Cow bone needle.

Here I have made a Cow bone needle.

First I split the bone using a large stone.

Then did the basic shaping with my knife

I then used a small awl I forged to start boring the eye out,I used the tip of my knife using a circular motion until I was happy with the size of the eye.

To finish I used a small flat stone which was wet and rubbed the needle on this to shape and sharpen.



Tools used.

 

Your welcome.

Nope no electric tools where used in the making of this needle

 

Thats good to know,just been a bit busy lately that all.

 

Looks like it came out of a mold. Very nice work, sticks.

Byte

 

That's cool!... I like that alot

 

Veeery nice!

 

I know how we can force him to make them even smaller and smoother...give him a week to make his finest needle. Then we'll hold him down and give him some stitches with it!

Muahahahha <-- Very diabolical laugh

Byte

 

ROFL!...I'm more for brain surgery!

 

Well...I guess if you stick it in someone's eye, it could crack or splinter...

 

I KNOW!!!...

 

Not really,i just took my time and was gentle

 

too bad the pics dont still show

 

Problem with a lot of these old post.. Old links that have failed or no longer active, photos or post that had just,,,, gone away.. Shame! Lot of lost information and more disappearing each day..

 

Since we’re talking bones and needles,, I’ll throw this in the mix. Years ago,while visiting with a buddy up in the mountains of NC, along with a buddy of ours from Ga. Well, to add a little comedy to the addition of useful info ,, I don’t want to upset any of our women folk here. Anyway, our mountain bro wore a straw cowboy hat with pins and stuff on it. He had a toothpick he had stuck in the hat. It was about 3inches long with a slight curve to it. My Ga bro asked him what it was. He said it was a coon dick bone. Who’da thunk a coon dick had a bone in it. It did look like it would make a good toothpick ,, and now thinking back,, with an eye bored into one end of it ,, a needle. So being the smartass my Ga bro was /is , he said to our mountain ,,, “ So it can be said that you’ve had a dick in your mouth “ ,,, That started a little fight that me and Ga bro was laughing to hard to participate in.