shoot shaft scrapper

[sadiejane]

tho i have some small "thumb" planes and other modern tools to shave shoot shafts down to size.
im really the sort who prefers primitive tools.
typically use some sorta piece of stone for such work.
recently was digging thru a box of old broken found items for another tool project and noticed how this piece had been worked.
it hails from north central arkansas and i've had it prolly 30 yrs.
somehow never noticed how it was worked on this end.

broken as it is, i cant figure what the original piece mighta looked like.
but is a might fine shoot shaft scrapper.

[crooketarrow]

  I found a chert arrow scraper I found at a camp site looking for heads. Here in WV, that was really half mooned. Have found another in the same field. Used if for quite a while. Make one from a metal bow scraper with a real deep convexed end. Made it nicer with a thicker handle fits in your palm and you don't have to use just your fingers. But those old flint scrapers work great just slower.
  Your's is differenty a arrow scraped.

[Elktracker]

Very cool!

Josh

[sadiejane]

this particular piece is the "fastest" tool i currently have for scraping down shoot shafts.
tho im pretty sure it was not intended for this purpose. reckon before it got broken in half
it was something similar to this pike county.

(not mine-taken from the internet)