deer bone awl
I made this awl yesterday at Oregon Ridge Primitive Technology weekend from a deer cannon bone that I found in the woods and some scraps of braintan. I'll probably use it for basketry, but I tested it...
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Nice awl. Sounds pretty easy to make. Must have a bone somewhere around here. I save leg bones that hunters drop off here for me in my barrel. I have a great location for collecting hunters deerskins...
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If you're looking for some ideas on what to do with those bones, here's a site that has numerous photos of bone tools excavated from a Pueblo site: www.cr.nps.gov/history/on.../chap5.htmThe canon bone...
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Here's my deer bone awl in the middle of this picture. I use it a fair bit. It easily pokes through buckskin, even moose. On the left is a moose leg bone flesher and on the right is a deer leg bone...
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Interesting website, thanks for the link. So your awl is both functional and practical? and the leather tie allows you to use the pitch in the handle for more than just cushion for your palm? What do...
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