BIG Blades Page

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
FCBB1 An EXTREMELY RARE and Found on Gunther Island 6500.00
seldom offered for sale, HUGE  in Humboldt Co., CA
mahogany obsidian Wealth Blade by Dr. H.H. Stuart
having great provenance. It has a
recent nick to one edge, but Ex: Michael Hough
other than that, it's "All There" Stermer COA

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MHBB227 Not just "A" big blade... Weighing in at Recovered in 9,500.00
a WHOPPING 16-3/4" long by 4-1/8" Humboldt Co., CA
  wide and just a tad over the 1/2"    
  thick mark... this monster is hands-    
  down THE big blade. An    
  EXTREMELY RARE black obsidian    
  Wealth Blade ! (This was the largest  Ex: L.L. Valdivia  
  blade in Michael's big blade collection) Ex: M. Hough  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHPA225 Rarer than Rare... A HUGE, extremely thin Found near 15,000.00
for it's size (avg. 1/4") blue-gray dacite Denio, NV
  (sometimes termed "mouse obsidian") Paleo    
  Cougar Mountain knife blade showing very    
  thorough and detailed flaking. This one is "all    
  there" and even though it lacks slightly in    
  symmetry, it makes up for it with it's size.    
  Truly a G10, museum grade and probably    
  the only one of this rare type in existence in    
  the entire world ! Published in Lar Hothem's Ex: Rhoades  
  Paleo-Indian Artifacts, pg. 118, plate 8 Ex: M. Hough  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB105 A very large dark gray Found by Gerry Wolff Sr. 1,200.00
dacite butchering blade in the Fort Rock Valley
mostly percussion flaked near Silver Lake, Oregon
with selective secondary sometime between the
flaking to different sections 1920's and 1950's
along the blade edges Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB163 A HUGE black obsidian Northern Recovered from SOLD
Side Notched blade having the Crump Lake, Oregon
original percussion flake scars to 
both surfaces and showing a great
amount of secondary pressure
flaking all around it's edges. A
very meaty and well-used piece, Ex: Marie Dike 10/21 ge
and quite scarce in this size Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB167 A semi-translucent white and smoky Recovered by Dr. H.H. Stuart SOLD
gray obsidian Wealth blade showing of Eureka, CA during the
thorough percussion flaking to both 1930's on Gunther Island in
faces and secondary pressure Humboldt Bay, California (It has 
flaking along the edges. It has most Dr. Stuart's original "gold catalog
attractive diagonal banding as well  number" of 241)
as "hump" or "hilly" banding from the
molten obsidian's flow pattern. An 11/2  ge
exceptionally well made blade. Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB168 A very interesting and exceptionally    Found in 1,600.00
well worked opaque black obsidian Harney Co., OR
  Hafted Knife Blade showing dizzying    
  secondary pressure flaking over every    
  square millimeter of both faces. (The    
  creator must have been smokin'    
somethin' and just really, really got into
the pressure flake work !) This one's in
excellent condition and has interesting Ex: Frank Kincaid
caliche deposits on side B only Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB170 A very large and broad semi-translucent, Found by Dr. H.H. Stuart of 950.00
vertically banded obsidian Vandenberg Eureka, CA during the 1930's
Contracting Stem knife, well flaked but  on Gunther Island in Humboldt
having a lateral fracture running from the left Bay, California, and has Dr.
edge of the tip, in photo1, down the edge Stuart's original "gold catalog
of the blade for a length of 5/8". It has nice number" of 40C
frosty patination to one face, and what
appears to be an ancient concave clip to
one side of the stem at the base, best seen
in photo 3. Still a real monster of a blade Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB171 A HUGE beautiful black  Recovered in Lake Co.,  SOLD
obsidian Cascade knife blade Oregon by Dr. H.H.Stuart
well flaked and problem free Ex: L.L.Valdivia 10/21 ge
Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB172 A HUGE beautiful black obsidian Recovered in Lake Co., 1,200.00
Cascade knife blade well flaked Oregon by Dr. H.H.Stuart
with mostly percussion flaking in
the center of each face, with very 
minute secondary pressure flaking
around all edges. It has great
usage wear marks, but I can't tell
if an ancient "nick" to the very tip
of the base was intentional or not.
Still a scarce item. Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
MHBB178 A very nice mottled blue-gray glossy Recovered in 650.00
chert Archaic Triangular Knife blade   Humbolt Co., NV
having light brown veins on the base
and near the tip, mostly to one edge.
It has slight curvature from the host
stone's original shape, and is just an 11/9
outstanding, well used piece. Ex: M. Hough ON-HOLD

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MHBB182 A gorgeous, very thin for Found in the Ralston Valley SOLD
size off-white speckled near Tonopah in Nye Co, NV
chert Bi-pointed Cascade 10/21 ge
knife blade expertly made Ex: M. Hough

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MHBB189 A very thin, very LARGE and Found by Mr. Davis in SOLD
broad off-white, light gray chert 1936 on Gunther Island
bi-pointed Archaic knife blade  in Humboldt Bay, California
having thorough percussion flaking
to both faces and nice secondary 10/17 rf
edgework. A scarce item Ex: M. Hough

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BB1 A MONSTER of a blade !!! A super super From West-Central 1,000.00
nice and HUGE Edwards chert Refugio Texas
knife blade. As per the Perino COA: "A  
  large knife form that has had one retouch    
  re-sharpening that barely reduced the size of    
  the blade". They don't come any better than    
  this one, folks ! Perino COA  

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BB2 A LARGE and STUNNING blue-gray Recovered from 750.00
Indiana Hornstone (Harrison County chert) Warrick County,
Benjamin knife blade having a small section Indianna 
  of the original rind at the base and what    
  appears to be the original striking platform.    
  A real piece of artwork !    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BB3 A HUGE and sturdy off-white, tan and rust- Found in Jackson 1,200.00
red colored chert Paleo knife blade. It has County, Illinois
small crystal inclusions and nice mineral  
  deposits with oblique percussion flaking    

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BB4 A HUGE and very stunning mottled blue Found in 975.00
Coshocton flint Paleo triangular knife blade Has Erie County, Ohio
outstanding oblique transverse percussion flaking  
  patterns, and, unfortunately what appears to be a    
  slight section of RECENT GRINDING on face A,    
  very close to the base (about 1/2" long by 1/8"    
  high... don't ask me why, it doesn't make any sort Perino COA (lists this as  
  of sense) Still, with this short-coming, this monster Flint Ridge Flint, which I  
  displays VERY well as a center-piece don't believe is accurate)  

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BB5 A VERY LARGE attractive and completely Found in Kentucky 500.00
intact (as made) Indian-red, blue and gray
North Blade in its Primary Preform stage
from the Middle Woodland Hopewell
Culture (350 AD to 2100 BC) Featured on
our Museum page under the topic "Blanks" Stermer COA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BB6 A HUGE gray and blue flint (Hornstone) Unknown 475.00
Trade Blank (See our museum page for  Mid-Western State
an explanation of these) Has a V-shaped
ding to one edge Rogers COA

Item: Type: Provenance: Price
BB7 A HUGE red coastal plain chert over-sized Recovered from the 175.00
chopper/hand-axe showing heavy tannic acid Santa Fe River in
staining on one side, still has moss attached Florida by scuba divers
from being under water for hundreds of years,
and has a pit at dead-center of side B, which
doesn't penetrate all the way through the blade, 
a creek pebble is lodged in the hole, and held in
place by moss. A REAL Monster piece ! 
(Featured on our Museum page under the topic
"A Whopper Chopper")

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