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  1. 2nd September 2010, 03:20 PM #1
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    Default Not Neanderthal, but Neolithic

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    What will they think of next?
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    What will they think of next?
    Soaking them in sow thistle juice and calling 'em greenstone
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    And a secondary bevel to boot!
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    Wonder how it goes with cranky grain??

    Must be difficult to sharpen!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Must be difficult to sharpen!!
    Not at all! You just knap a new edge on it with a lump of antler.
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    Does a lump of antler come with it?
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    Gonna take some serious scraping to flatten the bottom of that baby.
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    The cutting ablity of flint has to be seen to be believed. It is shaveing sharp and keeps the edge for a ling time. I have seen a few people that can flint knap and was gobsmacked at the result. One guy made arrow heads from beer bottle glass and then offered them to people to shave with. Flint was even sharper.
    That one on the bay is very old stone age like as the neolithic would have been ground and polished
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    Hmmm!

    I think I have seen one of these before in the Science Museum at Kensington.
    If you have a look underneath, you probably will find the name of the person who made it.

    Some guy called "Preston Record"

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike48 View Post
    Hmmm!

    I think I have seen one of these before in the Science Museum at Kensington.
    If you have a look underneath, you probably will find the name of the person who made it.

    Some guy called "Preston Record"

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    Very good!

    A great tool and rustless too.

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    There's some interesting instruction on flint knapping here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by orraloon View Post
    The cutting ablity of flint has to be seen to be believed. It is shaveing sharp and keeps the edge for a ling time. I have seen a few people that can flint knap and was gobsmacked at the result. One guy made arrow heads from beer bottle glass and then offered them to people to shave with. Flint was even sharper.
    That one on the bay is very old stone age like as the neolithic would have been ground and polished
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    You obviously haven't seen me in action then! I did a bout of knapping when I read archaelology - very sharp, yes, but I'd have starved before producing a presentable set of arrow heads to use...

    Obsidian flakes are still used in eye surgery, as it gives a thinner, sharper edge than the surgeions usual edged weapons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue-deviled View Post
    You obviously haven't seen me in action then! I did a bout of knapping when I read archaelology - very sharp, yes, but I'd have starved before producing a presentable set of arrow heads to use...

    Obsidian flakes are still used in eye surgery, as it gives a thinner, sharper edge than the surgeions usual edged weapons.

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