Flake knife?

[Arrow1492]

From Illinois. Any idea if woodland or earlier? Micro flaking on all sides.
Thanks for looking

 

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[Old Pueblo]

Definitely an artifact. Maybe one of those spokeshaves, for making arrow shafts.

 

[joshuaream]

Cool find.

There are a few options in Central & Southern Illinois for it being Woodland or Mississippian, northern Illinois over towards Lake Michigan could indicate something earlier.

 

[arrow86]

Nice find , looks like it's still razor sharp , without a base I'm no good for identifying type or date , aorry

 

[monsterrack]

On tools like that it is hard for me to put a timeline on it due to the fact that tools like that were made through out the whole time of NA occupation. Cool find.

 

[rock]

By the knob on the end it looks to me to be a Waller Knife but I do have one I found and I dont think mine is any older than Archaic. I love finding those big flake knifes

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking artifact.