Firtst attempt at carving a spoon.
Back up north for about 10 days, and happy to be here. I've lived in the north east longer than I've lived anywhere else so feel this is my home, particularly northumberland. Thats where I'll concentrate my efforts on finding a place to live.
Just dug out some stuff thats been stored and came across this, my first feeble attempts at carving. Its coming along? Think I chose the wrong wood though. This is cherry, a particularly hard wood to work with hand tools. A neighbour trimmed some branches off her tree so I decided to give it a go. Found a bag of flint I'd collected as well so that will be coming back with me in order to continue with my efforts to process the birch bracket and create a stone age firelighting kit.
Just dug out some stuff thats been stored and came across this, my first feeble attempts at carving. Its coming along? Think I chose the wrong wood though. This is cherry, a particularly hard wood to work with hand tools. A neighbour trimmed some branches off her tree so I decided to give it a go. Found a bag of flint I'd collected as well so that will be coming back with me in order to continue with my efforts to process the birch bracket and create a stone age firelighting kit.
Just started reading this and its fascinating. Seeing the little cord scabbard that held his flint knife just somehow really evokes the sense of the person, its so charming. Its interesting as this was written before a flint arrowhead was discovered embedded deep in his upper body, although it now seems likely the cause of death was a blow to the head. As well as the undeniable satisfaction of seeing important experts with egg all over their faces this is truly one of the great archeological finds to rank up there with the peat bodies and the caves of Peche Merle and Chauvet.
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