k0ua
Epic Contributor
This arrowhead thing brings up a childhood memory. In a nearby little town back in the 1960's and old hobo showed up and took up residence under a railroad trestle. He was about 80 years old, and a pure native american. He soon started turning out arrow heads by the hundreds. Every child in the neighborhood, came to watch and learn from him..and not just the kids but a large number of adults too. He sold the arrowheads for a modest amount of money, but would show anyone that wanted to sit and watch how they were made.. he could make them very rapidly, Not just spearpoints like the one in the picture of this thread, but extremely small bird points as well. I only got to watch a couple of times as we lived several miles away, and I was small. But my dad and older brother, learned how to make them quite well. Not as fast, but they made several examples. A lot of the small bird points he made were mostly decorative in nature and made from pretty examples of colored flint. I can't remember for sure if he died in the community or moved on but he was very old and I think he was there for less than a year. In any case I got to see a true native American make arrowheads a couple of times.
James K0UA
James K0UA