need. Here's a couple that I've just finished up.

stone adze

feeds@yuku.com (Jamwatso) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:49:49 GMT

Hi all.

I'm in the process of making a stone adze. What angle go you suggest I haft it at? I'm making the blade out of Norfolk flint, do you suggest that I polish the cutting edge to strengthen it?

If anyone has any photos of their flint adze i would very much like to see them.

Cheers,

James

Coppicing

feeds@yuku.com (Invildr) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:19:17 GMT

I'm new to this forum so this may have been covered. Would anyone know if coppicing was practiced? My understanding of it is that when a tree is cut down the stump will sprout shoots. These shoots were purpose grown and harvested at a given size for things like tool handles and walking sticks. The shoots tended to be much straighter than branches of a tree and could be molded while growing to a desired shape. The molding was even done to saplings to make curved boat keels(viking...

Slate tools

feeds@yuku.com (Jamwatso) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:51:14 GMT

Hi all.

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice about making slate tools, arrow heads, knife blades etc.

How sharp can you get it?

Any advice would be very welcome.

Thanks,

James

Stone tool antler bow project

feeds@yuku.com (Thimosabv) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:54:21 GMT

I hope using stone tools on something other than wood is ok here.

I want to recreate an Native American antler strip bow that will be sinew backed. Not sure yet whether I'll need a wood core, cause I've never done one before. Wish me well.

tomahawk

feeds@yuku.com (KnifeLover59) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:34:37 GMT

Lately ive been interested in make a stone hammer or hawk (preferably tomahawk) but i dont know how. I understand that you can split a sapling for the handle and reinforce it with sinew or rope but can i use just any rock? and how do i grind it down, or do i just flintknap it? and if i make a hammer how do i grind the stone to shape??