KNIVES
Knives were used for many purposes,
they are an all round, all purpose tool, much like scrapers. Some knives and scrapers are almost identical, except for one
feature, knives have the edges worked more carefully. Knives
are usually thinner, and much better quality. They were used throughout all periods of history, from paleo to the later
periods. They are used by all tribes and cultures. This first item
i'm showing you is a large cache blade or knife. It is of outstanding quality. It is less than
1\4 inch thick at it thickest point, very fine flaking. It's a superb
blade with the edges worked very intricately. I found it on 7-23-97, on lake hudson.
Below is a picture
of another nice blade found on the same day as the above
blade, they were lying beside each other, on 7-23-97.
This blade was found on 8-19-88.
This knife
is made from a beautiful black flint, the flaking quality
is excellent on it, i found it 9-16-88.
I found this blade on the shores of upper ft.gibson
lake, mayes co, oklahoma. It was after one heck of a
storm, we sure did get muddy that day, 4-5-89.
This blade exhibits fine colors, a deep brown with
a nice black tip that sets it off nicely. The
edges and the tip have nice pressure flaking on
them. Found 2-14-92 (yes, valentines day).
Check this set of skinning rocks out, the one
in the middle has terrific pressure flaking around
the edges, it ain't no butter knife.hehe
Another of the things that sets off a knife from
a point is the base. Knives don't need to be thinned
down like points in order to be hafted, alot
of them are hand held. Also some have points on them,
some don't. They were made primarily for cutting and
some of them only have been worked well on one edge,
or at least more, on one edge. The blade on the
far right has been pressure flaked well on the left
hand side, but the other edges don't show as much
evidence of working on the edge.
Check this one out. This is called a corner tang knife. They aren't quite as common as the other blades and a fine addition to any collection. I swear, i had to have looked right over this one ten times before i ever picked it up.
