Nice flesher and #20 awlmost.

T Witko · Sep 7, 2012

I went out early this morning with Digger. I wish I could claim the awl as #20 but he had the eye this morning. The gleaner and nice KRF point were his finds too.

I found the rest.

flintdigger · Sep 7, 2012

Those are some really nice find's that flesher is very interesting. That is really a nice point, nice scrapers too.

larson1951 · Sep 7, 2012

that is the first flesher i have seen that looks like that
i like it
i think it was cut like that so it could be cleaned out easier

old digger · Sep 7, 2012

Just, Super Finds! :icon_thumright:

Looks like the bone scraper could be elk bone? :thumbsup:

on the awl, and that side notch sure is pretty.

theonlinefisherman · Sep 7, 2012

Wow. Super find. That tiny point is beautifully made. What rock do you think it is??

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larson1951 · Sep 8, 2012

theonlinefisherman said:
Wow. Super find. That tiny point is beautifully made. What rock do you think it is??

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fisherman, it is made from KRF.......Knife River Flint
the krf flint quarries are in NW North Dakota at Dunn Center
krf was ND's first export product, the indians trade that material through trade networks and it has been found all over
i think TN's barber even found a piece in Tenessee
it flakes well and holds an extremely sharp edge for a very long time

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,21691.0.html

T Witko · Sep 8, 2012

theonlinefisherman said:
Wow. Super find. That tiny point is beautifully made. What rock do you think it is??

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Yes it's KRF and there's a lot of it around here. Very nice material and many different shades of brown from very dark to light and varying translucent.

flintdigger · Sep 8, 2012

T Witko that is a really nice flesher, very interesting I have never seen one quite like it.

T Witko · Sep 8, 2012

flintdigger said:
T Witko that is a really nice flesher, very interesting I have never seen one quite like it.

Yes this one was made a little differently then most others I've seen. It's been purposely split back to the "handle" end and the working end is less angled. They're usually closer to 45° - special purpose?

larson1951 · Sep 8, 2012

larson1951 said:
that is the first flesher i have seen that looks like that
i like it
i think it was cut like that so it could be cleaned out easier

this

flintdigger · Sep 8, 2012

Nice piece !!! :icon_thumleft:

Sometime when you get the chance do you think you could get a shot of the working end of that flesher ?

T Witko · Sep 8, 2012

flintdigger said:
Nice piece !!! Sometime when you get the chance do you think you could get a shot of the working end of that flesher ?

Sorry flintdigger, phioto #3 is the only one I took of it. This was not my find, I just snap a few pictures.

flintdigger · Sep 8, 2012

Ok thanks

larson1951 · Sep 11, 2012

here tommy
on your post #11 you asked for another shot but kelly only took one image
i was wrong about not seeing another
i had one similar in a box of shoulder blade shovels
i forgot i had it
i think they could have been made that way because they were easier to clean out,
unlike the fleshers that were cut at a 45 degree angle on the business end
here is the similar one that i have

flintdigger · Sep 11, 2012

Thank's for the reply and the photo's that is interesting. It does look like it was made that way. That is a great tool thanks again for the photo's.

Tnmountains · Sep 11, 2012

What a cool tool ! I bet I could flesh a deers hide with that now.

larson1951 · Sep 12, 2012

when they fleshed a hide to prepare it for tanning, the material removed from the inner side of the hide was saved
it was then mixed with honey and made into bubble gum

(i hope nobody thinks i am serious about this)
i still remember a man from the rendering service told me that when i was 8 years old on the farm