How to haft a celt
I was wondering how do you go about carving out the slot that you insert the blade into for celt stone axe. And from there do you lash anything or is it simply held in by being pushed snuggly into...
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In the wood working trade the slot is called a mortice. You can drill it out or use a morticing chisel or a bit of both. The stone axe head is wedge shaped and will wedge itself into the mortise. If...
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I also recall from James Michener's book Poland that one character in the book, needing a war club, took large flint chips into the woods, hacked up a sapling, pressed the chips into the sapling, then...
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Rick, It would take a few years to get a sapling to grow around a stone axe enough to secure it. Not very practical and no garantee that it would work. You could make thousands of axes in the same...
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Fiddler49, nice photos, and info. When you guys talk about using tar, what kind of tar, and where do ya get it? Jack
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Rickyd wrote:I also recall from James Michener's book Poland that one character in the book, needing a war club, took large flint chips into the woods, hacked up a sapling, pressed the chips into the...
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I just get my tar from the gulf of mexico, lol, I'm going to guess he meant PPG or something similar, though, I would not be to supprised to find myself being wrong.
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I used both asphaltum and birch bark tar as I said in the above post. fiddler49
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Hi, I am searching this topic but i not found yet. can you help me to know about this topics.Free Woodworking Plan
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Sorry folks but you don't need adhesive in the first place. Celts are made to be removed so they can be used as chisels and/or wedges then replaced into the handle to become a celt again. That's why...
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Handles of various steel cutting implements are final fitted by heating the tangs red hot and driving them through the wood handle's hole which is smaller than the final needed shape. The final fit is...
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Why go to all that trouble when you can cut a hole with stone and/or bone chisels. Sure, you'll get a few blood-blisters but it's worth it. I think a lot of the stones I use would blow up if heated...
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larry you ever burn out your celt hole? ive done this many times and it saves quite a bit of work. then i use an antler chisel to finish up the rest
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Haven't tried it. How long did it take? I've made a couple in a few hours with bone and/or chert chisels. I make the ones I sell, with modern chisels. If I don't, it's not worth the price, for the...
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Can you get enough control to make the ends touch but not the sides? Do you work the handles green or seasoned? Any pics?Larry
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