Chapter Twenty-Nine: Artistic Stone Techniques
At the beginning, Shao Xuan knocked on the hammer to see the reaction of the gram, and after beating, he stopped paying attention to the gram and was immersed in the beating.
The process of beating is laborious, not just a hand to wave the arm, every time you smash has to calculate a lot, angle, force, how to swing the hammer, where to knock, etc., all have to be decided in a short moment.
For many people in the tribe, there is probably a lot of beating, and with experience, the best hitting effect can be achieved by feeling. But Shao Xuan is only a novice now, and he can't have the experience of an old stonetool who has been beating for decades, so he can only rely on calculations and rough estimates, and then try and improve again and again.
Even if the body is much stronger now, the strength is much greater, but this strength is not endless, when I first held the stone hammer, I didn't feel heavy, but the number of beatings, with the loss of power in the body, I also felt that the stone hammer in my hand became heavier and heavier, but at this time I can't go on a business trip, the force of the beating changes, and the foliate stone chips that are knocked down will be completely beyond expectations, and there will be a lot of waste.
Because of this, Shao Xuan didn't have the energy to pay attention to Ke's reaction.
At first, the time between the two hammers was a little longer, because Shao Xuan had to think about the shortcomings of the previous hammer in this moment, so that he could improve the next hammer. However, as the hammer was hammered down, Shao Xuan also had a score and became proficient, and the time between the two hammers became shorter and shorter.
I don't know how many hammers he hit, Shao Xuan felt that the whole person was about to collapse, but Ke didn't let him stop, but would point out mistakes from time to time. It's like running a long distance, running and running feels like you're almost at the limit, and you want to stop and rest, but every now and then someone is urging you to say, "Go on!"
Knowing Ke's temper, if Shao Xuan stopped at this time, it is estimated that he would not want to follow Ke to learn stone tools in the future. Even if you are tired, you can only grit your teeth and knock it down.
When the last trace of strength in his body seemed to have been drained, Shao Xuan gradually felt relaxed again, and for a moment he still wondered, is it like this if he breaks through the limit once?
What Shao Xuan didn't know was that when he felt relaxed and his strength had recovered a lot, totem patterns had already appeared on his face.
Inadvertently, he had already used the power of the totem, but Shao Xuan's mind was all used on beating, and he didn't pay attention to the totem that lit up in his mind.
Ke's eyes flashed with surprise, he has been a stonesmith for so many years, and many people have come to learn stoneware from him, but few people will use the power of totems in the process of making zuò. Some people feel that the power of the totem is sacred, and can only be used for hunting, participating in the defense of the tribe and other more "sacred" things, while some people do not have this idea, but it is not easy for the power of the totem to control it accurately, unless some experienced old warriors can have that kind of chengdù.
But young warriors like Shao Xuan, or some young warriors like Lang Ga, are rarely able to control it well, and once the power of the totem is used, it is easy to directly knock the stone core into several pieces, which is not processing, but ruining. If you are impatient and irritable, you just throw it away. It's too hard, so it's better to practice hunting skills more if you have this kung fu!
It is precisely because of this that Ke was surprised, because Shao Xuan not only used the power of the totem, but also did not directly knock out the stone core, and even, the leaf-like stone chips that were knocked down were more perfect, and almost every stone leaf that was knocked down had been further processed and would not become waste!
How rare!
But Shao Xuan didn't notice his "rarity" at all, and he was immersed in the beating, and all he was thinking about in his mind was the experience summed up from each beating, and then the next beating, which missed the surprised expression on Ke's face that lasted for several minutes.
It is not easy to make Ke, who usually has a straight face and rarely has other expressions, and does not smile even when talking to familiar people, to show such a look of surprise.
When the part of the line was finished, Shao Xuan stopped.
Look at the ground next to the stone core, some of the small pieces of stone leaves knocked down are gathered in a small pile, and some are scattered on the ground.
Look at Gram again, still expressionless.
Shao Xuan put down the stone hammer and gasped beside him, waiting for Ke's assessment. At the same time, I also sighed in my heart, it is not easy to be a stonecraftman!
It is no wonder that there are so many disabled warriors in the tribe who can no longer participate in hunting, but only a small part of them have become stone tools, and the rest even if they polish stone tools, they are only for their daily life, providing stone tools for their descendants, in addition, they usually have other things, such as Ge is responsible for the "logistics position" of transportation, instead of polishing stone tools as a subsistence profession, and the technology of polishing stone tools is naturally not as good as a full-time stone tool master like them.
The look of surprise on Ke's face had already calmed down, and he regained his previous wooden face, still sitting in the same place, raising his hand to take a slender wooden stick from the side, and brushing away the stone leaf stone pieces that had been piled up, and then his hand shook slightly, and the end of the thin wooden stick picked out a small piece of stone leaf with a pointed tip, and the small piece of stone leaf that was picked up crossed a parabola in the air and fell into a wooden box filled with various stone leaves to be polished and processed. The "peeled" stone leaves can be made into scrapers or sharpeners, stone cones, stone arrowheads, and so on, depending on their shape.
Although the stone leaves knocked down looked like a lot, the provocation of the gram was also fast, and Shao Xuan watched those stone leaves fly from the ground into the stone plate like connected beads, overwhelmed.
