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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 4365573, member: 20148&quot;]Some surgeons have gone back to using obsidian instead of scalpels I believe, as they have a much finer cutting edge!</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer the original posters query regarding what is it, I was told by a friend in the museum service, to try and sit them comfortable in the hand to get a possible idea of their original use. Does it anywhere sit comfortably against the thumb for example. Is it sharp on one edge only. All slight clues.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are great to hold in ones hands and try and imagine someone, thousands of years ago, using that very tool!&nbsp; I do not collect them, but I do have a few lurking about here. Some of them are amazing pieces of workmanship. The one in the last photograph for instance is as smooth as a billiard ball!</p><p><br /></p><p>All my examples came from an old Danish collection.[ATTACH=full]364387[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]364388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]364389[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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