a scraper day

[larson1951]

stopped by at my friend john who owns the site i take care of
i was bringing hinn some dried beans from the site garden
they were a few pounds of the Mandan Black, Arikara Yellow , and Hidatsa Red
he was happy and said hey look grab a few containers of these scrapers i just unpacked
i sorted out over 200 scrapers this morning in every kind of material we have here, plus about 30 some blades and a bunch of brokes
here are some images of the blades and scrapers i sorted out

sure is nice when your friend hands you things like this........... i like the colors of the scrapers in the last image

 

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[katdancing]

What a beautiful way to spend a day. So happy for you. Kat

 

[1320]

Now that is some serious eye candy! Those in the last image are beautiful.

 

[larson1951]

What a beautiful way to spend a day. So happy for you. Kat

hey hey kat....thanks much

Now that is some serious eye candy! Those in the last image are beautiful.

thanks 1320.....i meant the last image and i see that i left out the 'a' in last so it looked like lst....i edited it

you know ican't figure out what that white w/black stripe material is but i like it


here is the rest of what i have not gone through yet......a lot of broke and un-finished pieces

take a look

 

[old digger]

Well, that is definitely more than a handful, and I see a few nice looking knives in the first photos. Very Nice!

Tell John, Merry Christmas and Thank You for his kindness.

 

[VERDE]

Hey larson1951!! FANTASTIC!! You guys amaze me with the finds up there!! CONGRATS!! Thanks for sharing!! MERRY CHRISTMAS and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[quito]

Well now, good to see someone else knows the joy of going through hundreds and hundreds of scrapers.

 

[NC field hunter]

Now I know how you are able to share artifacts with everyone!! That's cool! How many times do you suppose a scraper was used before getting tossed? It just seems like they were almost a disposable tool.

 

[tomclark]

Scraper-Nanza!!! Some real schweetness in there!

 

[1320]

you know ican't figure out what that white w/black stripe material is but i like it

Magnesite?

 

[quito]

Now I know how you are able to share artifacts with everyone!! That's cool! How many times do you suppose a scraper was used before getting tossed? It just seems like they were almost a disposable tool.

Jeb Taylor did some replication studies on these tools, and he said they lasted about thirty minutes removing hair from buffalo hides. I don't know how many times they were re-sharpened in those 30 minutes though.

They were halfted into elk horn scrapers, and when they got to short, they were dicarded. I would imagine you could have more than one person working on a hide, and with their short working life that may help explain the abundance of themcute little scrapers.

 

[monsterrack]

That is the Mother Lode Steve very nice

 

[NC field hunter]

Jeb Taylor did some replication studies on these tools, and he said they lasted about thirty minutes removing hair from buffalo hides. I don't know how many times they were re-sharpened in those 30 minutes though.

They were halfted into elk horn scrapers, and when they got to short, they were dicarded. I would imagine you could have more than one person working on a hide, and with their short working life that may help explain the abundance of themcute little scrapers.

Thanks Quito. That does make perfect sense. They couldn't have been used many times in order for so many to be found. It amazes me how much work they put into some of them. Thanks for the info. That's what T-net is all about !!

 

[bravowhiskey]

great bunch of tools. your friend John is a heck of a friend.

 

[quito]

Thanks Quito. That does make perfect sense. They couldn't have been used many times in order for so many to be found. It amazes me how much work they put into some of them. Thanks for the info. That's what T-net is all about !!

Here is how they were often halfted, pictured in Jebs book, they were sharpened while halfted, You can see from my examples that they start out long, and end up short. After re- reading the chapter, I saw it was 15 to 30 minutes is all they lasted, and the exausted ones were often used as hand held scrapers for smaller tasks.

 

[curious kat]

....WOW...

 

[rock]

Now thats a bunch of scrapers!

 

[hbrown22]

Love the coloring on the last pic!