rare stone tool?

[rdebinski]

has anyone found a shaft straitener like this one? I believe they are rather rare in Texas? I'll try to dowload a pic tomorrow. its an oval stone about 7 x 3 inches, 1 inch thick, has a shallow groove in the middle and "cuts " in the stone on one side of the groove that are perpendicular to the groove, on one side only. The cuts are very clearly "man made" and very clean, about 2-3 mm deep. 1-1.5 inches in length. a very interesting artifact. I have yet to show it to our Texas Parks and Wildlife resident archeaolgist. Found on my ranch where several spear heads, arrow heads, a bird point and a drill have been found on the surface, 2 have been dated by archeaologist to be 3000 to 5000 years old. Here are the pictures of the object along with some projectile points found at the same site.

 

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[rock]

Post this in the American Artifacts page and it will get noticed more.

 

[kuger]

That is used while knapping,gives you a flat edge to get a "bite",so the flake goes across.....not common,but I wouldnt say,"rare"