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To: gundog

“Iron laying all over the ground in parts of North America. Injuns must not have been interested.”

Why? It wasn’t practical for them. There is a whole lot of time and work that goes into smelting metal. Why when they could just reach down pick up a stone and knap out a point in 15 minutes. They lost half of their arrows and points anyhow. Much more practical to replace lost stone points than metal points.

We still use stone because of it’s superior sharpness... It is 100 times sharper than metal.

https://record.umich.edu/articles/surgeons-use-stone-age-technology-for-delicate-surgery/


22 posted on 09/30/2025 8:32:45 PM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Openurmind

Silly Europeans and their metal....


23 posted on 09/30/2025 8:37:57 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Openurmind

Define “a 100 times sharper…”. I’m curious to hear that description.


31 posted on 10/01/2025 1:14:24 AM PDT by raybbr (The left is a poison on society. There is no antidote. Running its course will be painful. You )
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