shaft straightener

[PaleIO]

Wanted to start sharing a few of my finds with you all. This is one if my favorites. The rock is like no other I have ever seen in my area and is very solid like a granite. I have always wondered about the groove on top and dreamed of finding another identical piece to match up to it....what do you think?....as always found on private land with full permission to search.

 

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[welsbury]

I am from Northern GB and They sure did have 2 piece straightners. I 've never been lucky enough to find a pair though.

 

[joshuaream]

Some places had the two piece abrader/straightener (plains, northern Rockies and into the Pacific NW. From Texas, the Southwest and Southern California you see a lot of one piece straighteners. The shaft was heated and worked against the ridges of the groove (not really in the groove.)

From what I have seen the block style are usually matched, but I don't know if many that are actually found with the matching half.

 

[PaleIO]

The place it was found had very little evidence of occupation. It was almost like it was dropped by accident. I have seen two other one sided from the area but the were both made of sandstone. I figured they were more for abrasion and not heating and shaping. The raised ridge on this one has always made me think the other half had a groove to match. Wishful thinking until the other half turns up but probably not likely....

 

[dognose]

I have never found anything like that. Very interesting. I have seen similar relics at some of the larger relic shows.

Very nice.

Does the are used to straighten show any particular grinding marks or use wear?

 

[ToddsPoint]

I would think 2 blocks with grooves would be for regulating the diameter of the shaft instead of straightening it. Shaft straighteners that I've seen (paleo) are bones with a hole drilled in it, used like a wrench. Gary

 

[ARC]

Sounds painful.

:P

 

[dougachim]

New Mexico shaft smoothers

 

[oldmxrat]

Very nice! I love the bas relief ridge on the one side, very cool piece.

 

[Tnmountains]

Some places had the two piece abrader/straightener (plains, northern Rockies and into the Pacific NW. From Texas, the Southwest and Southern California you see a lot of one piece straighteners. The shaft was heated and worked against the ridges of the groove (not really in the groove.)

From what I have seen the block style are usually matched, but I don't know if many that are actually found with the matching half.

I will have to look but am thinking Larson sent me a block one with double groove but it was cracked in half by the plow.