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Meso-American war head arrows / made from scrap flakes

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half eye:
Recently I got some knapping "scrap flakes" of obsidian from Rileyconcrete. I wanted to use them to make a "warhead" arrow in the style of the Meso-American type. The flakes form a 3 blade configuration and are absolutely deadly on thin skinned critters such as coyote's and the like.

Just something different and a way to use some "scrap"
Rich

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aero86:
oh crap thats awesome!  did you just cut three slots to slide them in to?

half eye:
aero,
         Ya I layed out the 3 groves at roughly 120 dgrees and started them with the edge of a file, then split those with a razor blade. The I dry-fit the flakes for size. Next slopped on some pitch and set the flakes by forcing them into the slits, I formed the cutting point by haveing one flake protrude past the tip. Then I used a lighter to "slick down" the pitch and hafted the shaft right behind the head.  I think you could run them farther up the shaft if ya wanted to.
Rich

paulc:
Would you use that on a deer?  I would think a feral hog would be too tough for a likely kill?  tia, paulc

half eye:
paul, not for hunting....unless ya count people....Most of all the "chip" type weapons were all for war, i.e. people. But I think they would do a job on coyotes, or other small fur-bearers.
Rich

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