Obsidian knife

[waco]

I finished up a small obsidian knife tonight. Getting back into the flint knapping hobby. Just a tree branch from the yard. I hafted it with pine pitch. Pine sap, charcoal, and dried cow pie.

 

[Brad]

Very nice work. Very nice.

Too bad there isn’t a video to show how it was done.....

 

[Ian]

It never ends....cabin fever is killing us Walter.

That's pretty sexy knapping there, you're getting the hang of it! Is that copper-tipped work or do you do "paleo" style?

I have about 200' of copper power pole ground wire and plenty of deer pellets for da glue if you need some.

 

[Tomme boy]

I have a friend that does this too. He has a kiln and heat treats lots of rocks. He made me a arrowhead and mounted it to a piece of beech. Used pine tar and deer sinue. I had him make it for a gift to my better half for her birthday. It hangs from a leather shoestring that she went and got all kinds of different beads to put on the leather for her necklace.

 

[S Mac]

Nice Walter. Have you skinned anything with it yet? It is a bit different technique than steel, but can be effective, and fun. As far as a video, don't think Brad knows how long it takes to make something like that.

 

[Wasalmonslayer]

That is really a cool looking knife Walter very nice work!!

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

Looks great!!

Always thought I wanted one. Havent done so yet. Maybe one day.

Great work!!

CW

 

[Gary]

Outstanding Walter! Is the Obsidian something you've found on your many sojourns?

 

[fiver]

man Brad your slippin.
you let that whole 'cow pie' thing go right on by.

BTW Walter let me know if you need more cow pie.
you might need to dry it yourself, but I can wrangle up a box or two today or tomorrow.

 

[Brad]

It didn’t slip by, I have watched enough videos on pine pitch to understand that it is often a key ingredient.
Yep, I know my shit.

 

[waco]

It never ends....cabin fever is killing us Walter.

That's pretty sexy knapping there, you're getting the hang of it! Is that copper-tipped work or do you do "paleo" style?

I have about 200' of copper power pole ground wire and plenty of deer pellets for da glue if you need some.

Copper tipped pressure flaker. I’m not good enough yet to use deer antler.

 

[waco]

Nice Walter. Have you skinned anything with it yet? It is a bit different technique than steel, but can be effective, and fun. As far as a video, don't think Brad knows how long it takes to make something like that.

No skinning. More for just decoration.

 

[waco]

Outstanding Walter! Is the Obsidian something you've found on your many sojourns?

Yes. It came from a place in Eastern Oregon called Glass Buttes. Native Americans gathered obsidian there for thousands of years. Pretty neat place.

 

[Ian]

I've been told not to use obsidian blades for cutting edible meat because it is fragile and can pressure-flake small bits off into the meat when cutting.

 

[waco]

Yeah. It might ruin your day to bite down on a small flake of glass...

 

[Brad]

I sure wouldn’t want to swallow a piece of that.

 

[JonB]

I love the coloration of that blade.

 

[waco]

Here is one I’ve started out of a mahogany colored piece.

 

[Ian]

are you sawing those into slabs first?

 

[Brad]

Gotta ask, do you own stock in Band-aids?

Impressive work. I don’t have the patience for that kind of stuff.