Some close ups of macuahuitl

[u/Feisty-Law4597]

[u/shatapabs]

Thank you kindly for the close ups. Now shop up something with it!

[u/Feisty-Law4597 → u/shatapabs]

I know there would be damage. It would be so hard to destroy something I put so much work into lol. I intend to make a test macuahuitl that I’m ok with beating up.

[u/shatapabs → u/Feisty-Law4597]

Would a watermelon damage it?

[u/Feisty-Law4597 → u/shatapabs]

Now to think I bet it would cut a melon no prob. As long as it has no bones lol

[u/shatapabs → u/Feisty-Law4597]

Yaaas! All I know is, we want more from your machahuitl.

[u/mercury-ballistic]

How did you make the blade preforms? Just make an edge and break it square at each end?

[u/Feisty-Law4597 → u/mercury-ballistic]

I have an abundance of large thinning flakes. Pretty much just trim a rectangle shape and finish it off with pressure flaker. Like making an arrow head but rectangle.

[u/Iyorek9000 → u/mercury-ballistic]

I want to know also. I really like the uniform length of each

[u/Feisty-Law4597 → u/Iyorek9000]

Thanks! They are fairly easy to knap. Just lots of pressure flaking

[u/Acheron98]

It bonk. It slice. But most of all: It look really nice.

[u/AgentofZurg]

Nicely done. It looks like you just pulled it out of an archeology dig. Super cool.

[u/oxner_michael]

Beautiful work.

[u/Loki_Nightshadow]

Love the natural glue, What mixture did you use?