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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: LivingElemental on July 14, 2012, 06:54:30 am

Title: Making cane arrows
Post by: LivingElemental on July 14, 2012, 06:54:30 am

I've got a nice patch of switch cane growing next to the creek behind my house. I've been practicing straightening and smoothing some, I made a crude arrow with crude fletching, and just sharpened the tip to a point, and fired it off into the woods somewhere.

Back home, we have a large amount of flint, but down here in Georgia, all i can find are sedimentary rocks.
Are these too prone to chipping and falling apart to make decent arrowheads out of, or are they acceptable, and can anyone point me in the direction of a decent knapping guide?

Title: Re: Making cane arrows
Post by: iowabow on July 14, 2012, 07:44:10 am

Best place to ask this question is in the knapping section. Lots of folk there can help you

Title: Re: Making cane arrows
Post by: Pat B on July 14, 2012, 10:32:19 am

Near the Flint river!  ;)

Title: Re: Making cane arrows
Post by: iowabow on July 14, 2012, 05:11:04 pm

Hey flint creek is in my backyard lol