🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Trade point?

[lisfisher]

Hi all, dug this near a place where I've found many many arrowheads. Could this be a trade point?

 

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[releventchair]

Picture makes it look like a small knife.
For flattening then cutting /splitting feathers quills for fletching perhaps?

 

[Older The Better]

Looks properly rusted for a trade item but doesn’t resemble any arrowhead forms I’m aware of, I’d lean towards a knife too, but if it’s na made from trade metal it really could come in any shape the maker found convenient.

 

[lisfisher]

Wouldn't a regular knife have a straighter line on one side of the end ? The 2 sides seem to be pretty equally shaped to me . That's what made me think maybe a trade point, as it has more of a spearhead type end to it rather than a standard knife blade. I dunno just a guess.

 

[CaptEsteban]

It is shaped like. Throwing knife but seems a little shorter than typically seem.

 

[Older The Better]

I’ve seen examples of similar shaped knives, some had an upswept blade.

 

[ColtsPop]

Very cool! A classic spear (pike) head!

 

[pepperj]

Very cool! A classic spear (pike) head!

I'm not at all familiar with that classification.
Have you an example to show?