Stone pecking technique to make a bevel block

In this video Rich demonstrates the primitive survival skill of stone pecking. Here he uses the technique to fashion a bevel block as a component of a bow drill friction fire set.
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[@villihun]

G,day mate, Love the roos behind you, More of the Aussie wildlife please.

[@bushloreoz]

Will do my best Will, they come and go as they please so there is never any guarantee where they'll be ever :)

[@victorwaddell6530]

G'Day , Rich . Thanks for the video . I'm your viewer up here in South Carolina . My area was once home to the Cherokee and there can be found bits of stone that were made into tools long ago . Years ago a neighbor found a stone tool in a creek . Its about the size of a man's hand , made of hard gray stone , flat and triangular shaped , with a groove pecked or ground around the middle . Imagine the letter A , the groove is where the horizontal line is . I believe the groove was for attaching a handle , probably a forked or split tree branch , or a straight stick steam bent and wrapped around the groove . Years ago my brother and I did some work on a family's house outside of town by a marshy area . The area is rife with deer and cattail plants . The homeowners had a stone that captured rain water at the corner of their house , their dogs and cats drank from it as a watering trough . It was a flat piece of stone , possibly sandstone , about 2ft X 3ft by 8in . The top side was pecked or ground out into a depression . I think it was used as a grindstone for grain , corn , maize , acorns , and nuts . The stone that would be held in the user's hands was absent . Tools made of stone are not in any way inferior to modern technology , they served mankind well for aeons and may outlast their makers . Cheers , Mate !

[@bushloreoz]

Hey Victor, thanks for sharing that fantastic journey from over there! Bloody awesome stuff and incredible human history all around you. It must be pretty amazing to walk round and spot artefacts everywhere!