Absolutely beautiful. The skill to do this is far greater, and takes longer to learn, than "learning to code". It's far less "forgiving" when you fuck up, destroying a rare commodity. These "stones" were traded across thousands of miles. Telegraph maintenance people would often leave extra glass insulators at the base of the telegraph poles, in hopes that the insulators in use would not be used to make arrowheads. Some anthropologists believe that spoken language was created in order to pass this skill on.
These things are far sharper than steel, but are quite brittle, and must be handled with care to avoid destroying them.
I wonder how well it could work? My filleting knives are all flexible to get the best result & leave as little flesh behind on the frame as possible. Also, be interesting to see how or if it can be sharpened? Or does that edge never wear??
Absolutely beautiful. The skill to do this is far greater, and takes longer to learn, than "learning to code". It's far less "forgiving" when you fuck up, destroying a rare commodity. These "stones" were traded across thousands of miles. Telegraph maintenance people would often leave extra glass insulators at the base of the telegraph poles, in hopes that the insulators in use would not be used to make arrowheads. Some anthropologists believe that spoken language was created in order to pass this skill on.
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I wonder how well it could work? My filleting knives are all flexible to get the best result & leave as little flesh behind on the frame as possible. Also, be interesting to see how or if it can be sharpened? Or does that edge never wear??
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