Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Cave Men only "Oooga Booga" => Topic started by: Billinthedesert on October 18, 2016, 05:20:45 pm

Title: Copper dagger handle wood?
Post by: Billinthedesert on October 18, 2016, 05:20:45 pm
I was fascinated by this Youtube, but have to wonder about the connection of blade to handle. If that is how was historically constructed, I wonder what the best wood would be for the task.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEbNNwZ9K2I
Title: Re: Copper dagger handle wood?
Post by: bowtarist on October 28, 2016, 10:29:40 am
Thanks for the share, I watched several of that guys videos, pretty good stuff.
Title: Re: Copper dagger handle wood?
Post by: Pat B on October 28, 2016, 02:39:36 pm
That's pretty cool. I think James Parker made a replica of an Aztec ceremonial sacrifice knife similar to this one for the Mexican Government and it is in a museum in Mexico.
Title: Re: Copper dagger handle wood?
Post by: bootboy on December 31, 2017, 02:53:44 pm
its interesting for sure. I've seen the video and its a cool though to think that there was some neat push dagger martial arts in the iceman age. However I'm also thinking that it might also just be very crude stickman type drawings for what they thought a dagger looked like. there are also mycenian mushroom hilted swords that would have looked similar though obviously a lot more elongated.
Title: Re: Copper dagger handle wood?
Post by: JW_Halverson on December 31, 2017, 04:30:45 pm
That just took me down a two hour rabbit hole watching various people forging increasingly strange bits of steel like roller chains, steel birdshot, and scalpel blades into knives!  Thanks, LOL!
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