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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9564475, member: 76316"]~4 3/8" long, ~1 3/9 wide, ~7/8" thick, ~3/4 ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very few tool marks, an' those don't seem to be from a file or a wheel. Nicely polished, smoothly tapered to a fine, sharp, slightly flattened tip. The tunnel in pics 1, 3 & 4 goes through to the slot at the knee.</p><p><br /></p><p>The contrast between the finely finished working tip an' the joint end, with exposed bone-core, remnant sinew & etc is curious, indicative to me of an honest ethic about what is necessary an' what is otherwise unimportant. I am inclined to think it has some age...but can't really know.</p><p><br /></p><p>It fits comfortably in my hand, leaving just an inch of the business end protruding between the first joint of my index finger an' the ball of my thumb. What do y'all see? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]458335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458341[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9564475, member: 76316"]~4 3/8" long, ~1 3/9 wide, ~7/8" thick, ~3/4 ounce. Very few tool marks, an' those don't seem to be from a file or a wheel. Nicely polished, smoothly tapered to a fine, sharp, slightly flattened tip. The tunnel in pics 1, 3 & 4 goes through to the slot at the knee. The contrast between the finely finished working tip an' the joint end, with exposed bone-core, remnant sinew & etc is curious, indicative to me of an honest ethic about what is necessary an' what is otherwise unimportant. I am inclined to think it has some age...but can't really know. It fits comfortably in my hand, leaving just an inch of the business end protruding between the first joint of my index finger an' the ball of my thumb. What do y'all see? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]458335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458339[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458341[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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