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Finished this one tonight. I love it. Some gnarly bamboo that I dug out myself and cumberland tamp and scrape ends.

Very cool.

Something you could probably sell for Big Bux would be a tamper made from a suitably sized cassowary bone that's tipped on the stabby end with a real live, honest-to-goodness Hewa arrowhead.

(I've no idea if such a thing would violate an understanding/rule/agreement with the tribe, ethically or otherwise, of course)

I know a lot of Russians and Chinese are big on socially visible items made from super-rare materials. They confer social status, I'm told.

I definitely want to get a slew of cassowary toe nails to bring home next time to do some stuff with. I was going to try this past time, but we ended up coming home pretty quickly so I didn't have time to get it together.