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| + | The addition of wooden handles, known as hafting, gave the user a firmer grip and much greater leverage than previously possible with a naked blade. [1] The dictionary definition being to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft.[2] | ||
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| + | http://photos.imageevent.com/paleoaleo/atlatlgoodies/Stone%20Axes%20009.jpg | ||
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| + | [1] Manual page 57 | ||
| + | [2]http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hafted | ||
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| + | -William Perdue | ||
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Return to History 8 Culture Origins Vocabulary
The addition of wooden handles, known as hafting, gave the user a firmer grip and much greater leverage than previously possible with a naked blade. [1] The dictionary definition being to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft.[2]
[1] Manual page 57 [2]http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hafted
-William Perdue
