08-20-2017, 03:42 PM
Lol.. I thought the same thing, that's a bow drill!
An adze is not a finishing tool. It is for removing chunks of wood and is similar to an ax in function. I wouldn't expect to find an aspis with adze tool marks. Craftsmen, shipbuilders, and cavemen (lol) have been using the adze for eons. I wouldn't necessarily call it empty speculation. Let's not put the cart before the horse, and then kill the horse, just yet. I still think it's worth looking into, and certainly isn't something that we should simply dismiss outright because we like a different hypothesis instead. That's not very scientific or rational.
Where are the depictions of an aspis being made with a lathe?
Where are the texts that mention an aspis being made with a lathe? (Aristophanes doesn't count -- not a good reference and still entirely vague and open to speculation)
That's one crazy huge bowl those guys are carving!!! Wow.. I enjoyed seeing that, thank you!
An adze is not a finishing tool. It is for removing chunks of wood and is similar to an ax in function. I wouldn't expect to find an aspis with adze tool marks. Craftsmen, shipbuilders, and cavemen (lol) have been using the adze for eons. I wouldn't necessarily call it empty speculation. Let's not put the cart before the horse, and then kill the horse, just yet. I still think it's worth looking into, and certainly isn't something that we should simply dismiss outright because we like a different hypothesis instead. That's not very scientific or rational.
Where are the depictions of an aspis being made with a lathe?
Where are the texts that mention an aspis being made with a lathe? (Aristophanes doesn't count -- not a good reference and still entirely vague and open to speculation)
That's one crazy huge bowl those guys are carving!!! Wow.. I enjoyed seeing that, thank you!
Scott B.