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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Ryan Jacob on December 10, 2017, 04:27:07 am

Title: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Ryan Jacob on December 10, 2017, 04:27:07 am: I recently went to my uncles house and this caught my interest.

(https://i.imgur.com/CXkLBOi.jpg)

How do I make a better one of these for myself and what are they used for? When I asked him he said
“either a tool or a weapon”. Also, what type of shell do you think this is from? It’s pretty thick and has a pretty good edge. (the pic was taken wrong so the slight twist is exaggerated)
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: sleek on December 10, 2017, 05:12:54 am: Resembles a hoe to me. And any tool can make a weapon so, technical he wouldnt be wrong.
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Zuma on December 10, 2017, 10:35:44 am: If it had a stone bit I would call it an adz but it's pretty fancy for
a menial tool like that or a hoe. imo??? ???
Zuma (-P
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Pat B on December 10, 2017, 11:21:29 am: Rawhide is good for attaching the working end to this adze or hoe. Wet the rawhide, stretch it and wrap as tight as you can. When the rawhide dries it will draw up and seize the working end to the handle.
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Hawkdancer on December 10, 2017, 12:53:12 pm: How big is it? I would think it is a scraper or engraver of some sort. Can't tell about the shell, mussel, clam, oyster, maybe, depending on where the item is from.
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 10, 2017, 01:01:38 pm: Kinda looks like a gar scale
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: sleek on December 10, 2017, 01:13:15 pm: Quote from: JW_Halverson on December 10, 2017, 01:01:38 pm
Kinda looks like a gar scale

Yeah it does. How thick is it?
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: mullet on December 10, 2017, 02:41:06 pm: How big is the whole tool?
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Ryan Jacob on December 10, 2017, 04:23:05 pm: It’s made from a shell not a stone or a scale. It’s about 1.5 feet long, the bit is 3 inches wide
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Zuma on December 10, 2017, 05:13:12 pm: An adz is to the right. Credit to Scott Silsby
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Outbackbob48 on December 11, 2017, 09:13:49 am: Here's a pic of a hoe that I made, used wet rawhide and pine pitch glue for attaching. )P( Bob
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: mullet on December 11, 2017, 09:34:01 am: The reason I asked how big is it, because it kinda looks like the tool the South pacific natives use for pecking in tattoos.
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: TimBo on December 11, 2017, 09:41:29 am: Quote from: mullet on December 11, 2017, 09:34:01 am
The reason I asked how big is it, because it kinda looks like the tool the South pacific natives use for pecking in tattoos.

OUCH!
Title: Re: How do I make one of these?
Post by: Ryan Jacob on December 12, 2017, 06:38:25 am: Woops, I meant to say 2 inches. Those are some nice tools! A tatooing tool could make sense given the fact I live in the Philippines.