Atypical flake tools.

[quito]

I think it could be a good exercise if some folks would post some of their unusual, uncommon, and/or not yet named, flake tool types. It’s artifacts like these that have me examining about every flake I come across when I’m hunting.

Here are are a few of my favorites of that type.

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[BrettCo124]

Love this idea. It’ll help me ID more when I’m out searching. Thanks for starting it.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Here are a few of my finds, from a friends place around Benton,ca i will dig out my best ones that i think were used for something, i have 200-300 flakes.Make that 500-600 flakes lol.

 

[quito]

Love this idea. It’ll help me ID more when I’m out searching. Thanks for starting it.

You are welcome! Hope it pans out.

 

[quito]

Here are a few of my finds, from a friends place around Benton,ca i will dig out my best ones that i think were used for something, i have 200-300 flakes.View attachment 1545843Make that 500-600 flakes lol.[/QUOT

Thanks for contributing. Looking forward to some of your upcoming pieces.

 

[quito]

Here is a larger example of a piece I found last summer.
On the first side this large flake is pretty much non-descript, but the other side reveals lots of workmanship and that is is a decent yet crude blade.

 

[crj1968]

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[coosakid]

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Interesting.... Looks like the same make and model

 

[old digger]

Those are pretty nice burin's. that first one looks like it was also used as a little knife.

 

[jmaschal]

Love the edge work on the first one [emoji106]🏽

 

[quito]

Love the edge work on the first one [emoji106]

it is a dandy, nicely flaked all the way around. Even has a translucent band running through it.

 

[quito]

This is one of the nicest flake knives I have. Was made on a channel flake I do believe. Super thin, and super fine edgework on it as well.

One nondescript side one super nice side.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Here are a few of some worked flakes, my camera is not the best lol. number 1 has a very fine worked edge the other side is smooth. number 2 is wicked sharp with a very fine serrated edge. There i a large blade and a small blade, looks like a arrowhead but i don't think so. I am sure some of my flakes had a purpose but a lot are just flakes. The ones quito has shown look like they were used for some fine picking/cutting/scraping any way i will look at some more worth posting.

 

[captain redbeard]

I like these kinds of threads. Heres a few pieces that I found, but never really knew exactly what their uses were, these are my guesses.

Hafted scraper/engraver


Engravers


Cant tell if this is a really wore drill, or hafted engraver? This one is certainly different from what I usually find. Fairly small too.


Cutting tools



No idea what this was used for.

 

[coosakid]

A little variety of finds

 

[quito]

Captain red-beard thanks for contributing! Them are some good examples.

I think that last one you posted had likely become a drill. Is the other end knocked around like a typical thumb scraper bit too?

I think the other halfted one looks like it could simply be be an exhausted scraper. But it also looks like it may have a spoke shave worked into the bit on one side.

 

[Mine Shaft]

Very nice, have you ever come across a book or info on what specialized flakes were used for ?

 

[quito]

Very nice, have you ever come across a book or info on what specialized flakes were used for ?

No I haven’t. It would be Nice if there were. Maybe someone has.

 

[reuellis]

 

[quito]

Now them are some gravers!!