Knife?

[recondigger]

Found this one yesterday and when it was sticking out of the dirt I thought it was a genesee point but the other side wasn't notched. It was found in western NY about an hour south of rochester. I have a couple theories one is I think it could be a knife blade or two it was going to be a genesee point and wasn't going to work out right and was discarded. What do you guys think about it? Thank you for looking. Dig until your arm falls off

 

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[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Nice find

 

[yakker]

It kinda looks like a Genesee or Neville that didn't work out, but was still used- and re-sharpened. It's heavy-duty (there's actually a point style up there called a Heavy Duty, but it's narrower than your's, but I digress) and I wouldn't imagine it was discarded, but still used as a knife. It wanted to have a real stem, and it's got those wanna-be barbs/extrusions, but the material didn't cooperate. You can see the (I hope I'm using the right terminology) platforms- or are they hinges?- (and lithic flaws) in your pics. And... given its current state, I don't think we can really assume any real 'name', but perhaps a hypothetical guess, given the more common point types in your area and the lithics and technologies associated with them. I may be wrong, but wouldn't a Genee point be used as a knife blade anyway?
Interesting find, no matter what. HH! Yak

 

[unclemac]

nice stone

 

[Americus]

That is a good find. Thanks for sharing.

 

[monsterrack]

That is a very good find

 

[recondigger]

Thank you for your comments and thoughts. I know it's not possible to always be able to say for sure what something was. But that to me is a small part of the fun. Hey it's still over 1000 years old and I was the first to touch it in a long time

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[rock]

Nice tool/ point. I like the color of it