Any ideas on what this might be?

[ronjovi87]

Can anyone please help me identify what this might be my best guess is a knife but can’t seem to find any pictures like it anywhere. It was found in south east Missouri about an hour south of St. Louis. Thank you.

 

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[robertk]

I'd guess knife. I have a modern knapped knife that looks very similar to that. I've never seen an ancient one that looked like it though. You might post it on the Native American Artifacts forum and see if someone there knows.

 

[ronjovi87]

I'd guess knife. I have a modern knapped knife that looks very similar to that. I've never seen an ancient one that looked like it though. You might post it on the Native American Artifacts forum and see if someone there knows.

Thank you for the response. I was thinking maybe the same thing. Especially since I’ve not been able to find one like it anywhere else

 

[Blackfoot58]

Looks like a take on a modern-day skinning knife. I wasn’t aware of any stone tools with that style. Thanks for posting

 

[villagenut]

Probably a knife that was re-worked after it suffered some edge damage...

 

[ToddsPoint]

Very unusual with the offset base. Excellent chipping. I’d guess early archaic time period. It’s made from raw Burlington flint, which is very common for the St. Louis area. Just a guess but they might have broken the base when they were notching it and just reworked what was left. They didn’t want to waste such a nicely chipped blade.🤷🏼

 

[opalboy]

Did you actually find it?