this one had me fooled

[larson1951]

drove my truck bout 40 feet north of the rasberry patch
opened the door looked out and wow!, here we have an unbroken arrow shaft wrench which is very rare cuz every darn one i get fortunate enuff to run across is always broke across the hole
next i grab my trusty canon camera and snap B4 Igrab it
next i pick it up and start cleaning the dirt from this nice piece
now i discover that it ain't a wrench .........it is a knife handle! (only w/a hole drilled in it!!) ya baby!!!!
never found a piece like dis one, too cool in my book
check it out and please give me your thoughts
thanks in advance
larson1951

 

[Neogeo]

It could have been soaked in water then hafted.Once dryed the bone will shrink holding the blade in place.

 

[creek astronaut]

great find!!that is one rare find!great pics to boot.banner vote from me.thx for the look

 

[1320]

OK, I did my homework and looked at your previous Banner finds and saw the bone and copper knife. Would this one fit into the same category? I was wondering why this artifact hadn't made the banner and I'm thinking that because the other banner find is so similiar...could be the reason?

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,316537.html

 

[larson1951]

thanks so much to everybody for the votes
1320, i don't know why it did not make enuff votes......but to be honest, i did not expect banner votes, (although it is so cool to find this handle in such great shape, and w/a hole in it,
i have never ever seen one w/a hole even at the ND heritage center museum or at the mandan museum) (and they have a lot of stuff there)
once again, thankyou, and thank you!
steve
larson1951

 

[larson1951]

terry,
here are some wrench's and handles
hope you like them
larry, the 1rst image has a KRF blade above it which would be about the right size to haft to the groove of one of those handles
third image shows how a shaft could be straightened after being moistened and then probably heated
steve

 

[flintdigger]

Steve those are some great photo's, the piece in the last photo at the bottom is interesting with the line design on it. Thanks for posting this is very interesting.

 

[tmodel]

Lars!! i love your new post photos and words, i learned a great dell from both of them, keep up good lessions, i went back and checked my responce to this post, i did not make my self clear, i wanted your new multi tool and broken shaft wrenches in same photo, hard for me to compair bouncing [page to page] i do not know all the trixs you can do with a PC. Terry

 

[larson1951]

tmodel
i will give it a try