How to Carve a Spear With a Knife
A fun craft idea can include recreating ancient hunting tools and war weapons. You can not only learn history, but also create a prop that can be used for a possible costume. Carving a spear with a knife is the best way to make the pencil-like pointed end. Plain sticks and branches found out on your lawn can lend the spear a more realistic look. For a more uniform spear, try carving a dowel stick.
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Things You'll Need
- Unsaturated pocketknife blade
- 80 grit sandpaper
- 4-foot long, 1-inch round dowel
Instructions
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Sit down in a chair. Position the dowel between your legs while seated. Have the dowel come up to about your chest, then point the dowel 45 degrees away from you.
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Firmly grip 6 inches down on the dowel with your non-dominant hand.
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Estimate 3 inches down from the top of the dowel. Begin the push the knife blade away from your body, over the end of the dowel.
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Continue this completely around the dowel tip as you rotate the shaft with your other hand. Begin to apply more pressure toward the tip as you are carving and taper the tip of the dowel off to a point. Continue carving the tapered point, making the top 3 inches of the dowel look like a sharpened pencil.
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Sand the area around the sharp tip smooth to give it a true sharpened-pencil appearance.
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Tips & Warnings
Be careful working with the knife, and will handling the spear once finished. Both will be sharp.
