Stone Tool Hafting

[monsterrack]

I have my own thoughts on how most items were hafted atlatl point, axe heads, celts and adz, but I would like to hear other ideas. I think this would help newbies on some things. So tell me what you think and please put in any photos that you may have..

 

[Jon Stewart]

Pine pitch, leather strapping and sinew.

AND THEN when Walmart opened up they picked up some two part epoxy mixed some black ash in it. Wait that was me!!!!

 

[painterx7]

I concur with Jon but here is an interesting idea that has not been proven but I am almost positive the used tools this way . Check it out tell me what u think

 

[monsterrack]

I concur with Jon but here is an interesting idea that has not been proven but I am almost positive the used tools this way . Check it out tell me what u think

Those are very good examples, I'm sure it didn't take man long to realize that holding a stone that was sharp on one side caused injury.

 

[tomclark]

 

[tomclark]

https://www.google.com/search?q=hok...mxsQT7o4HwDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=666

 

[monsterrack]

https://www.google.com/search?q=hok...mxsQT7o4HwDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=666

Tom that is some good photos, What I'm trying to get across to folks is that the standard rock mounted on top of a stick with leather warped around it, is not right. Tomahawks only worked well when the head was metal. Grooved axe heads had to be held on with something of some type of strength not just leather. Most were held on by splitting the limb or by smaller limbs coming out of the handle wrapping around the head and then anchored to the handle. Also they used natural tar, pine pitch and animal hide glue along with wet raw hide that would shrink to being very tight when dried. On atlatls JMO they carried a few spears at first and then they learned that by making a shaft that had a bored out shaft in the end, they could mount their points on small short shafts. The theory behind this is when the shaft is thrown with the atlatl when it hit it's target the shaft would bounce off leaving the point in the target and the hunter would pick up the shaft to throw again. With this style all they had to do is carry a small pouch filled with points on a small shaft with maybe a extra throwing shaft. JMO this was done for 1,000s of years and that is why we find so many dart point.

 

[painterx7]

Very interesting rack we all have much to learn always

 

[GatorBoy]

 

[discoidal roller]

Tom that is some good photos, What I'm trying to get across to folks is that the standard rock mounted on top of a stick with leather warped around it, is not right. Tomahawks only worked well when the head was metal. Grooved axe heads had to be held on with something of some type of strength not just leather. Most were held on by splitting the limb or by smaller limbs coming out of the handle wrapping around the head and then anchored to the handle. Also they used natural tar, pine pitch and animal hide glue along with wet raw hide that would shrink to being very tight when dried. On atlatls JMO they carried a few spears at first and then they learned that by making a shaft that had a bored out shaft in the end, they could mount their points on small short shafts. The theory behind this is when the shaft is thrown with the atlatl when it hit it's target the shaft would bounce off leaving the point in the target and the hunter would pick up the shaft to throw again. With this style all they had to do is carry a small pouch filled with points on a small shaft with maybe a extra throwing shaft. JMO this was done for 1,000s of years and that is why we find so many dart point.

Thanks for everyone's input here. This thread led me on a two week journey of discovery through the vast reaches of the internet. I hope my new appreciation for hafting techniques will result in better identification and more realistic line drawings in the future.

I think I need to get one of those drawing tablets cuz it sure is hard to draw with a mouse!