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copper arrow points

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Buck67:
I have made a number of brass arrowheads that are copies of ones used by the Cherokee.  Archeologists dug them up at Chota.  They work great and are easy to make.  The best and cheapest brass that I have been able to find is Brass switch plates. 

I saw pictures of that copper arrow head found in Canada.  Imagine beating a nugget of copper with a rock and sanding it on rocks until it began to look like an arrow heat.

Philipp A:
Thanks for starting this post. I watched the documentary and I was floored by some of the objects that were found. The stone points recovered were really beautiful as well. I am wondering though how that curved, carved antler with the copper arrow head on it would have fitted on an arrow? You would think this would wobble badly considering its shape. Any ideas?

DC:
When I saw that i wondered too. I think maybe it was heat straightened originally and a thousand years in the ice took the bend (straightness) out.

Philipp A:
Hi DC, good theory, the antler part is bent on the non-serrated part, do you think that is the weaker side or maybe the pressure was just applied from the opposite direction? How flexible is antler anyway and is it easy to heat treat? I have not tried to bend or heat treat it but would assume it has to be able to withstand a fair amount of abuse.

DC:
Don't know, it was just a thought. I don't think it would have worked bent like that and what else did they have to bend stuff>

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