Any ideas about this "pincer" tool?
I looked around and couldn't find any discussions about this so hope this isn't an old topic. Anyway, couple of things i read lately caught my attention. The sources aren't direct. In Columbia...
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Yup that's exactly what I was thinking Bullethead. I went down to the pet store today remembering that they had some halved deer elk and moose tines for sale, unfortunately the only ones that were...
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@Rocktooth...nope sorry I don't have JSTOR access either...sure wish I did often. The one account by Powers is the Wiyot tribe in northwestern California...apparently there's a lot of variations on...
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For future reference re: hafting, what was the name of this pet store?
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@Bullethead The name of the store was pets'n'stuff but I think they're just a small local store. The brand of the antlers was 'Prairie Dog Antlers' I think they distribute to other stores, their site...
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well I found a little info about Wiyot points that may be of use...seems that "Mad River Chert" was on their land but obsidian was used mostly. Obsidian was traded into this area from quite a...
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This is just one of those "gut feeling" type guesses: I think the "pincer" idea was a mistake by the observer and what was really happening was just plain old pressure flaking. Maybe the flaker...
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yeah some old obscure accounts should be taken with a grain of salt...and the observer is worth a look...Stephen Powers was an amateur ethnologist who studied the tribes of central and northern...
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@Makalu Great stuff thanks for the further research. I find it pretty interesting that so many of those pieces are heavily serrated, like I said I'm pretty sure the pincer was used strictly to finish...
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Well, another further update with some findings.First and foremost observation is this:This tool is hard to make, seriously. It is deceptively simple, but the truth is unlike a lot of other pressure...
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yeah I've messed around a bit with stainless steel tweezers and forceps and even they want to spread apart at the tip under the torque. I think you're right that we're missing some important...
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i stumbled across this on page 8 here:Flintknapper's Exchange - Sept. 1979, Vol. 2, No. 3source: http://flintknappinginfo.webstarts.com/flintknappers_exchange.htmlsource:
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ok well i made this thang:i used twisted and hammered 6 gauge wire but it's not stout enough and splays apart...kinda figured but it's the right size and my copper nails are twice as big and wanted to...
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well I'm not competent enough at flintknapping to assess the usefullness of the tool or the pro's and cons versus alternate methods of accomplishing the same thing...and I've decided against grinding...
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Brilliant find Makalu!That document and those pictures really clear up a lot of questions and confirm a bunch of thoughts we've all been sharing in this topic.A couple of thoughts:based on the images...
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Props to Makalu! That does indeed clear up a lot, I think.... As I understand things, the long prong is for support and the flaking is done with the short one. Is that correct?
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Yeah Bullethead, that's correct, its interesting since the pressure of the platform tine on the bottom would prevent flake travel, Im wondering if it causes a uniquely shaped flake that could be...
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thankya but gotta credit the late, great J. B. Sollberger for unknowingly reinventing the wheel so to speak. I'm anxious to see what ya'll can do with it since I wasn't in the mood to experiment...
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Just to save anyone the time...the 3mm copper nails at flintknappingtools.com didn't work any better for me than the wire. The longer prong with the most leverage bends over if I use it on a thick...
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ok well it held up a little longer with a 5mm nail for the long prong but not surprisingly the short 3mm nail prong gave way eventually. I'll use a 5mm nail there and hammer it down to size on one...
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