Big Mambo

[Lone Star]

Flinty ones, I was sorting out choppers and butchering tools last night to put in a new cabinet and I forgot about this puppy. Found it on the Nueces a few years ago about 4 feet down in a camp mound next to the fire rock pile. It's a hand tool for sure and fits your left palm like a good hammer. Enjoy ya'll, G.

 

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[larson1951]

wowee!
the first image makes it look like a face
know what I mean
lars

 

[Lone Star]

Yo Lars, Yeah, kind of like an Easter Island statue. G.

 

[Tnmountains]

Yah easter island was what I was thinking, Nice tool and hammer. Maybe a celt?

 

[Lone Star]

TnMntn. This is a chopper without a doubt. The buffalo would be quartered and split up for the most part. Chopping thru joints for movable sections for thousands of years by thousands of indians has left great quantities of these all over central and west texas. I started keeping them once I recognized them for what they are. Most are fist size or a bit larger, some were used once and discarded where as some were more refined and had repeated use and were sharpened further and further before being discarded. The most refined chopper we ever find is the Kerrville Fist Axe. That is refined to the shape of a large fine edged shark tooth. They have the common trait of retaining a palm sized area of cortex to fit the hand and maintain a good grip while your doing this sloppy type of work. G