flint arrowheads

[swampdogg]

don't know if this is the right place for this but i'll give it a whirl. i need to know if anybody knows of someone who has some indian arrowheads they would be willing to sell or if someone knows how to nap flint . i'm a den leader for my son's cub scout den and being poor and the hired help don't have much cash flow. the den just crossed over to webelos. 2 more yrs until they become boy scouts. at the end of their cub scout yrs a symbol of them earning their arrow of light (the highest award for a cub scout ) is an arrow with all of the colors of the different ranks they have went thru. i've got nine boys five have been there from the start. i'd love to make as an authentic native american arrow as i can. i'm going to cut the arrows use some turkey feathers, sinew the whole nine yards but i don't think i have the talent to nap the arrow heads. i problay need 10-12 some for back-ups and i do have one sister who is my "girl cub". she pays better attention than the boys and has done everything they have. so as far as i'm concerned she's one of mine i've got about a year and a half to do this in. it needs to be done by the blue and gold baquent in febuary. if anybody has some ideas i sure would like to hear from you sorry i got long winded thanks swampdogg

[BILLY D.]

swampdogg

The best way to solve your problem is tell you to get in touch with a group of people who attend rendezvous.

These are old time camp outs performed by folks who wear Buckskins and shoot Black powder.

They keep things as antique as possible and live like the original settlers.

I have had a knife made to my specifications handcrafted by a fellow down Arkansas way by the name of Billy Watson. He makes beautiful Tomahawks and some of the most beautiful Damascus Steel knives I have ever seen.

I know he attends rendezvous in the Indiana, Missouri and Illinois area as a vendor.

Fact is you may be able to get in touch with a group in your area that do rendezvous and have your scouts camp with them. It may or may not get the kids hooked on this type activity. It's like Chicken Soup, couldn't hurt to ask.

I'd almost bet the rendezvous folks would love the exposure to their "game" and show the younger folks how things were back in the day of the "Corp of Discovery" Lewis and Clark days.

Billys web address is http://watsonknives.com./

Good luck on your venture and my appreciation for working with the Scouts.

Best wishes, Bill

[Adam Helmer]

swampdogg,

Welcome to this Forum.

Billy D gave you good advice, as usual. You may want to contact the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association for a list of vendors for arrowheads and rendezvous locations. Their link is nmlra@nmlra.org.

Again, welcome to this site.

Adam