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BIG
Blades Page
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This page features "BIG Blades", over-sized knife blades of all sorts, from
Wealth blades, to Salmon knives to Dance blades, etc... These are very rare
items which are seldom offered for sale anywhere, as very few survived the
ages intact, and many more were intentionally "killed" when the owner went
to the happy hunting grounds. |
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| MBBB1 |
A BREATH-TAKING
spiral-banded blue-gray chert |
Belize, Central America |
1,600.00 |
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Mayan Knife blade, well
flaked on both faces, mostly by |
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percussion flaking. This one appears to be as fresh as
the
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day it was made and is just an OUTSTANDING artifact! |
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| JWBB1 |
YIKES!!!... This is the
BIGGEST one we've ever seen! A
HUGE and |
Recovered in
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6,500.00 |
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very well
made dark gray dacite Wealth blade which measures a |
Harney County, OR |
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whopping 17-7/8" long. It's quite slender
and thin for the size and the
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flaking patterns are thorough to both
faces. However, as is often the case |
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with such long pieces, it was broken into
four sections. It was |
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professionally repaired
by Steve Allely. This is a famous blade, well
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known to many of the old-time Great Basin
collectors in Oregon since it
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was found in the 1960's. This is a once
in a lifetime offering, as well made |
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blades of this type and size almost never
appear on the open market! |
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| DIBB1 |
A very large tan and cream
colored chert |
Recovered in
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2,400.00 |
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Archaic Knife blade, very
well flaked on |
Central Texas |
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both faces and "all there" as it was made.
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2 Rogers COA's
(One |
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Quite an exceptional and well formed piece! |
older, hand-drawn, and one |
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newer with photograph)
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| MHBB1164 |
YEOW!!!, Here we have the
2nd |
Recovered by Dr. Stuart on |
8,000.00 |
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largest blade from Michael
Hough's |
Gunther Island in Eureka, CA
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collection and it's truly a masterpiece |
(Although the COA simply lists |
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of MUSEUM QUALITY with
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"Northern California") |
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thorough flaking patterns to die for!
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A one of a kind "Dance Blade" |
Stermer COA |
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| BWBB1 |
A HUGE and very broad
iridescent obsidian Modoc knife blade |
Recovered in
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1,450.00 |
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showing good caliche
deposits. It is well flaked on both faces |
Lassen County, CA
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but has restoration to one
edge starting at 2-1/2" up from the |
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base and running a total
length of 1-3/4" with a width of 1/2". |
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(Photos 12 and 14) The
opposing edge has less restoration |
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starting at 3" up from the
base and running a length of 5/8" with a |
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width of 3/8". (Photos 13
and 15) The base is somewhat |
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irregular, but this is
still a very scarce item which displays well. |
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A note on the
"restoration", I've been told by this consignor that the |
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actual damage to the blade is only 1/4" deep from the
strike of a
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shovel, so the actual damage is less than 1/2 of
the area which
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was mentioned above, as the restoring material was
spread out
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over a wider area to stabilize the nicked area
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| MHBB802 |
A fairly large, extremely
well made black |
Recovered by Dr. Stuart on |
1,400.00 |
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obsidian Wealth blade with
intricate flaking to a |
Nightfire Island on the
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median ridge on side A, equally intricate flaking
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lower Klamath lake, CA |
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to side B but with a small flat section in the
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center from the surface of the original host stone |
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(7/8" x 1/2"). It has very slight usage damage to
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both ends but is still a highly desirable item
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| MHBB105 |
A very large dark gray |
Found by Gerry Wolff Sr.
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dacite butchering blade |
in the Fort Rock Valley |
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mostly percussion flaked
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near Silver Lake, Oregon
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with selective secondary
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sometime between the
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flaking to different sections
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1920's and 1950's
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along the blade edges
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Ex: M. Hough |
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| BB1 |
A MONSTER of a blade !!! A
super super |
From West-Central
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850.00 |
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nice and HUGE Edwards chert Refugio
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Texas
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knife blade. As per the Perino COA: "A |
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large knife form that has had one retouch |
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re-sharpening that barely reduced the size of |
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the blade". They don't come any better than |
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this one, folks ! |
Perino COA |
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| BB2 |
A LARGE and STUNNING
blue-gray |
Recovered from
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950.00 |
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Indiana Hornstone (Harrison County chert)
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Warrick County,
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Benjamin knife blade having a small section |
Indianna |
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of the original rind at the base and what |
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appears to be the original striking platform. |
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A real piece of artwork ! |
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| BB6 |
A HUGE gray and blue flint
(Hornstone) |
Unknown
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450.00 |
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Trade Blank (See our museum page for
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Mid-Western State |
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an explanation of these) Has a V-shaped |
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ding to one edge
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Rogers
COA |
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End of the BIG
Blades page
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