Big Scraper-Knife

[Nicodemus]

Found this past turkey season just off the Flint River in Dougherty County. Nice percussion flaking on the face. Heavy patina, Coastal Plains chert. Base and sides ground.

 

[trad bow]

Nice find.

 

[JHannah92]

There's a pile of good stuff all along the flint

 

[dtala]

flaking pattern looks really old. Nice find.

 

[Sixes]

Good find, looks like it was well used.

 

[flconch53]

Scraper too thick to be a knife

 

[antharper]

Nice find !

 

[godogs57]

Hum dinger Nick. Need to show you some of my scrapers like that .

 

[NCHillbilly]

Just out of curiosity, why do you think that isn't a preform set up to run a big thinning flake down that ridge 1/3 of the way up from the base?

 

[Nicodemus]

Just out of curiosity, why do you think that isn't a preform set up to run a big thinning flake down that ridge 1/3 of the way up from the base?

Could have been, but the sides in the hafting area were ground, and a lot of work would be needed to set up a platform for a thinning or fluting strike.

It reminds me of a preform that was broken while being worked and then turned into another tool.