Ozbow

Hello
These are project pieces I am working on to complete a stone tool bowmaking kit. This is an adze head I pecked and ground out of a piece of fine sandstone (?) This is a bone chisel used to take off material before tillering. These are a few small knapped blades that will come in useful for small tasks. No idea what material it is. Found it in an ornamental creekbed at Tinaroo. More will follow
Joe

Great looking set of tools there Joe!

I'm especially diggin that bone chisel, how do you think the sandstone will hold up? Either way I'm looking foward to seeing you craft a true primitive bow & arrows!

Cheers Cmoore,
I have no idea about the durability of the sandstone blade. I'm also in the process of pecking and grinding a celt blade and adze blade from local basalt. These, along with the sandstone blade will be hafted on wooden handles worked with stone hand axes and chisels.

The bone chisel was actually reccommended by a friend. Here's a link to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JX ... lZyD3nQdBA

I'm a bit stuck with ideas for a primitive string. I've tried rawhide in the past but its very hard to cut evenly. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Joe

Watching with great interest Joe, very nice work so far.

Clinton miller had a post on here some time ago where he did much the same. just can't remember what he utilised for his primitive string.

Very cool project Joe. Watching with great interest

regards Perry

JoeLethbridge wrote: The bone chisel was actually reccommended by a friend. Here's a link to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JX ... lZyD3nQdBA

Right as I was going to recommend a Youtube Channel of a guy who also lives in the North Queensland area I opened your link!
Good luck and I'm keen to see how it turns out.

Thanks,
Matt

Hello

Have been chipping (haha) away at this project every now and then. I have made a basalt adze blade, which will hopefully double as a chisel or wedge. I've also made a small adze with a knapped blade for finer wood removal. Will post pictures of both next time.

I had two celt blanks on the go but broke the better one yesterday trying to peck out too much material in one place. The remaining one is a grainier quality basalt but can still work with a good design. Its reather thick, so a lot of material will have to be removed from both faces... hopefully it can survive
The paler parts of the blank are the pecked areas.

Joe

Hello
I've decided to leave that axe blank for another time, and instead just resharpen a chipped celt basalt blade. This blade was made of a lower-quality material, which was why it chipped in the first place. the chippped area was not able to be completely ground out, but enough so it didnt affect the rest of the blade.
As a plus, this blade already had a celt handle, so this saved on time and blisters! I've also posted a photo of the small knapped adze, as well as the larger pecked-and-ground basalt adze blade. Both the edges of the celt and the basalt adze were polished with pumice stone. The knapped adze blade is bound into the handle with handmade twoply hibiscus bark cordage. The handle has a backstop carved into it to absorb the force of using it, instead of relying on the lashing to do that. Joe