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kahnjar1 · 3rd April 2009, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Basalt.

?????

.....not bollocks??
Stu

P.S Sorry just couldn't resist that!

fearn · 3rd April 2009, 05:43 AM

What's this about yer rocks again?

Seriously, that disk club looks nice south-coast PNG. Still don't know where the other one came from.

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Tim Simmons · 16th June 2009, 08:00 PM

I have bumped this up to the surface agian as I have found a new respect for the old stone implements from PNG. I have recently been making things out of limestone, Portland stone to be precise. Now limestone is a soft to medium stone. In these pictures the igneous stone "basalt" club head is shown next to a small limestone bowl I have been carving. I bought a pre-cut block and if I had had a stone cutting disc I may have got this far in a day and a half which is still not finished. I have been cutting the stone with proper stone cutting hardend steel tools. The forming of the stone blades on weapons like this must have taken several days of hard work keeping in mind the desired result, no drifting. I find it astonishing that there is not a lot of value attached to items like this in the weapon collecting world at the moment.

fearn · 16th June 2009, 08:43 PM

hi Tim,

Nice bowl.

Going back to the original post, I'd like to add something I just noticed: the handwriting on the club looks like it says "club Kumusi" not llmi.

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16th June 2009, 08:00 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	I have bumped this up to the surface agian as I have found a new respect for the old stone implements from PNG. I have recently been making things out of limestone, Portland stone to be precise. Now limestone is a soft to medium stone. In these pictures the igneous stone "basalt" club head is shown next to a small limestone bowl I have been carving. I bought a pre-cut block and if I had had a stone cutting disc I may have got this far in a day and a half which is still not finished. I have been cutting the stone with proper stone cutting hardend steel tools. The forming of the stone blades on weapons like this must have taken several days of hard work keeping in mind the desired result, no drifting. I find it astonishing that there is not a lot of value attached to items like this in the weapon collecting world at the moment. Attached Images

3rd April 2009, 05:43 AM	#2
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	What's this about yer rocks again? Seriously, that disk club looks nice south-coast PNG. Still don't know where the other one came from. F

16th June 2009, 08:43 PM	#4
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	hi Tim, Nice bowl. Going back to the original post, I'd like to add something I just noticed: the handwriting on the club looks like it says "club Kumusi" not llmi. F