Additional hand axe forms

Last Updated: February 24, 2018 12:31

This page is where I will be posting additional designs of hand tools.   This first gallery is a set of three hand axes with the most common shape - on top, a short side for the thumb, the long side for fingers.  Variations of this leaning kite shape are seen over and over with both finger tools and handaxes. The depth of each of these particular tools is constant, with no rise in the working edge.

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Here's a group containing "fanned" axes, cleavers, and scrapers, which could be considered another style.  

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