Knife or projectile point?

[Wes213]

I found this point some months ago. It is the nicest Quartz point I have found this year. Am I right in assuming it is a knife blade as apposed to a projectile point? Thanks for the help!

 

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[The Grim Reaper]

More than likely both. Could have utilized as a Dart Point and or a Knife.

Nice piece wither way.

 

[ptsofnc]

That is a nice find. Congrats.

 

[rock]

Very nice quartz knife

 

[joshuaream]

Like Grim mentioned, it could and probably was both a knife and a dart.

It looks like it was used as a knife before being lost. It's a bit lopsided, which often happens from resharpening one cutting edge. But it would have taken the maker about 5 minutes or less for a tune up to get it back to perfect dart point.

 

[Wes213]

Thanks guys!!! Great insight!!!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great looking piece.

 

[SD51]

Congrats! Finding one of those is on my bucket list!

 

[monsterrack]

I agree on what the others have said. You need to realize that some knifes where very short because it didn't take much of a sharp edge to do what they needed done. I have skinned and cut up a whitetail deer with just a flake that was held in my hand and I only had to take the edge off once, an that was because it became harder to cut through the larger tendons. Great find

 

[DigIron2]

nice Morrow mountain man. I like that sugar quartz.