"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
My cousin Mike was practically worshipped by his younger cousins. He was a woodsman from a young age, an avid hunter and fisherman - and he would make us bows and arrows. He was not only good at finding old Indian arrowheads, but he taught himself how to make them.
Interesting indeed. The use of jigs is an old old technique, and certainly helped the medieval artisans.
ReplyDeleteAs a (pre-woke) Boy Scout, I learned how to shape green branches into arrow shafts. The Indians didn't have jigs. THAT was a tedious process.
I figured they turned them on a wood lathe sort of set-up.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I figured I'd do it if I had to.
My cousin Mike was practically worshipped by his younger cousins. He was a woodsman from a young age, an avid hunter and fisherman - and he would make us bows and arrows. He was not only good at finding old Indian arrowheads, but he taught himself how to make them.
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