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> a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old As opposed to a foot axe I assume > and 19th Century gold dentures Ah, them classy 19th Centurians!
by crossroadsguy 8mo ago
> a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old
As opposed to a foot axe I assume
> and 19th Century gold dentures
Ah, them classy 19th Centurians!
- Podrod 8mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe
- hinkley 8mo agoThose have always looked so unwieldy to me. What an excellent way to lose a limb.
- jetrink 8mo agoFTA > Hand axes were held in the palm rather than attached to a wooden handle.
- Normal_gaussian 8mo agoIn modern times a hand axe is opposed to full axes, hatchets, felling axes, wood splitting axes etc. Depending on where you are in the world you will have different axe categories, but a 'hand axe' is typically present as an axe wielded in a single hand. However, some significant distinction should be made for what is actually meant here. For such historic finds "hand axe" often means a stone tool with two faces and shaped like a tear drop / round-bottomed triangle. With the 'bottom' face shaped to a crude blade, and the 'top' 'sides' made into a grip. Note there is no shaft, and the way it is used is speculative and likely very varied, as few other tools existed. The proto-axe if you will.
- foldr 8mo agoIt’s a hand axe, Mark, not a felling axe.
- MisterTea 8mo agoI'm sorry your attempt at humor was completely missed by several pedants.