(up-dated 17/Mar./2014)
BACK TO: SHARK'S TOOTH III
Tooth #4, (back)
Tooth #4, (front)
Tooth #4 = 4.5 cm. long, by 3.7 cm. wide.
Tooth #4, drilled (back)
Tooth #4, drilled (front)
Grinding tooth #4, took 6 minutes-44 seconds, and notching it took 1 minute-40 seconds. Total tooth prep time was: 16 minutes-28 seconds. Drilling the walnut club to accept tooth #4 - 4 minutes-43 seconds.
Front
Back
Tooth #5, (back)
Tooth #5, (front)
Tooth #5 = 5.1 cm. long, by 3.9 cm. wide.
Tooth #5, after drilling, (back)
Tooth #5, after drilling, (front)
Grinding tooth #5 took, 5 minutes-6 seconds, and notching it took 1minute-23 seconds. Total tooth prep time: 9 minutes-46 seconds. The walnut club, took 10 minutes-51 seconds to drill, for tooth #5.
Front
The chert micro-drill, used to drill tooth #5.
The antler chisel, used to mortise the walnut club, to
accept the shark's teeth.
Drilling the walnut club with a chert micro-drill.
The drill for tooth #5 broke off.
The dogbane, ready for cordage.
After scraping off the outer layer, and smashing the
dogbane into quarter-sections, the fiber-separation process is started. The
fibers are pulled away from the chaff, in about 2-inch increments. Then, the
chaff, is snapped downward and removed.
This process is kept up until the entire dogbane shaft has been processed. After
that, the dogbane is twisted into two-ply cordage, before it is used to tie on
the drilled shark's tooth onto drilled the walnut club.
My impromptu pitch heater consists of two tin cans. One
is cut to act as the base and let air through to the candle, underneath. The
other is simply a "pot" to hold the heated pine pitch
mixed with elk and rabbit dung.
I found I was able to melt the pitch very evenly by
using a cheap soldering iron, so I kept that handy, too.
After gluing the teeth into position, they were tied to
the club, with the dogbane cordage.
front w/scale
back w/scale
front no scale
back no scale
The finished great white shark's tooth club!
