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Tools of the trade?
JackCrafty:
OOPS!.....sorry Hawkeyes. ;D
You answered your own question, though. And I was bored at work.....so I included all that other stuff for the benefit of your readers.
If you want cheap, essential, not commonly used, and only 2-5 things (with reasons) here goes:
1. campfire: heat bending, pitch melting, glue warming, wood drying, black pigment (charcoal), heat tempering, light source, and war/hunt dancing.
2. chert or flint: scrapers, saws, etchers, cutters, pounding sinew (the round nodules), axes, and buffers.
3. sandstone: sanding and shaping.
4. pressure flaker: for sharpening tools.
5. hammerstone: for producing flakes.
As far as the bare essentials, here's what I would use:
1. large knife: combines the usefulness of hatchet, froe, and scraper/bark peeler. Also used to cut splitting wedges for larger logs.
2. small knife: scraping, shaping, small cuts.
3. sharpening stone: shaping cutting edges.
4. leather strop: polishing cutting edges.
5. wood file: shaping
Dane:
I'd say yes, Hawkeyes. I always find great tool deals at antique stores. I never go during tourist season, though, the prices are always higher. :) My best bench plane I got for 5 bucks, and the drawknive I meantioned cost me about 50 dollars. I find it far more satisfying to use tools with a history than a new cheap tool from Home Depot or Lowes.
Dane
Dane:
Patrick, now that you opened the stone tool chest can o' worms, why dont you post some shots of your own stone and antler tools?
Dane
--- Quote from: jackcrafty on March 20, 2009, 12:30:38 pm ---OOPS!.....sorry Hawkeyes. ;D
You answered your own question, though. And I was bored at work.....so I included all that other stuff for the benefit of your readers.
If you want cheap, essential, not commonly used, and only 2-5 things (with reasons) here goes:
1. campfire: heat bending, pitch melting, glue warming, wood drying, black pigment (charcoal), heat tempering, light source, and war/hunt dancing.
2. chert or flint: scrapers, saws, etchers, cutters, pounding sinew (the round nodules), axes, and buffers.
3. sandstone: sanding and shaping.
4. pressure flaker: for sharpening tools.
5. hammerstone: for producing flakes.
As far as the bare essentials, here's what I would use:
1. large knife: combines the usefulness of hatchet, froe, and scraper/bark peeler. Also used to cut splitting wedges for larger logs.
2. small knife: scraping, shaping, small cuts.
3. sharpening stone: shaping cutting edges.
4. leather strop: polishing cutting edges.
5. wood file: shaping
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JackCrafty:
Dane, good idea. Today's Friday and I don't have to go to work tomorrow...and the camera is available.....heheh :)
Kitsu:
--- Quote from: Dane on March 20, 2009, 02:58:23 pm ---I'd say yes, Hawkeyes. I always find great tool deals at antique stores. I never go during tourist season, though, the prices are always higher. :) My best bench plane I got for 5 bucks, and the drawknive I meantioned cost me about 50 dollars. I find it far more satisfying to use tools with a history than a new cheap tool from Home Depot or Lowes.
Dane
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i am gonna have to show my dad this post :P because he doesnt believe me that some tools at antique stores are cheaper than the ones at home depot >.>
btw, if i find one at a flea market, how much should i bring, i mean, how much would people normally sell a drawknife for at a flea market...
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