metal weapons and tools in the pacific

Tim Simmons · 22nd September 2008, 08:36 PM

This is cool.
http://www.heretical.com/cannibal/polynesi.html

If you look closely at the knife I have in the link you can see that it is fashioned largely by grinding into shape from a European blade. The grinding has been done with hand held stones rather than a rotating grind stone. Some heat must have been applied to create the roll at the tip but you would not need a great force of heat to do that. Also it is worth noting that the ferrel part is just bent into shape. As in the post the knife was originally shown I believe this is an extemely unusual item. The recent posts on this topic inspired me to purchase from Amazon the book {Exploration & Exchange, a south seas anthology 1680-1900, the university of Chicago press} which did force me to give the early missionaries just a little amount of respect. It cannot have been much fun having human body parts tossed into your compound even if your impossition was unwelcome.

22nd September 2008, 08:36 PM	#21
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	Spelling!!! This is cool. http://www.heretical.com/cannibal/polynesi.html If you look closely at the knife I have in the link you can see that it is fashioned largely by grinding into shape from a European blade. The grinding has been done with hand held stones rather than a rotating grind stone. Some heat must have been applied to create the roll at the tip but you would not need a great force of heat to do that. Also it is worth noting that the ferrel part is just bent into shape. As in the post the knife was originally shown I believe this is an extemely unusual item. The recent posts on this topic inspired me to purchase from Amazon the book {Exploration & Exchange, a south seas anthology 1680-1900, the university of Chicago press} which did force me to give the early missionaries just a little amount of respect. It cannot have been much fun having human body parts tossed into your compound even if your impossition was unwelcome. Last edited by Tim Simmons; 22nd September 2008 at 08:48 PM. Reason: spelling!!