15 min. Primitive Bone Point MEMBER ... njloco| ... I DREW YOUR NAME !!!!

[DGF]

Very cool. I've been thinking of trying to file one out of whitetail antler just for grins. For those thinking of doing this, I've heard if you are able to get the leg bone from a giraffe it's the hardest bone out there and should hold an edge nicely.

[njloco]

That is a great way of doing it, thanks for sharing.

I am pretty sure one must also be very careful of Mad Cow disease as it is in the bone that it stays, this depends on where you get the bone, and where one lives.

P.S. Being an easterner, I probably have this MCD all wrong, it's just what I have heard.

[tuscarawasbowman]

I saw in a book of Native American artifacts a point made out of buffalo neck sinew. Anybody got any ideas on that one?

[MTArrowLauncher]

thats awesome, ive never seen that before.

thanks for showing it

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

Heres one mounted on a Olive shoot !

[Bobby Urban]

Very nice!  

in response to the question/statement: "you can hunt with bone heads?"

If you come to Michigan you can hunt with me and I am pretty certain I qualify for the "bonehed" catagory more often than not.  Just saying

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

One on a Red Osier (dogwood) Shaft

[Shedrock]

Nice, thanks for the build-a-long.

[bornagainbowhunter]

That is one good looking point you have there.  I have been watching your posts for a while.  I made me want to kill a deer with a stone and self arrow.  Well, I shot a doe with that setup last year...  Looks like bone will be on the menu this year...

God Bless,
Nathan

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

Theses heads do go on the light side. This one is 2 1/4 X 7/8 inch.

 

79.8 Gr.

You can go with a bigger head if needed or leave it thicker.

[Bud B.]

Nice point!! And relatively easy looking without the need for alot of extra tools.  

[canoeman]

That's really cool.  Were bone points used by Indians?

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

Yes they did use them canoeman.! Bud B. Small hand saw and a file will work too... I have made them that way too!

[stringstretcher]

Great looking head there.  Hope to see one with blood on it.

[lt-m-grow]

How sharp do they get?  Thanks for the build-a-long.

[Over&Under]

Just how sharp can you get one of those??

Looks great and not to difficult with the right tools.

Thanks!

[bawana bowman]

Somewhere around the house or in storage I've got some bone points on cane arrows made in the Amazon. Shafts are around 4' to 4 1/2' long, points are around 3 1/2" long and a little over 1/4" thick. They don't seem sharp, But not long after I acquired them I was showing them to a friend at his shop. He had a Black Palm bow that probably drew 70#, He drew back one of the arrows and his fingers slipped. That bone point and arrow ended up going through his breaker box and sticking about 2" out the back side. Guess they would do a number on most game animals.

[nlester]

Thanks for the pictorial.  I gotta try it!  Great looking points.

[owlbait]

You made that look too easy. Plus, it looks great. Nice job on the hafting to the shaft. Have you shot anything with a bone point? If so, what were the results?

[far rider]

Nice build along. How do you prep the bone prior to cutting, ie, do you boil it, or is there any prep outside of thoroughly washing? Will high temp cleaning weaken the bone! Thanks again for the tutorial.