Knife Classification

[SouthTexasFinds]

Does anyone have a name for this kind of knife.

 

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[austin]

I live in south texas too and I hate to say this, but it looks like a regular old texas rock to me. Of course, I could be wrong...

 

[SouthTexasFinds]

Thank you for looking Austin.



Here's one with some heavy patina. I would say they are almost a cross between a kerrville knife and a adze.

 

[quito]

they look like uni-face knives, or uni-face end scrapers to me. They both often show signs of resharpened edges.

A nice flake fresh off the rock was often extremely sharp, and they would use till dull and then often times re-sharpen. Many simple tools like yours were used often, and are now often over-looked because many don't see or recognize the tell tale flaking like some of your pieces show.

 

[ivan salis]

rock knives ..nice.

 

[SouthTexasFinds]

Thanks for looking, all 3 have very define flaking and micro flaking on both sides of the worked edges. I know pictures don't always do justice.


Heres a kerrville

 

[rock]

scrapers come in all shapes and sizes

 

[SouthTexasFinds]

Hey rock how ya been.
So would you classify these as a scraper?

 

[-=METAL=-]

I would have said scraper, but I'm a noob and the experts have already commented. Really cool stuff man, thanks for sharing.

 

[rock]

Hey rock how ya been.
So would you classify these as a scraper?

Yes the flat ones we call flakers. They come on all shapes and sizes here. I always enjoy finding them always interesting.