Q&A for How to Make Arrowheads

Cut a notch into the tip and insert the arrowhead. Secure it with glue, or wrapped with string or strong thread - or ideally, both. For greater authenticity, use animal tendon, or birch tar or pine pitch.

Hit the other stone at a slant, from the bottom to the top, so the top is pointier. Don't hit too hard or too soft.

No. Sandstone is made from sediments of sand and would break easily. Therefore, it would actually break apart on contact with anything as dense as a pine tree or harder.

You could, but arrowheads are normally made from flint.

Yes. You can use rocks and minerals such as jasper or amethyst to use as a spearhead. These would work similar to obsidian, but are can be found anywhere, instead of just volcanic regions.

You can find them outside in parks, or you may be able to purchase them as well.

Yes, but the arrow head has to be smaller than the obsidian knife head.

Obsidian is a glass formed from lava, so it is mostly in places that are or used to be volcanic.

Use pine-pitch glue to hold the feather in place, then wrap the feathers in sinew through the bristles of the feathers.

Try glue, like wood glue or gorilla glue.

No, but they do work well for a hammer stone/ebrading stone. You can sometimes find flint near a river bank. It has a chalky surface, but when you break it open it ranges in color from gray to almost white.

It doesn't need to be heated; what you are trying to do is to hit the rock with the other rock to make it shaped to your liking.

Flake at an angle. This chips off pieces of the rock without deforming it and will make your spear/arrowhead sharper.

No. It can be anything with a high density, or you could use another rock to shape the spear you need to make.

Yes, quartz is one of the better minerals to use for an arrowhead.

Obsidian was the rock that was used in the pictures, but you can use anything similar such as flint/chert, glass, porcelain, etc.