Does anyone have any crescents?

[JC1]

Here is an interesting article on crescents. Too bad you can't read the whole thing. I never knew about them. Probably walked over dozens. I looked through my bucket of flint and maybe I have a couple I picked up for some reason.

https://books.google.com/books?id=N...0CCkQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=great basin&f=false

 

[unclemac]

maybe a spoke shave of sorts.

 

[southfork]

What would you think that would be, then?

There's crescent shaped knives and scrapers all over but their not the same as the Crescents from out west . Lunate Crescents and a obsidian Crescent from the Great Basin . These were all found on dry lake bed shore lines . Most if not all are found near water or where water once was . Like dry lake beds .

 

[southfork]

Here's a winged type from the great basin looks like a bat . I've heard people call them Bat winged Crescents ?

 

[unclemac]

I have read some think they are for water hunting birds on the wing, others say for cutting reeds and such...both ideas would be near water.

 

[southfork]

Has anyone tried to haft up a Crescent on a Dart or arrow shaft and shoot it ? It doesn't look like it would fly to good . The shape makes me think it will wobble / lift / or dive ?

 

[unclemac]

I doubt it would fly true or far...but these were utilitarian tools.