Paleo knife?

aiontay · 6th July 2011, 03:58 AM

In my completely unexpert opinion, it is a natural, not man made stone artifact.

However, I have on one occasion made a discodial knife (breaking a flake of a rounded rock which makes a disc shaped flake) from a piece of sandstone, and it did result in a very sharp edge that would cut. The edge quickly broke up and you couldn't really re-flake it to sharpen it. Pretty lousy material for a blade, but if you had nothing else you could skin a rabbit or cut down a small sapling in a pinch, but it would be useless after that one task.

Henk · 6th July 2011, 08:57 AM

Sorry Rust, it is just a stone. Nothing more nothing less, If you like it you can keep it, but i would throw it back in the garden.

It will become a weapon when you're going to beat your neighbour with it. It still will be a recent weapon then, not paleo.

6th July 2011, 03:58 AM	#1
aiontay Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 88	In my completely unexpert opinion, it is a natural, not man made stone artifact. However, I have on one occasion made a discodial knife (breaking a flake of a rounded rock which makes a disc shaped flake) from a piece of sandstone, and it did result in a very sharp edge that would cut. The edge quickly broke up and you couldn't really re-flake it to sharpen it. Pretty lousy material for a blade, but if you had nothing else you could skin a rabbit or cut down a small sapling in a pinch, but it would be useless after that one task.

6th July 2011, 08:57 AM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Sorry Rust, it is just a stone. Nothing more nothing less, If you like it you can keep it, but i would throw it back in the garden. It will become a weapon when you're going to beat your neighbour with it. It still will be a recent weapon then, not paleo.