Hammer Stone and Pecking stone/Polishing Stone

[monsterrack]

This is a perfect example of what I call a hammer stone that was used for knapping points and other hand hammering jobs. This next tool I think may be a pecking, polishing, or shaping stone. I have never found anything like it before or seen any tool like it. Do you guys have any ideas

 

[theviking]

Cool finds, the second piece does look like a pecking stone or billet, interesting tool. Thanks for the view.

 

[quito]

Well that sure sounds like a reasonable idea to me.
I have a smaller field stone I picked up a while that has a flat area that looks similar to the worked area on your piece. Then, right next to that area, it shows hammer use wear. I figured the piece both pecked and ground or polished.

I've noticed that on many grinding type stones I've found, that they also have an area that shows hammer use wear. I think that most products that the natives ground to a fine powder, flour or meal, needed to be reduced from grain to cracked grain before the grinding process began. They had to pulverize, or at least beat it up a little first

 

[NC field hunter]

Rack here are a few of my better hammer stones.







This one I gathered hoping it was a loaf stone. Pretty sure it's a hammer or in the hammer family











This piece is rubbed smooth sorta like your second row pics.











This piece is one my dad found years ago. It's been around as long as I can remember. He always claimed it was for smoothing hides and such. It may be a rock and nothing more. If so, I'll let him keep his illusion. Lol!

 

[outlawatheart]

Nice pecking stone example MR

 

[quito]

Here is a handful of examples I have found. These are all so different, I don't think shape was as important as hardness or density.

 

[curious kat]

It sure looks like it was used for something. I found one sort of like that, think mine was used for "crushing"...maybe?

 

[larson1951]

hey rack
i have the twin to that piece in the second image............plus a load of that kind

 

[painterx7]

Hey rack it sure does look like polishing stones I find on sites at the river I've also thought they were preform chunks of what would b a bird or bannerstone a lot of times they are made of very pretty hard stone yours looks orange in color ?

 

[painterx7]

Here are some of mine

 

[quito]

Yessir all shapes and sizes. Amazing how many a guy can accumulate.

 

[painterx7]

No joke I got 3 buckets lol I puck them up idk why lol

 

[outlawatheart]

I repurpose them into door stops, paper weights, I got one in a window to keep the screen from rattling in the wind, useful little critters...lol

 

[painterx7]

I like that outlaw haha

 

[NC field hunter]

I remember when people used grooved axe heads as door stops. Don't see much of that any more. I picked up a big hammer stone yesterday. It has a crack in it that looks to be ancient damage. I don't have a pic of it.

 

[quito]

I have a friend that used to use a big ol axe with some damage to keep the top of his outdoor grill from blowing away. His dad used the 13 pound 3/4 groove hammer I now have for a doorstop. I shamed him into finding a better place for it.:-) Now I have it.

 

[mainejman]

Pecking stone

Heres a pecking stone from Maine.I thought it to be a game ball.But recently found out differently.I still have it labeled as a gaming ball and need to change it when i get a chance.

 

[mainejman]

Heres what i would call hammer stone.Dont know for sure though.

 

[mainejman]

Here a pretty cool one from illinois.It looks to me like it may have been repurposed from maybe a celt after it was broke.Who knows but there is no doubt it was doing some hammering....