#831--Large, very thin hornstone knife w/ base salv.

The flaking pattern is Kirk Culture--Early archaic-type knapping, NO sign of an edge beveling to the thin blade, so Kirk is the most likely cultural affiliation...when there isn't a base you naturally look for 'signature'-type knapping, and as most Kirk collectors know it wasn't at all unusual for a Kirk Cornernotch to have a snapped-off base. The piece is out of Spencer County, S.W. Indiana, some ten years or more in my collection--3&3/8" by a wide 1&5/8", but thickness stays in the slightly over 1/4" max thickness range. One corner of the bottom edge was undergoing Early Archaic salvage--they had something in mind, but never finished a new cornernotch--maybe never intended to--it's 7500 years too late to ask "What were you thinking of making?"...the patina that ancient. REAL, period. Shipping is $9.00, payment can be by check, cash, or money order, but I do NOT use paypal-type services--Roy A.