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3rd February 2023, 01:34 AM | #1 |
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Here's the stone axe article. Not a book, but informative none the less.
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3rd February 2023, 03:20 AM | #2 |
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Thanks Ed, very interesting so far. I ground a crude one out once. A very time-consuming process. I never mounted it or tried to use it. It takes a lot of patience to use one if you are used to steel.
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3rd February 2023, 04:47 AM | #3 |
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Thanks to both of you for the comments and the information. It could be a tool, but I thought it was more of a weapon because of the substantial medial ridge on either side that would make it counterproductive to slicing like an ax. It certainly could be a ceremonial piece.
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3rd February 2023, 03:44 PM | #4 |
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I think I have seen your round bladed axe as being from the Solomon Islands. I like the stone blade. I think I have info in a book somewhere, will look.
I have a paper, {Stone Axes Factories in the Highlands of East New Guinea. Chappell, J } ; Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 32 1966. Some of it is here on this site uploaded many years ago. It helped me identify the origin of one of my axes because of the stone structure from one particular quarry. Here the stone axes and clubs I have. I did have more but sent them to auction, no deep regrets, I needed to make changes. The first axe on the flour is the fine green stone type with a thin blade only 10mm thick in the centre near the hafting. The one on top is the blade identified in the paper, a heavy blade 28mm thick. The last one seems to be a general purpose axe with a short stubby blade 3cm thick. The clubs I believe are Angu or Kukuku . Found the link. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=stone+quarry Last edited by Tim Simmons; 3rd February 2023 at 03:50 PM. Reason: adding link |
3rd February 2023, 03:47 PM | #5 |
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Forgot to ask. The star club you have, is it made of a light weight stone painted black? I had one which was made of a pumice like stone.
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3rd February 2023, 04:19 PM | #6 |
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First, thanks for the information. The star club is heavy(not pumice), and that is its natural color, minus soot, oil, dirt, nicotine, etc.
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