Without waiting for Shao Xuan to take a few breaths, Ke had already finished picking.
Putting down the stick, Ke said expressionlessly: "Waste!"
Shao Xuan's eyelids jumped, but he quickly reacted that this "waste" was not talking about him, but referring to the stone chips on the ground that had been knocked down but could not be used for further processing. These are scraps.
Obviously, Gram was not satisfied with the amount of discarded stone leaves that had been knocked down.
"Originally, I was going to make a stone ball, but now it seems that I can barely make a adze. Ke looked at the stone core that had been knocked away with disgust, and said a long sentence.
Shao Xuan's heart was suddenly relieved, and he was worried that Ke would let him go directly, but since Ke said so, it meant that he was not opposed to teaching him.
"Take it. Ke pointed to the stone core that had been knocked by Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan hurriedly put down the stone hammer, hugged the stone core that was a little miserable, and put it on the stone anvil in front of Ke.
"Look at it. ”
Ke picked up the stone hammer that Shao Xuan had used just now, picked up the stone core that was twice as wide as his palm with his other hand, dragged it steadily, and looked at the stone core.
Shao Xuan only heard the sound of the wind "huh", and the hammer shadow flashed.
"Ding!"
The stone hammer strikes on the core of the stone, making a crisp sound.
At the same time, a stone leaf has been knocked out and peeled off from the stone core.
The flying stone leaves did not fall directly to the ground, but fell right into a wooden box hanging on the wall.
From swinging the hammer to striking it, it is very neat, and it seems that long before the hammer is swinged, it is determined which piece and which piece of the stone core will be knocked down. It is not like Shao Xuan was waiting for the battlefield when he was beating just now, but when he swung the hammer, he carried a kind of casual weighting.
This is the real "peeling stone leaves", like Shao Xuan just now, it is just knocking stones, and most of the waste materials are knocked down.
After the first hammer, Ke did not give Shao Xuan much time to think, followed by the second, third, and fourth hammers......
The hammer shadow flashed continuously, and the tinkling sound was endless, and as the hammer shadow became faster and faster, Shao Xuan even felt that the sound had been connected, and he couldn't hear the interval between the hammers.
The stone leaves that were peeled off from the stone core also fell into the wooden box one by one, and at first glance it looked like a rainbow bridge, connecting the stone core and the wooden box.
Shao Xuan's eyes were straight, he used to know that he had a strong ability to restrain stone tools, but he still didn't expect that he would far underestimate this old stone tool master and have such a magical skill!
This is peeling stone leaves, this is simply cutting noodles!!
Obviously, when Shao Xuan came here to observe in the past, he did not see Ke's real ability, and what he saw in the past was only the tip of the iceberg, far from understanding the stone skills mastered by Ke.
So subtle! so precise!
When Shao Xuan came back to his senses, Ke had already peeled off the stone leaves, and the stone core left in his hand was already in the shape of a stone adze.
This is followed by drilling and sanding, attaching a wooden handle and forming the tool.
Perfect.
"Take it. Ke handed the finished stone adze to Shao Xuan.
"Give it to me?" Shao Xuan took the stone adze, looked at the gram, and saw that the gram had turned around to work on the others, so he took the stone adze and waved it twice.
This stone adze has been processed by himself, although the technology is rough and unsightly, and it almost destroyed the stone core, but after all, it is the first time he has seriously participated in the production of zuò, and it is rare to see the ultimate skill of the gram, which is naturally of great significance to Shao Xuan.
The stone core that creates this stone adze, the stone is delicate, compact and hard, it is not obvious to look at, but the weight can be clearly felt in the hand, and it belongs to the middle and upper stone. I didn't expect Gram to give it to himself like this.
"Peeling stone chips, even the simplest beating, to achieve the most satisfactory results, is quite time-consuming, and there are no shortcuts. You have to anticipate the peeling of each stone flake, and then think about the degree, the weight of the hammer, the strength, the consequences, and so on, and relate them to the core stone. The amount of force, the optimal angle, and the ever-changing process from raw material to finished product are all indescribable. How hard, at what angle, and how to strike...... You can only understand it if you practice it again and again. Ke turned his back to Shao Xuan and said.
Yes. Stone tools, unlike iron tools, cannot be restored and cannot be reversed if they take a wrong step. If you hammer it down, it will either succeed or fail. Final word.
Shao Xuan took the stone adze and saluted respectfully, "Yes, I know." ”
"But," he said, pointing to the dead fish in the corner glaring at Caesar, "you also need to know how to summarize when practicing." If you fail, you can, but you have to learn from it, and you can't be like these fish!"
"Understood. Shao Xuan could hear what Ke meant.
Ke means to let Shao Xuan not be like this piranha, a tendon, not a long memory, a mistake to the end, and no turning back if he dies.
"Take one with you. "Kedao. It's going to drive people out.
"Oh. ”
Since Ke asked Shao Xuan to bring a fish back, it was useless for Shao Xuan to refuse, and he didn't say much, so he picked up a fish, took a stone adze, and called Caesar to leave.
Walking out of the door with the fish, Shao Xuan looked at the fish in his hand, thinking of what he had just said, he couldn't help but smile and poke the fish's head with a stone adze: "Stupid!"
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Fish: "Blame me?"
There's one more shift tonight.
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