point i.d.

[Jimmypop]

can anyone give these 2 points a proper name. both very thin...thanks

 

[NCHillbilly]

I'd call the first one a late-stage unfinished preform, maybe a really old one for a Hardaway or similar. The second one looks like a used-up Savannah River.

 

[Jimmypop]

I'd call the first one a late-stage unfinished preform, maybe a really old one for a Hardaway or similar. The second one looks like a used-up Savannah River.

thanks , nch . your thoughts on the 2 crooked points from previous thread.

 

[Sixes]

One on the left looks like a preform to the one on the right. As far as type, sometimes you just have to call them points.

 

[NCHillbilly]

thanks , nch . your thoughts on the 2 crooked points from previous thread.

I made a lot of crooked points when I was learning to flintknap. I'm sure they did the same.

 

[Jimmypop]

hadn't thought about that. i'm sure they must have.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Another possibility with those: they were hafted as knives and sharpened or beveled mainly on one side while they were still hafted. That could cause that look, also.

 

[Jimmypop]

thanks , someone has mentioned they maybe called edgefield scraper. have you ever heard of them.