Comments on: Opening a Leg Bone http://livingprimitively.com/2007/11/opening-a-leg-bone/ We are a group of people who are passionate about the old skills of living in and with nature. We don´t live in the same area, but instead work in different environments and have different approaches to what we do. With this site we´d like to share our passion with the larger world and connect with like minded people. Posting might be infrequent, because our lifestyle doesn´t involve internet access at all times. Sun, 20 May 2012 21:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Modern vaveman makes bone tools « nicole stamp’s pageslap: your daily dose of internet awesome http://livingprimitively.com/2007/11/opening-a-leg-bone/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 Modern vaveman makes bone tools « nicole stamp’s pageslap: your daily dose of internet awesome Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:35:55 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=274#comment-2628 [...] eating a hunter/gatherer diet, making his own tools, etc. I particularly liked his tutorial on how to crack an animal’s a leg bone so you can make tools out of [...] [...] eating a hunter/gatherer diet, making his own tools, etc. I particularly liked his tutorial on how to crack an animal’s a leg bone so you can make tools out of [...]

]]> By: admin http://livingprimitively.com/2007/11/opening-a-leg-bone/comment-page-1/#comment-398 admin Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:05:39 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=274#comment-398 Hi Marc The reason why chicken bones are so weak is because they are fed really bad food. In wild animals, bones are way stronger. Some are harder than others though, Beaver is very hard and so is hare. Ungulates like moose are also quite hard, but more flexible. When it comes to preference I feel they all have different use, antlers are softer, but withstand more blows and bending. Hard is good because it makes for a sharper, stronger edge. Torjus Hi Marc

The reason why chicken bones are so weak is because they are fed really bad food. In wild animals, bones are way stronger. Some are harder than others though, Beaver is very hard and so is hare. Ungulates like moose are also quite hard, but more flexible. When it comes to preference I feel they all have different use, antlers are softer, but withstand more blows and bending.

Hard is good because it makes for a sharper, stronger edge.

Torjus

]]> By: Marc http://livingprimitively.com/2007/11/opening-a-leg-bone/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Marc Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:53:37 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=274#comment-397 Hi Torjus, nice article; I assume these fragments and strips make excellent arrowpoints, spearheads and cutting tools. From the hardness of teh material would you prefer bone over antler? And do you recommend bones from one animal over soem from others? For example it is common knowledge I assume that lambsbones are way stronger then chickenbones. How about moose and elk and so on? Thanks for - again - several informatve and helpfull articles! Marc Hi Torjus,

nice article; I assume these fragments and strips make excellent arrowpoints, spearheads and cutting tools.
From the hardness of teh material would you prefer bone over antler? And do you recommend bones from one animal over soem from others? For example it is common knowledge I assume that lambsbones are way stronger then chickenbones. How about moose and elk and so on?

Thanks for – again – several informatve and helpfull articles!

Marc

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