By Sean Fagan
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Complete with a central depression for accommodating a drill tip, this mammal vertebra fits snugly into my hand - a great bearing block! (Photo: Sean Fagan).

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Finding a Bone...

How Imagination Stirs the Bushcraft Soul

 

This weathered bone is most likely a vertebra (spinal bone) from a Sika Deer.

It will make a fine handhold (bearing block) for my latest bow drill set.

It was a quiet day in the woods as I held the bone handhold for the first time.

Effortlessly, my mind quietly meandered into the distant past...

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