I was on a stroll the other day and found a roe deer bone in the underbrush, so I wanted to try out some survival toolmaking techniques. Two sandstones and a bone were all that was at hand. I set the bone diagonally on edge on an "anvil" stone and split it with two whacks. The split smaller part I saved to make an awl later.
This is what the bone looked like after the whacking. I then ground it on the stone.
Dug for some fir root to make for a handle wrapping, did a quick wrapping et voilá, the finished knife, which took about half an hour to make. It actually cuts soft wood quite well, even if it´s not comparable to a steel or bronze or stone blade. I will use it as an awl and a bodkin for basketmaking.
The knife and the awl.
I actually learned a lot in the process and hope to practice more skills like that in the future.
Those are the adventures of Mr. Fimbulmyrk, in bushcraft and blacksmithing, mountainbiking and hiking, reenactment, writing, singing, dancing, stargazing and having a piece of cake and a coffee. Pray have a seat and look around you, but be warned - the forest´s twilight is ferocious at times.
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