Angle dihedral burin

The angle burin, or, as it is also called, the dihedral burin, is made on a massive large blade of dark color. Such tools were created by applying two oblique blows to the end of the blank. The intersection of the chips formed a narrow working incisor edge. The working edge is located on the long axis of the tool. The edges of the tool are parallel, straight, they have facets of chips, presumably they are traces of use. The tool is quite large, the lower end is broken off. It could be used both mounted in a handle or just being kept in the hand. This burin is quite massive, it was possible to cut deep grooves in hard materials – tusk, bone, wood, to cut thick skins. The functional purpose: a common tool for creating grooves and slots in different materials. This is a very common tool for the Paleolithic period.