Re: Challenge for naysayers of the Kensington Runestone

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:13:20 -0400, Horace LaBadie
<hwlabadiejr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <Xns96AF7D23B591Fprd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Philip Deitiker <Nopdeitik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In sci.archaeology, Alaca created a message ID
>> news:42fb80d0$0$59777$dbd4b001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>> > with a bit of luck (?) I can detect them from 200 yard.
>> > Do you think those (hypothetical) indians were deaf?
>>
>> I was going to ask him the same question.
>>
>
>Michael has apparently also abandoned the idea that the chisels would
>need to be reforged during the process of cleaving, dressing, and
>carving the stone.

I think he was right to drop the idea of forging. But they would
certainly need resharpening.



Eric Stevens

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