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Offline JeremiahVires

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Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« on: May 08, 2013, 10:13:47 am »
I've made a beautiful obsidian arrowhead for a necklace, for my fiance.  I've got a silver chain and the arrowhead, but my question is:
How do I put the damn thing on the chain?!  It's frustrating...  I'm sure I'm not the only one on this site who's tried doing it, and I know that lots of people have done it before.
I did dull the arrowhead ALOT so it won't cut her, 'cause the last thing I want her to do is to cut herself on a present I made for her.
Any help would be... Helpful...   :P
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Offline Tower

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2013, 11:14:28 am »
I haft mine in a small piece of bone then drill the bone
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Offline JeremiahVires

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 11:20:20 am »
 :o That's really cool.
But I don't have any bones...  Unless you count chicken bones and steak bones! :D
But what I was thinking of doing was taking some wire, and then wrapping it around it a bit, then making a loop.  But my concern is that when she wears it, it may poke into her because it's wire... But I may just be being a bit overprotective...  Lol.  Either way.  I'll keep in mind, hafting it to a bone.  I could also use some deer antler  :o
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2013, 04:08:31 pm »
Here is a wire wrap method. Pretty easy but looks great -

I learned this method from a web page Michael Lynn put up referring to Flyfish's method of wire wrapping - see page 16. There is also a cord method on page 15 - http://flintknappinginfo.webstarts.com/uploads/DisplayingYourPoints.pdf

Thanks again Michael for your continued service to the additional knowledge of knapping

Offline bubby

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2013, 04:29:15 pm »
you can do the wire wrap method or you can go to a gem store where they make jewelry and they sell the pcs that you can super glue or epoxied on, they are a little fancier than a wrap
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Offline bubby

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2013, 04:31:14 pm »
you can also get those bone beads at most of those hippie bead stores, we have one that has bones quills and all sorts of stuff
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2013, 04:44:55 pm »
You can also haft it to a pc of wood shaft or a shoot shaft.

Offline JeremiahVires

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Re: Arrowhead Necklace for Fiance
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2013, 05:13:06 pm »
Thank you.  I think I'll use that idea of hafting the arrowhead to the bone or antler.  It looks really nice.
If he wouldn't have suggested that, I would have used the wire Dalton suggested.

Thank you!
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