Ötzi’s Flint Knife Sharpening Tool

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Ötzi's Flint Knife Sharpening Tool

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Touching up tool for sharpening flint blades. The handle is made from lime wood, with a small piece of deer antler hardened in the fire set into it.

Photo taken by Don Hitchcock at the travelling exhibition of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW Australia February 2008

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