We were lucky enough to have local flintknapper and musician Doug Dahl come out to teach our homeschool group his "Paleo Xacto" knife. Students learned how to use stone spokeshaves and hand held drills to make a slick hafting system for small stone blades and flakes. Doug is a long-time instructor at primitive skills gatherings, and he can be found telling stories and instigating music around many a fire, along with passing on his infectious enthusiasm for ancient skills and artifacts.
~Neal
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| Doug instructing the group |
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| Some of Doug's work |
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| Using a stone spokeshave |
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| The debarked handle, and antler for compression bead |
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| Using a stone drill |
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| The drilled bead |
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| Finished Xacto |
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| And another |
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| Finished tool, with two others in the works |
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| The students with their new blades |
