fish hook blank

[larson1951]

first picture shows a blank in progress to make two fish hooks
second shows it along with a finished one and a similar size blank
we used to think these were unfinished gorgets
a blank yields two hooks

 

[uniface]

Nice !!!!!!!

 

[Neogeo]

Fantastic.....What a find! congrats!

 

[staceysallaboutu]

Thanks for the post.. Always nice to learn something Happy huntin

stacey

 

[badandy]

That's pretty interesting, and a real cool post if you ever wanted to learn about fish hooks, Thanks!

badandy

 

[oldgoat]

Thanks for the info, larson...
Badandy, what is that drill in the middle of your avatar? It looks really nice...

 

[Tnmountains]

Thats neat to see the process. Great finds that tell a story. Thanks Larson

 

[bravowhiskey]

Larson,

where did you learn this? Or were you able to discern from finding them in the various stages of development? The coolest!!

BW

 

[larson1951]

thanks bravo,
I learned a lot of this from the other owner of this land
he has about 50 yrs of experience that he learned from his father
I am very lucky,.....very very lucky

when it comes to the hook it is so very obvious as to what is going on, don'cha think??

 

[naturegirl]

"pictures worth thousands and thousands of words!" Thanks for the lesson larson, WE are lucky, that YOU are so lucky!

ng

 

[pickaway]

Really interesting thanks for showing the pics...

 

[ohio]

Good post. Thanks for the look.
Chuck