I am gonna give it a shot.(make a bone bobble)

[Neogeo]

All this talk of bone and game pieces,have inspired me.I have a cow bone,the flint and knappin tools.

I don't know how long it will take,as it is my first time trying.I will be useing abo. tools.But I don't have any more good antler tine for pressure flakein,so I will have to use a copper bit...I will be posting the progress..Wish me luck.....Neo

 

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[larson1951]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

hey cool neo man
the two smaller bones just above the huge white bone will each yield two bone awls once you split them down the middle lengthwise
i have a post on here that i made about two months ago that will show this
thanks my buddy frank the crank,
lars

 

[cthulhu]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

Good luck!

Do you know how to play the game you're making pieces for?

 

[jeff a]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

hey frank try going to a slaughter house and getting some fresh bone it works alot better

 

[Neogeo]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

Thanx ya'll....It is alot harder then I thought.I knapped out 3 or 4 tools....no go too thick....so T started working with flakes ...low and behold it is working....I have found many flake tools,and this flake tool will be just like them...

No I am not sure of how to play,I am really just trying to get a feel of how to work the stuff....

 

[Neogeo]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

Here is the next set...I am gonna go after the big bone soon.
Flake tool.

Here are the last of the flake tools for this part.They work super well.& they really do remind me of some artifacts that I find...Pretty neat.

 

[Neogeo]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

Hey Lars....Do ya remember the name of that Awl thread?

 

[Neogeo]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

Well I started workin on the cow bone,But I got rained out....Plus my new thumb blister is thumpin..lol

 

[Neogeo]

Re: I am gonna give it a shot.

ok it stopped sorta (the rain..)here is more

Now it's time to try to split it...I had to knapp out some more flakes.They really seem to work the best.

Well it did not split that well,but I still worked it .

I also made a abraiding stone as well.

It's getting there...

Well thats it for now....Hope ya'll like it...I really learned alot doing this.Like flake tools rule!!!!They are so useful.More so then I thought...And when it comes to working bone,it is more like whittling,or shaveing it down...
Thanx for lookin gang...Neo

 

[Tnmountains]

I am enjoying watching this. Don't get any of those chert slivers in you.

 

[Neogeo]

Don't I know it..lol...I have blisters,cuts...and bruises on my leg,(I am a lap knapper.)

 

[Neogeo]

I kept working on the other 1/2..Till it got dark..
This is my fav lil blade,works like a champ..

This is pretty much the break down...

 

[larson1951]

here you go frank'
the link to the bone awl thread
steve



http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,325293.msg2368059.html#msg2368059

 

[Neogeo]

thank you my friend..I am gonna take another look now.

 

[larson1951]

yes frank the bone on the top of the most recent posted image will yield two nice long awls
note how short these became as they were continually sharpened over and over for years
i think they started out at 6-7"s long and after years they ended up either broke or re-sharpened to 3 or so inches long
lars

 

[*Molly*]

You really need a peice of hide on your leg Neo.
Those indians must have had hands like leather..

Nice to see someone experimenting, with bone...

Molly.

 

[Neogeo]

Yeah I had some hide,but my dog ate it!Now I am usein a towel,all folded up...I keep tryin to work on it some more,but the rain keeps runin me inside...lol...
Plus I think the bone I have are too old,they keep crackin....But I saw in the Awl post,some were made of slivers..So I will try them..I is tough work..I am runnin out of bandaids..lol
I was thinkin of sendin some with my beginers sets,But thought better of it.I don't want to pollute the market with repos...

 

[Neogeo]

I am still workin on it...Now that there is a good groove,I can use a larger tool .
I have reduced the since this pic..

How bout this mug!!lol
Note all the white stuff?that is bone shavings.It has a unique smell har.

When I get better at this I plan on doing something with these two.

This little Spadefoot toad wanted to help,But I told he to come back when he is bigger..lol.

there we go so far...I am almost through the bone and it stoped raining so off I go..

 

[Neogeo]

Sorry for all the pics....here are some more.
I made a saw like tool,like the one that I found last time diggin.It worked really well.

Then once the grooze was almost through on both sides.I made a spade like tool.to split it rest of the way.

untill the next batch of pics..Neo

 

[Neogeo]

Here is the last batch of pics for now .I have to give my hands time to heal..lol
I split the bone by pecking them.

I tryed to shave them into shape...did not work.So I tryed pecking..that worked well.Prolly would work better with better bone.

After a good while shapeing this is what I have...Mad props to"Those who came before us"!

My primitive toolbox.

All done for today.

I put some dirt into the etching so it could be seen better.

It means.the ground below-Sky above-arms raised in praise.
Thanx for tagging along with me...Neo