Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - please help with tool vs weapon edge pics and men's womens knives

VANDOO · 18th April 2012, 02:42 AM

THE MORE CRUDE THE STONE TOOL THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE USES. THE WAY IT FITS THE HAND CAN GIVE SOME IDEA OF ITS USE BUT IN MANY CASES I SUSPECT A TOOL SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BY ITS SELF IN YOUR POST MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN MORE THAN ONE WAY UNLESS IT WAS HAFTED. WHEN USING PART OF THE TOOL THAT WAS NOT SHARP THE SHARP EDGE CAN BE HELD IN THE HAND AND I SUSPECT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD WITH SOME FIBER OR LEATHER TO PROTECT THE HAND. SUCH A TOOL COULD FUNCTION AS A KNIFE, SCRAPER, OR AX AND PERHAPS THE THINNER END TO PECK INTO HARD TO GET TOO PLACES. THE SIZE AND WEIGHT IS NOT GIVEN SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO CRUSH BONE TO MAKE TOOLS OR GET AT THE MARROW.
IN NORTH AMERICA NOMADIC TRIBES WHO LIVED IN AN AREA WITH PLENTY OF STONE SUITABLE FOR MAKING TOOLS OFTEN STASHED THEM AT CAMPSITES AS THEY MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE OR SIMPLY DISCARDED AT THE KILL SITE. IN AREAS WHERE MATERIALS WERE SCARCE THEY HAD TO TAKE SUITABLE TOOLS AND BLANKS ALONG WITH THEM BUT WERE LIMITED TO VERY FEW BELONGINGS. ONLY ESTABLISHED CAMPS OR VILLAGES IN AREAS WITH PLENTY OF RESOURCES GENERATED MANY PERMANENT BELONGINGS.
NOT MUCH INFORMATION HERE BUT WE CAN ONLY SURMIZE AS TO HOW THESE WERE USED BY PRIMATIVE MAN BUT WHEN WE HANDLE THEM AND TRY TO USE THEM TO DO A JOB WE PROBABLY LEARN THE BEST WAY TO USE THESE TOOLS JUST AS THEY DID LONG AGO.

18th April 2012, 02:42 AM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE MORE CRUDE THE STONE TOOL THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE USES. THE WAY IT FITS THE HAND CAN GIVE SOME IDEA OF ITS USE BUT IN MANY CASES I SUSPECT A TOOL SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BY ITS SELF IN YOUR POST MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN MORE THAN ONE WAY UNLESS IT WAS HAFTED. WHEN USING PART OF THE TOOL THAT WAS NOT SHARP THE SHARP EDGE CAN BE HELD IN THE HAND AND I SUSPECT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD WITH SOME FIBER OR LEATHER TO PROTECT THE HAND. SUCH A TOOL COULD FUNCTION AS A KNIFE, SCRAPER, OR AX AND PERHAPS THE THINNER END TO PECK INTO HARD TO GET TOO PLACES. THE SIZE AND WEIGHT IS NOT GIVEN SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO CRUSH BONE TO MAKE TOOLS OR GET AT THE MARROW. IN NORTH AMERICA NOMADIC TRIBES WHO LIVED IN AN AREA WITH PLENTY OF STONE SUITABLE FOR MAKING TOOLS OFTEN STASHED THEM AT CAMPSITES AS THEY MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE OR SIMPLY DISCARDED AT THE KILL SITE. IN AREAS WHERE MATERIALS WERE SCARCE THEY HAD TO TAKE SUITABLE TOOLS AND BLANKS ALONG WITH THEM BUT WERE LIMITED TO VERY FEW BELONGINGS. ONLY ESTABLISHED CAMPS OR VILLAGES IN AREAS WITH PLENTY OF RESOURCES GENERATED MANY PERMANENT BELONGINGS. NOT MUCH INFORMATION HERE BUT WE CAN ONLY SURMIZE AS TO HOW THESE WERE USED BY PRIMATIVE MAN BUT WHEN WE HANDLE THEM AND TRY TO USE THEM TO DO A JOB WE PROBABLY LEARN THE BEST WAY TO USE THESE TOOLS JUST AS THEY DID LONG AGO.