Uniface knife

[Tnmountains]

I was chatting with a farmer last weekend about access to a creek and was kicking at some flint with my boots as we talked . I saw this and figured it was just a reduction flake. Kicked it several times and it came loose and felt the ripples on the edge with my finger. Stuck it in my pocket and forgot about it.Anyways upon further inspection is was a utilized reduction flake. They worked one edge used the tool for its purpose probably to cut something then threw it away. The cool thing about these kinda tools are they made them in the earliest times and also made them up until the end. I like collecting the tools that show the work and was glad I did not pass this one up. No value in these but still an important artifact that is easily missed. Sometimes you find these large flakes in water hunts but they can look worked from river tumble against rocks. This is just worked on the one side so man did it and make it a true unifaced tool.
Happy Hunting and feel free to share any unifaced tools ( not thumb scrapers) you may have come across.




In the hand



No work visible Uniface



Outside of reduction flake



Closer look reveals worked edge on just one side



cool material

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Nice find TnM..

 

[Tnmountains]

Thanks T-H!
Funny how we used to always think of these as just a paleo item. .
I am sure I passed many of these up in my early days.

 

[Mrdigz]

Very cool!

 

[eastTNJoe]

I like how you let your boots do the work to find that one TN!

 

[Americus]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bow Only]

I was going to state that examination under a microscope will show fracture lines from use, but you showed a micro-worked edge. Good eye and nice find.

 

[rock]

like that material and nice tool find

 

[Tnmountains]

I was going to state that examination under a microscope will show fracture lines from use, but you showed a micro-worked edge. Good eye and nice find.

Thanks and wanted to welcome you to the forum! I have the coolest little camera with a lot of microscope modes and am trying to learn. I was hoping to capture that the flaking was all removed from just one side or maybe all in the same direction.

 

[kcm]

Great find! Too bad you had to work so hard to get it.


Which edge were you initially kicking on?

 

[Tnmountains]

Great find! Too bad you had to work so hard to get it.


Which edge were you initially kicking on?

The high edge,lol. The ground is dry and I just kept kicking it then got my toe into it and it flipped out. I picked it up and felt the serrations. Good news is I am going back this weekend.

 

[BagLady]

Good example. Thanks for sharing.

 

[austin]

I sure would have missed it. Good eye and a great learning experience. Thanks...

 

[Tnmountains]

I sure would have missed it. Good eye and a great learning experience. Thanks...

Thanks Austin. There used to be a member here called Uniface. His name was Bill. Great guy and he studied these types of tools specifically and got me interested in them and have kept the ones I am lucky enough to find. I am still learning every day I come here.

 

[DigIron2]

Nice ooold blade TM..Paleo?

 

[Tnmountains]

Nice ooold blade TM..Paleo?

It was always associated with Paleo but this area where found has only gone back to archaic with Daltons,Kirks and Beaver Lakes. I think they utilized these large reduction flakes off a core quiet often in all times? I do not know.
Here are some we always thought were paleo but no way to tell anymore unless you find a paleo camp. (dream). Somewhere I have some more utilized flakes...

Please post any that you all have found on here if you like.

 

[DigIron2]

Not sure if these qualify? These are the closes examples I have found, and of course they are quartz, lol. The three up top look like they have notched serrations.

 

[PaDirtDigger]

Here is one I found last year in Indiana... One of my bigger ones and one of my favorites, I keep it on my dresser!!

Bulb of percussion side

 

[PaDirtDigger]

The worked side

 

[PaDirtDigger]

And here is the finely worked edge... Man, it's a simple tool, but I'm very impressed with how this whole thing is made!!