couple KRF scrapers and an agate blade

[larson1951]

here are a few pieces my friend and i found last week
two KRF scrapers, the second one my friend found is unique
a moss agate blade which is ground pretty heavily on one side

[joshuaream]

What is the piece next to the scraper in the first picture? It looks like a piece of worked agate.

[flintdigger]

Steve those are some really nice pieces, the piece with the ground edge is interesting, They are made out of some nice material that KRF is really some nice stone.

[larson1951]

thanks joshua
the piece next to it was an agate triangle point or blade with the end or tip broken off
i find a lot of brokes like that but i usually don't pick them up

thanks flintdigger, i like those moss agate blades and once in a while i find a point made from agate
last year my friend found a very nicely made large knife blade made from agate
i have a big serrated point made from agate

steve

[TretinIowa]

Nice finds very interesting pieces there.

[NorCal Gal]

VERY cool material!

[The Grim Reaper]

Nice looking finds Steve. I love those Knife River Scrapers. They are really cool little artifacts.

[Get-the-point]

Nice finds Larson........man that knife river and that Agate is some killer Material..............Awesome Fleshing tool on your other post. They don't get any better than that!!! Wish we had the Bone artifacts like that here on the East Coast.......Keep them coming man this is turning out to be another fine year for you..................................GTP

[1320]

I love that scraper, nicely made.

So, does KRF stand for Knife River Flint?

[larson1951]

yes 1320
KRF stands for Knife River Flint
the knife river is a small river that is a tributary that runs into the missouri river by stanton ND in central NDak.
also TRSS is gray chert
it is an abbreviation for 'tongue river silicified sediment'
KRF and TRSS are the primary material used in this area, next comes jasper, agate, and petrified wood
steve

[1320]

yes 1320
KRF stands for Knife River Flint
the knife river is river that is a tributary to the missouri by stanton ND in central NDak.
also TRSS is gray chert
it is an abbreviation for 'tongue river silicified sediment'
KRF and TRSS are the primary material used in this area, next comes jasper, agate, and petrified wood
steve

Thank you for the lesson Steve, I really appreciate it. There is ALOT to learn!

[larson1951]

to 1320
the knife river flint quarry is located by dunn center in the nw central part of north dakota
the land is owned by allen and gail lynch
KRF was traded through the trade networks and can be found all over the united states
steve

[1320]

Do any of your scrapers have "gravers" or "graver spurs"? And can you tell me what the function of a graver is?

[larson1951]

yes 1320, there are some scrapers found with graver spurs on the left and right side of the leading
(scraping) edge
these graver spurs were used for scoring and cutting
for example when scraping the 'bubble gum' from the back side of a hide the graver spur could be used to cut through this layer in approx one inch wide strips which were about the width of the leading edge of the normal size scraper, this would make it easier to remove it from the skin when cleaning and preparing the hide for tanning
i can try to post some scrapers w/graver spurs and some w/out if you want me to
in this area the scrapers with the graver spurs are much older and usually consistently better made and almost always made from very high grade KRF for some reason unknown to me
steve