Hafting Stone Points Chapter Two

This is the 2nd and final chapter in this series. In this video I apply a sinew wrap to the stone points that were previously hafted in foreshafts using pine-pitch adhesive.

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Tom Mills
Pasadena, CA

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• pine
• pitch
• arrowhead
• spearpoint
• flintknapping
• bow
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[spasblad]

u seem like a nice guy to have a conversation with

[Paleoaleo]

Nice of you to say so! I like conversing with people...so if we ever meet, we'll have to chat it up a bit! Thanks again.

Tom

[EbolaV1rus]

So amazing! Your wife should be proud that she has someone who would be able to provide for her if there was ever a catastrophe.

This sort of knowledge is worth more than all the money in the world in my opinion.

thanks for sharing with us!

[Paleoaleo]

My wife thinks I'm out of my mind...as do most of my friends and family!

[CoachTomPasLax]

@hellerZauberer The sinew wrap provides support for the haft also, and more importantly, keeps the shaft from splitting behind the point on impact. I put a small sinew wrap on arrows back at the nock end for a similar purpose. On the rare occasion where one arrow hits the nock end of another that is in the target already, just small bit of sinew keeps the shaft from splitting all the way down (allowing repair of the damaged nock).

[hellerZauberer]

If the pine pitch glue holds the point on (and i'm sure it does), what is the point of then wrapping it with sinew? Asthetics?

[hellerZauberer]

@Paleoaleo Hey, me too! At least the friends and family (not married yet). They all tollerate it pretty well for the most part. I suppose they just see it as part of my other 'eccentricities".

[TheSonofgun666]

@aerodynamicband Look up "making hide glue". there are some very good videos out there on youtube. I, personally, prefer this for hafting knifes and points. Hide glue is better for Ulus and similar tools (my opinion; hope it helps).

[bullseyebowandarrow]

@MrPicStuff hes not tasting the pitch glue he just uses it as an adhesive and what the charcoal and manure do is work as a flexibility and bonding agent to make the pitch more workable than straight sap

[MrPicStuff]

@Paleoaleo You mix horse manure in with the pine sap & old coals from a wood fire? What does the manure do, for the mix. (not something I would want to taste). I am not putting down the mix. . . I just want to understand it.

[MrPicStuff]

As I said, after chapter 1 vid, you know what you're doing, and I appreciate you making the vid! Have you written any HOW-TO e-books?

[smellanalan]

@Paleoaleo me too haha very informative man good job



[aerodynamicband]

what can you use for natural hide glue? which part of an animal. the inside of the hooves?

[wagouche]

Great video Tom