Hardstone Axes

[gregszybala]

Personal find (In.) and photos by Kkrad

[gregszybala]

Personal find (S.D.) and photos by SDHunter

[gregszybala]

Personal find and photos by SDhunter

[CMD]

Not a personal find. From western RI near border with Ct. Comes this nice 2 3/4" miniature hardstone full groove axe with a little polish and a perfect bit. Utilitarian or child's toy? Could be either I guess...

[dirt kicker]

Awesome thread

[Jeffery Howle]

[QUOTE]rmartin wrote:

Those are awesome Ray how big is the full groove? 

  It is almost 6 inches long.
  Wow now I learned something new :woohoo: ...never knew axes like these were so small in size. I thought a foot or more. I now adjust my eyes to look for smaller identifying markers of parts of axes sticking out of the ground. I have been looking for much larger rocks. :crazy: Not that it means I'll find one but better chance now and lots more rocks I'll have to check out :S

[CMD]

A couple more from RI that were not in as deep a storage as I thought A full groove from East Providence and a 3/4 groove from North Providence.

[CMD]

Olden wrote:

That's a real beauty Charlie! It seems to have dodged the plow for the most part - wonder if the color difference is from fertilizers put on the fields?

  Thanks, Olden. I'm not sure what caused the stark difference in color, whether something about the rock or very different patination. I've always favored the buff colored side personally. Agree Hoss, some nice axes from all around the country.

[Hoss]

That is a fine specimen Charlie and to all the many others on here thanks and keep them coming. What a great show of axe heads!    

[Olden]

That's a real beauty Charlie! It seems to have dodged the plow for the most part - wonder if the color difference is from fertilizers put on the fields?

[CMD]

Here's one of my better pieces from RI, a full groove with 2 very different shades of color on either side.

[gregszybala]

This keeps going like it is, needs to go into the information thread.
Some works of art being posted.

[RyanVa]

Nice examples guys. A couple I found. Two greenstone axes from Wv.

[waphaygumy]

Here is a monster.

[rmartin]

Thanks for joining in Sam. I can never see too many axes. Ray