I’ve been wanting to make something like these for a long time. I was never happy with my earlier attempts. I think I fixed that with these two.
White point is some chert I got from trade with Patrick. It was the first point I knapped in 2021.
I knew right away I wanted to make a nice lance with it.
The obsidian is probably going to be the last point I knap from 2021.
I halfted both to red osier fore shafts with pitch glue and sinew.
I put my Bjrogg markings on the obsidian shaft, but it was just to bright. I was looking for a older look. I “aged” it by fire and stain. It gave it the look I was after. But my markings are still on it so when I stick it in that woolly mammoth my markings are still on it and my family will get a bigger portion to take back to our cave.
The main shafts are maple saplings I collected several years ago for this purpose.
I straightened them best I could and decorated them with some wild turkey tail feathers. I stripped the feathers similarly to how I would for a Cherokee two fletch arrow.
I made some “beads” from scraps of Cain. I used artificial sinew to string them together. The rest of the sinew is white tail back sinew.
I “aged” the maple main shafts similar to the way it did the fore shafts.
I’m very happy with the results. Can’t wait to go after those woolly mammoths.
Bjrogg