The Smart Phone: A Sign from the Heavens

Just a few weeks ago I was guiding a kayak tour and a freak storm comes out of nowhere and hit us.  Naturally I had my stone age flip phone that cost me all of $15 in case of an emergency I would be able to call 911. This storms sweeps through and most everyone was on an island except for a couple boats.  So I head back out into the storm to help out another guide with rescuing an elderly man that had flipped and got separated from his kayak.  Anyway, during that whole process my phone got drenched.

I put the soggy phone in rice and waited a while.  After a few days I realized it wasn't worth waiting the few days so that it might work and being phoneless also meant work couldn't ask me to work.  I took this wicked storm as a sign and went on to purchase a smart phone.

Life will never be the same....  :)

Selfies???  Not sure if I did that right... but go follow me on instagram where I will NOT be posting selfies and twitter.  I'll be keeping things updated as I go along via my new smart phone. :)

Been Taking a lot of "knaps"

Flint knapping is the process of creating a sharp edge on any knappable stone.  For the most part I make stone arrowheads and knives by flint knapping.  Obsidian is probably the most well known knappable rock as it is the sharpest edge known to man.

I've been working on some hunting points so I made a variety of them to show to some of the pros to see which ones they liked the most.  The points are shown below.

I use only bone and antler to work these points just like our ancestors would have used.  It's been a fun challenge and I've learned a ton!  I'm still not so good at identifying the different types of materials but it doesn't really matter so long as I can make an arrowhead with it.  The favorite from the pros that I asked was number 10.  They liked that style the most for hunting.  For now I'll keep aiming for ones like that.  I may be doing some hunting soon so I need to get my equipment up to par!