Drills (post yours here)

[Th3rty7]

Got any drills you'd like to show? Post em in here, your favorite, a frame, a collection, let's see some drills.

 

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[Th3rty7]

killer stuff gals and guys.i havent had much luck in the drill dept.got many broken ones.good thread 37,so how many of you are in the camp that believe not all "drills" are drills but are actually exhausted knives?good luck hunting

Actually most drills aint drills they are clothes pins..especially the knotched types..

I've heard that theory, clothes pins and even ornamental wear, and ear plugs too. I personally think bone would have been used for this, just my speculative opinion. That's why I'm hesitant to call any piece a drill unless it has the rotational wear use from drilling holes in stone, wood, etc.

 

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[creek astronaut]

killer stuff gals and guys.i havent had much luck in the drill dept.got many broken ones.good thread 37,so how many of you are in the camp that believe not all "drills" are drills but are actually exhausted knives?good luck hunting

Actually most drills aint drills they are clothes pins..especially the knotched types..

you make a good point molly,i do think you and 37 both have valid arguments,i was thinkin kind of the opposite though.i have always thought that alot of the unnotched pieces that have no hafting area were used possibly as pins.are you saying that once the notched point or blade was used up they were used as clothes pins?

 

[Atlantis0077]

Morning,

Here is a nice Dalton "T" drill I found a few years back, and a small pencil drill.

Atlantis

 

[*Molly*]

killer stuff gals and guys.i havent had much luck in the drill dept.got many broken ones.good thread 37,so how many of you are in the camp that believe not all "drills" are drills but are actually exhausted knives?good luck hunting

Actually most drills aint drills they are clothes pins..especially the knotched types..

you make a good point molly,i do think you and 37 both have valid arguments,i was thinkin kind of the opposite though.i have always thought that alot of the unnotched pieces that have no hafting area were used possibly as pins.are you saying that once the notched point or blade was used up they were used as clothes pins?

I "speculate" the exhausted knotched points were used as clothes pegs, to keep clothes together..the reason I think this (& also discussed this with a few pro's I know) is, if I see no polished areas on the tips of the pins/points/drills? then I believe they weren't used as drills. Drills show highly polished areas on them.
Well, with reference to your comment about points with no hafting areas being used as pins, again if there is no polished areas, I would say they "could" have been used as pins/ornaments but, pencil drills are commonly known with highly polished tips, so its all down to the polished areas, I guess..jmho.

Molly.

 

[lostlake88]

Very nice drills people. Here are a couple of mine I like.

 

[pickaway]

Damn thats a killer dove drill lostlake...

 

[pickaway]

huh my past post gone? heres some ive found.

 

[larson1951]

I keep thinking about how much some of these drills remind me of jet airplanes of all types and sizes

all the way back to the first X-15 or before to modern day

what do you tnetters think?

Larson1951

 

[creek astronaut]

I keep thinking about how much some of these drills remind me of jet airplanes of all types and sizes

all the way back to the first X-15 or before to modern day

what do you tnetters think?

Larson1951

maybe ancient aliens made them??just joking,they do resemble the outline of an x-15

 

[Tnmountains]

Mine are not worth taking pictures of. You guys have some great stuff. Some reason in this area they were used until broke. Sorry for not being able to contribute.
TnMtns

 

[Gilligan]

Here is my humble point, perhaps a drill. I was walking in a field near home today with my 2 yr old and found it. Bryan

 

[larson1951]

Here are two KRF drills
they sure don't compare to the quality of some of the drills posted on this thread but here they are
the smaller one sure is sharp
Larson1951

 

[Bent-Twig]

Nice show everyone!!

I love these show me threads!! Always brings out the good stuff. Here are a few of mine. Most I find are broken , but I have been lucky enough to pick up a few complete ones too.


Twig.

 

[Th3rty7]

Good looking handful of drills Twig. I really like the last t drill and the fine black one. Thanks for the addition.


Here's one I found this Sept. with some insitu pics, I started getting excited when I saw the bifurcated base sticking out of the ground, I was surprised it was a drill.

 

[lostlake88]

Nice looking drills from across the country everyone! Here's a couple more from Kentucky.

very nice sonora!

 

[lostlake88]

OK............I have posted all of these at one time or another but, these are some drills that I have found. The Fort Ancient piece is actually a heavily resharpened knife.
Chuck

That is a cool T drill, in-situ to boot!

 

[creek astronaut]

killer drills larson,twig and 37.i am very jealous.i have had real bad luck in the drill finding department.always broke.thx for sharing the pics

 

[all_atv]

Heres 4 of my most "drill like" pieces. I'm sure of the blue grey one but its a double break. The crescent shaped one I always thought of as a scraper but some of the other pics here made me see it as a possible multitool.

 

[Worthy55]

Nice drills everyone. 8) 8) 8)

 

[larson1951]

all_atv,

they look like knife blades that would fit in a slotted rib bone handle
but I do not know if such things were used in your area or not
larson1951