Paleo Blade

[badandy]

Here is a super paleo blade I got yesterday. It's 5 and 1/2 long, 2 and 5/8ths wide, and 3/16ths thick. Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting!

badandy

 

[ShowmeMoflint]

Very Very nice blade I need a cache find of them lol thanks for view

 

[Neanderthal]

That looks more like a Woodruff blade. Helluva piece.

 

[RobKruzan]

Awsome blade!

 

[*Molly*]

Thats a remarkable blade. I would like to hold it, just can't get the feel from pics alone..
Thanks for sharin' with us Andy.


Molly..

 

[Tnmountains]

Sorry I keep coming back and looking at your picture. Its is,,,, Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!

 

[cheese]

Wow! That wide, but only 3/16" thick! Very nice.

 

[pickaway]

Wow never seen one made so nice...

 

[badandy]

Thanks for the complaments everyone!

Matt,
I'll play, please tell me what a woodruff blade is when you get time, please. I haven't ever heard of them before. I'll check my Perino and Bell guide later, and see if I can find them in there. Happy Hunting!

badandy

 

[creek astronaut]

that is an incredible piece!!doesnt look paleo to me,my first thought was a turkeytail fulton preform??never heard of a woodruff blade that matt was refering to.im sure he will enlighten us.thanks for sharing an incredible piece.if you dont mind me asking,where was that found?

 

[PALEOMAN]

i have to agree with neanderthal. i believe it is much later. very beautiful blade.

 

[Neanderthal]

Woodruff blades are bi-pointed Red Ochre culture blades. Basically, they are a Turkeytail Fulton preform. They look just like Fulton, but no notches. Some have recurved blade ends, and others are just elliptical. The majority are the latter. They look just like what you're showing there, and are found very frequently.

However, it could be something else. There are bi-pointed blades in all time periods - even paleo. I have a cast of a bi-pointed blade found in paleo context here somewheres in my mess, and I also cast one of the "early ovoids". The Early Ovoids are basically an ellipse with small basal notches for a lanyard, like a corner tang. I think it would be pretty hard to tell on alot of them, unless found in direct association with something else.

You know what, it may help if I upload a Woodruff page for you. Even though they were named quite a while back, there has been very little published about them.

 

[Th3rty7]

awesome preform, I didn't think it was paleo either, the flaking is nearly identical to the diagram pic neanderthal posted, large flakes with secondary edgework.

 

[Johnny X]

I got this in the email bud.

1 word..... FANTASTIC.


Lets get together.

StevenX

 

[Pinellas Man]

Whoa!! That's a nice handful. Thanks for sharing.