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Point lethality!

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JackCrafty:
Take whatever you're hunting with a firearm first. Then shoot the carcass with one of your arrows at a reasonable range. If the arrow passes through the vital organs, it's good enough.

gutpile:
if you go back to when stone was all there was.. those points rarely were sharp as in todays standards, most were to say the least hole punchers only.. if it will punch through hide and put a hole in vitals. it's sharp enough to kill... however we strive for more ethical kills today.. you want a good blood trail too... 2 blade steel heads are hit and miss on blood trails even if sharp.. with a slice the hole can close up easily when fat is present.. I've had hardly any blood, to gushers using steel 2 blades.. as for stone they don't seem to close up like steel, if you can rake it across a magazine and it cleanly cuts the paper without tearing.. I'd say you are good to go.. serrations can be hit or miss too.. deep serrations tend to grab hide and hinder penetration , more of a chance but not always, a clean razor sharp edge is best.. or micro serrations that are more like a sharks tooth profile.. thats what I tend to put on my heads now.. very scary sharp..gut

Hawkdancer:
I am not a real knapper, but I think obsidian is a good choice, especially for a beginner.  I hope to find time to finish the point I started 2 or 3 years ago!  Sort of got set aside in moving, setting up the new shop, and life gets in the way!
Hawkdancer

JEB:
I have taken one deer with one of my stone points. I used flintridge material and took my flaker and lightly chipped the edges until they felt sharp. I shot the deer in the chest and that point made a mess inside her. She went 40 yards and dropped.

Your edges don't have to be pretty just sharp.

Flntknp17:
I have killed a number of deer with stone points that I have made and I know a lot of others have also.  They work extremely well, just as they have done for hundreds of thousands of years.

Matt

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