flint/obsidian hunting points...

[coonskinner]

ok whats your feeling on these giblets...:mischeif:

[hoot gibson]

they work better than any metal head , ask bowmiller . hoot

[MUZZY MAN]

I've seen obsidian you could shave with. But I don't know how it would hold up against a bone shot.

[bowmiller]

stone points rock. hehehe:bouncy:

is my opinion that the making of a quality stone hunting point requires a level of skill and tenacity that most people just aren't capable of. properly mounted on the correct arrow, they are just as lethal as any metal broadhead, perhaps moreso, because, as I understand it, they often break when they hit bone, creating a new sharp surface that can continue cutting. I know a man(who shall remain anonymous) capable of making hunting quality stone points. he must like me pretty well, since he's given me a bunch of them. they are patiently waiting their turn in the quiver. I once shot a deer with a flint head on an ash arrow. killed it as dead as any metal broadhead I've used.

[Thunderflight]

Anyone remember Steve Ypsi? He made me a bunch of obsidean points. He was pretty good at it too.

[CStan]

The ones I've seen are extremely sharp but don't know how durable they would be if they hit bone??

[CStan]

They did work for the natives :biggrin:

[OHBOW76]

Just ask the settlers how sharp they were!!!:D LOL!!

[OHBOW76]

I know this is a little off the subject but my have youheard that a guy or a group are trying to get atlatls legalized for deer hunting in Pennsylvania. It supposedly comes up for vote at the next PGC meeting.

[coonskinner]

i will take my bear razorheads any day...:mischeif:

[OHBOW76]

I would have to be hard up to start making broadheads out of flint.

[hoot gibson]

let me tell you something , there is nothing pertier than a nice obsidian head mounted on home made hickory shaft with turkey feathers , mmmm mmmm almost as good as biskuts and gravy.. hoot

[MUZZY MAN]

George ifhttp://stoneflake.net/primitive/ you like em check out the ones here under knapped points

[MUZZY MAN]

http://stoneflake.net/primitive/

[coonskinner]

i have seen some of rocky millers ...nice to collect ...:mischeif:

[Redhunter1012]

I have all kinds of these points that we find out hunting for them. Literally close to a thousand points and projectiles.

[hoot gibson]

i used to hunt for them , and several years ago i hafted 2 old ones to shafts and took a deer with one , but kinda embarased about it , should have just left it in the case . i think the indian God hates me now , i gave all mine to my son , . hoot

[coonskinner]

i know an indian and she prefers modern steel heads...:mischeif:

[hoot gibson]

i personaly never seen an indian knapp heads , all the indian functions ive been at , sell those cheep onesided mexico heads ,, h

[hoot gibson]

ooppss , i forgot , roy madison out of springfield knapps , he is an indian ,, h

[coonskinner]

indians went to steel...then lead...:mischeif:

[hoot gibson]

i read a surgons papers from the past , they stated that sildiers shot with steel points were out of comission for a long time , due to infection , but ones shot with flint wasnt out of battle for 3 days , no infection with the flint heads , and they had to cut in , wrap a string around the flint heads and wiggle them back and forth to get them unlodged out of bone , one guy was hit in the middle of the back of the head with flint arrow , was back out the next day fighting again . hoot

[Redhunter1012]

Actually went out yesterday to 2 spots with dad and couple of nephews. We found 4 whole points, numerous scrapers and other small pieces, and dad found a large piece of a broken spear that probably would have been 7-8" long.

[hoot gibson]

red , my son hunts alot down sothern ohio . he seems to do quiet qell dont think he has ever been skunked , the last he showed me was 3 palio points and another point about 4 inches long and a couple inches wide , i cant remember what he called it . but they were quiet a find . h