Trying to identify and value 2 knives and an arrowhead

[acrewofone]

We found these among my deceased Father's possesions and would like to know more about them if anyone knows, or if anyone knows a good source to contact.

I'm told the symbol on the Money Clip Knife is Chinese and says "blessing".

Also was told the Peanut Knife is "Rich Tasty" (you can see the word "Tasty" on it in the ruler pic).

[C26G]

My condolences for your loss
Cool looking items there. I use bladeforums.com , good people there who have helped me in the past.

[Jt526]

Ebay says about 10-20 on the peanut knife and the kanji one, lots of examples of those money clip pocket knives from Japan. Seems like there are exampls of the money clip missing or with different inserts in the center. Peanut knife internet says was promotional item from Rich Tasty Peanut Co. Both as pretty cool. Search Barlow B60 for the money clip as an example, but that one is unmarked.

[Axel]

I don't suppose you have any idea where and how the stone point was collected?

[acrewofone]

I don't suppose you have any idea where and how the stone point was collected?

Afraid not...

[Axel]

Amateur hour is below. For a qualified opinion, I would contact the Conococheague Institute in Mercersburg and ask if they can recommend an archaeologist who might be willing to give an opinion.

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I am by no means an expert or even a qualified amateur; however, after 5-10 minutes on the first promising website, this looks like the closest match to me that coincides with your geographic location:

https://projectilepoints.net/Points/Calvert.html

Without context you probably can't get closer than an educated guess. Similar points from other regions could be anywhere from paleolithic to early woodland, which is huge range in the pre-history of human habitation in North America.

But if it is a Calvert point, 2500-3000 years old (from the page above) sounds about right, maybe a bit older. It's very well formed, clearly made with refined, developed skills, but it's also a fairly basic design (no flutes).

...or, a highly skilled artisan made it as a souvenir 50-100 years ago. My training mostly consists of a week or two on prehistory and archaeology as part of a course in Pennsylvania History, so... definitely not an expert, but I believe I at least know some of the right questions to ask

I should mention that the traditional division into periods (archaic, woodland) based on climate, game, and the rise of agriculture has been questioned in recent decades, but I think it's still a useful general framework so long as we don't think too rigidly, as though the whole continent shifted at once on specific dates.

[acrewofone]

Amateur hour is below. For a qualified opinion, I would contact the Conococheague Institute in Mercersburg and ask if they can recommend an archaeologist who might be willing to give an opinion.

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I am by no means an expert or even a qualified amateur; however, after 5-10 minutes on the first promising website, this looks like the closest match to me that coincides with your geographic location:

https://projectilepoints.net/Points/Calvert.html

Without context you probably can't get closer than an educated guess. Similar points from other regions could be anywhere from paleolithic to early woodland, which is huge range in the pre-history of human habitation in North America.

But if it is a Calvert point, 2500-3000 years old (from the page above) sounds about right, maybe a bit older. It's very well formed, clearly made with refined, developed skills, but it's also a fairly basic design (no flutes).

...or, a highly skilled artisan made it as a souvenir 50-100 years ago. My training mostly consists of a week or two on prehistory and archaeology as part of a course in Pennsylvania History, so... definitely not an expert, but I believe I at least know some of the right questions to ask

I should mention that the traditional division into periods (archaic, woodland) based on climate, game, and the rise of agriculture has been questioned in recent decades, but I think it's still a useful general framework so long as we don't think too rigidly, as though the whole continent shifted at once on specific dates.

Al Il can say is wow....

It does fit the link descriptions pretty well.