Shark Tooth knives, camp charms, and other primitive skills this weekend

Joezilla

Joezilla

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I just got back from a wonderful class this weekend on the origin of different camp charms and other little crafts. We also learned how to make shark tooth knives and carvers. I'll post more when I can. I just got dialup for the cabin now, so I can at least post at night now adays. I won't have this glorious fast connection that I do right now (in town) for pics.

WOWZERS are shark tooths sharp! The non fossilized versions scrape hair off the arm. I don't have pictures of the finished products, and didn't take too many pics this weekend, but this will give you an idea! I'll do a short write up later.

Bridgett Cross

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Boiling cartilage

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Using a drill from a sand shark to make a hole in a tiger shark tooth.

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A shard here and there.


It seems I don't have any of the finished knives. I'll have to take those later of mine.
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MORE TO COME.
 
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Here is a long awaited pic of the knives. AMAZING little cutters, as these new sharks teeth can shave. No wonder the Calusa indians had such intricate carvings!!!
 
The fact that they can shave hair is yet another reason on my list of "don't get bit by a shark this week"

The construction is made of deer backmuscle sinew, and the two side teeth are tiger sharks, the one in the middle is a mako. You'll see the sand tiger shark drill (Not shown) at work in the golok video.
 
I've heard tell of people getting attacked by sharks and not even feeling their arm get bitten off. There's a reason why they shed teeth so often--they have to sharpen their knives too! ;)

Also, it was not uncommon for sailors to make swords using swordfish bills.
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Although I can't find them now I've seen pictures of swordfish bills mounted to full-blown cutlass hilts, apparently made as a replacement for a sword that broke at sea when there weren't any enemy blades to abscond. :)
 
Joezilla said:
The fact that they can shave hair is yet another reason on my list of "don't get bit by a shark this week"

The construction is made of deer backmuscle sinew, and the two side teeth are tiger sharks, the one in the middle is a mako. You'll see the sand tiger shark drill (Not shown) at work in the golok video.
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The middle tooth looks like a bull shark tooth, Mako teeth are long and thin with no serrations.

I have a number of tiger shark teeth, and they would make great cutters.
 
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