"Ferroulithic"
(ferro-lithick)

Steel-Stone Points Explained

Ferroulithic

Ferroulithic, is a term coined by Gary Kelley to describe his “Ferroulithic Steel-Stone” points and blades. Ferrou, comes from the Latin word “ferrum” meaning (contains iron) as in “ferrous metals”. Lithic- is from the Greek word “lithos” meaning (stone). Combined they result in the descriptive term ferroulithic, meaning steel and stone.

Kelley’s process, [click here] outlined on his website www.theBlademaker.com involves using a knapped stone artifact as a pattern from which a proprietary mold is made, then a wax/plastic compound is injected into the molds, and the resulting facsimiles are individually precision investment cast in tool steel. The result is a point that looks like the flaked stone original, but is virtually indestructible, allowing applications including practice and target points for primitive archery, atlatl dart points, even hunting points, and useable stone-looking knives.

Kelley began his experimentations with the ferroulithic concept in the late 1980s. His stone-looking steel points were first published in 1993 in a Blade Magazine article entitled "THE STONE LOOK IN STEEL BLADES" in the May 1993 issue.

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