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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: swamp yeti on July 31, 2015, 02:38:55 pm

Title: Polished Celt
Post by: swamp yeti on July 31, 2015, 02:38:55 pm

I thought I would do something a little different I made a greenstone celt.The celt was pecked,ground,polished and the bit was sharpend with a piece of sandstone.The length of the celt is five and a half inches and the width at the bit is two and a half inches.After I made the celt I made a handle from white oak.

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: mullet on July 31, 2015, 03:05:39 pm

Cool looking Celt. I hope you made something with that tree. You should never kill a poor tree unless you are going to use it or eat it. That is not Ethical chopping.

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: swamp yeti on July 31, 2015, 03:11:20 pm

Thanks Mullet,the tree was leaning over my road bed into the bottom could not get my tractor up under it,good practice for my celt.

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: Spotted Dog on July 31, 2015, 08:27:58 pm

Yea buddy! Love it. How'd you polish it ?

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: swamp yeti on July 31, 2015, 08:41:00 pm

I polished it with fine sand and water on a big flat piece of sandstone.

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 31, 2015, 09:44:03 pm

Nice piece of pecking around!

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: Pat B on August 01, 2015, 06:58:25 pm

Nice work, Pete.

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: swamp yeti on August 01, 2015, 07:17:02 pm

Thanks Pat and JW.

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: Zuma on August 02, 2015, 10:54:00 am

This must be a typo--
"The length of the celt is five and a half inches and
 the width at the bit is seven and a half inches."
No matter the pics look great. Nice work.
Zuma

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: swamp yeti on August 02, 2015, 11:13:24 am

Excuse me Zuma it is 2 and a half inches,I must have had seven on my mind,

Title: Re: Polished Celt
Post by: Zuma on August 02, 2015, 10:38:06 pm

LOL, you got to imagine the image I had in my head
 while the photo was loading. :laugh: