Trad arrows with stone points.

[NRA4LIFE]

Carp,

Where do you get obsidian?  I worked with some in college in an archaeological course.  That is some of the sharpest material I have ever encountered.    Something about a mono-molecular blade I think.

[boneaddict]

LOVE IT.......next thing you need to do is go strip some birds of their feathers.  Those vanes just don't match up with the points.  I bought a box of obsidian off of ebay.
and yes NRA its SHARP.   Usually blood is running and you don't even know there is a cut.

[carpsniperg2]

i get mine from my friends shop. he sell's it as well as flint and dacite which is a lot like obsidian. obsidian is crazy sharp! i have been told that it is still used for some surgeries to this day, mostly involving the eye i know he has been running low on it. he goes and gets it from a place in central Oregon area. its fun to work with. until you snap off the point of a head you have been working on for like 2 days

yes for sure bone! i had my friend send off my turkey wing feathers from this year. i just could not use them on practice arrows i will for sure use them on my hunting arrows when i make them. nothing like natural barred feathers to make the obsidian shine

[boneaddict]

I got three varieties I was working with, snowflake, clear, and red orange swirl.      Fun stuff.   I've been experiementing with some different jaspers, agate, petrified wood.  The latter fractures really easy and I have had so many points almost done and then crack.........

[carpsniperg2]

i have been down to the last few flakes and snapped the point off, many times i love the looks of the snowflake! but i have heard that the flakes tend to die when the hit the crystal formation in the stone. have you had this happen to you? i love the red/orange mahogany obsidian as well.

[rasbo]

Carp,

Where do you get obsidian?  I worked with some in college in an archaeological course.  That is some of the sharpest material I have ever encountered.    Something about a mono-molecular blade I think.

around old vulcanic flows,if your hunting for it..I used to find it out by big southern butte in se idaho..

[carpsniperg2]

thanks for the tips rasbo. i think he finds his at a big vulcanic flow as well.

[rasbo]

thanks for the tips rasbo. i think he finds his at a big vulcanic flow as well.

good places to find arrow heads,that would be cool to use some ya found..Im still hoping for a saphire hawk

[Hornseeker]

Way cool.... good job man!

I just found part of a cool head and another guy I was with found a nearly complete head... LOVE the artifacts and the modern copies too!

[carpsniperg2]

only one i have ever found was broke in half still put it back together with some glue. but not very usable

[Ray]

That's the way to go. Once you get good enough I'll buy a few from you.

[carpsniperg2]

i hope to get good enough to be able to do that i was just lookin on ebay and there is some pretty cool blades and pictures on there. i even saw a ulu on there that would be sweet! when i get good enough i plan on making a few knives and bigger tools. will be sweet to use a arrow/point made my my hands and the earth. then clean and skin it with a knife made of  horn and stone. one of my top 10 to do's for sure.

[boneaddict]

THere is a type of Goldendale Jasper I think that looks like it would make some gorgeous heads.   I saw some small scraps of it.  I'd love to get some nice rounds of it and actually try for a knife.

[carpsniperg2]

i have never seen any. that would be super cool, to make a stone point from it. then take a deer with a stone from here. i have found a little petrified wood before. i also know of some places on the mountain up here that have obsidian.

[PacificNWhunter]

Those look great Carp!