Great Find yesterday!

[wobblegobble]

What is it? Spearhead?arrowhead? Knife?

 

[cbhunter]

I believe it to be a knife or pre form

 

[Lost Lake]

Preform. If it is beveled, I'd call it a Cobbs. Looks well made too.

 

[wobblegobble]

It's super thin

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Beautiful point!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Very nice... congrats!

 

[RUGER]

Awesome !

 

[Dbllunger]

nice one

 

[SES]

Nice find!

 

[utvolsfan77]

Preform. If it is beveled, I'd call it a Cobbs. Looks well made too.

Might sound like a stupid question but what is a preform? I'm 63 and have found arrowheads all my life here in East Tennessee, but I have never heard that term before.

 

[Lost Lake]

Might sound like a stupid question but what is a preform? I'm 63 and have found arrowheads all my life here in East Tennessee, but I have never heard that term before.

Preforms are late stage bifaces that are ready for notching or stemming into their final shapes, and they don't require further thinning. The last stage would be sharpening the edges of the blade.

 

[Lost Lake]

Might sound like a stupid question but what is a preform? I'm 63 and have found arrowheads all my life here in East Tennessee, but I have never heard that term before.

For instance, here is a Lost Lake that I made, and a preform for one before notching and sharpening.

This particular preform would be called a Cobbs triangular if left un-notched.

 

[utvolsfan77]

@Lost Lake thanks for the explanation - now it makes perfect sense.

 

[Lost Lake]

@Lost Lake thanks for the explanation - now it makes perfect sense.

You're welcome utvolsfan77