Ancient Chinese Stone Saw *LINK*

Re: Ancient Chinese Stone Saw

Dale Stansbery

>I doubt that it was used as a saw. Jade's not that tough and the points are perfect. My guess would be an ornament of some type.

About as ancient as yesterday

Michael R

>I have collected oriental art for a lot of years, and made a living dealing in it for a while. In my experience, that piece looks like a total fake. The design looks like nothing I have ever seen before, and the workmanship appears to be modern. Up until the 19th Century, Jade was worked with loose abarasive grits like natural corundum and (usually) wooden implements. These appear to have been worked with a spindle and a wheel. The material looks more like soapstone than Jade, but I can't really tell from the picture.

Caveat Emptor.

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Todd Hughes

>I agree 100%.....Beside the obvious modern look of how this fantasy item is made If you look at the auction the sellers feed back is being kept hidden as well as the id of the bidder,[if there ever will be one] this is done so that no one can email the bidder and warn him that he is about to get taken.A person would have to be a slow head of the first order to bid on something like this. I just had a conversation with a fellow the other week that told me about the large number of fake oriental antiques, esp. swords, that are sold on ebay with most listed just like this one where the bidders ID is kept hidden. Most are listed out of Hong Kong though this example looks to be from Canada,[can't tell for certain really] and even comes with a certificat that says it is authentic...what a joke but I guess some people fall for it....Todd

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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>I didn't think it was jade either, and really didn't care one way or the other actually. I just thought it was kinda' neat to see saw teeth in stone.

I imagine that Chinese art/tools/etc, etc, fakery would be running rampant as I think for the most part we Westerns don't know much about it.

Just thought it was different, and wanted to share it and certainly wasn't interest in it other than that.

Todd O.

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Dan in Illinois

>Hi Todd,

I appreciated your post. It was interesting to see a stone saw, especially one that was sharper than most of mine. Besides, I also learned things from the responses. I think off the beaten path posts like this is what gives WC its personality.

Dan

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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Thanks Dan,

I also enjoy the O/T Topics as well. Even if the stone saw is fake I thought thar the ingunity behind it was pretty neat. Just another example of what can be done if a person puts their mind to it and has a great enough need. I've always thought about making some simple WW tools from shells and rocks but never have gotten to it. Not that I particularly care to WW with shell and stone tools, but more in the interest of "if I had to I could". I've alweays had a bit of a survivalist mindset, not because I am concerned of the world blowing up, but because I never wanted to be "dependent" upon others for basic survival.

When I was a lad I told myself that I wasn't going to be part of the "rat-race", which, to a degree I am not, but am more part of it than I'm not part of it, if that makes any sense. Coarse, what I didn't put into the equasion when I was a lad was the fact that "When lad meets lass all rational thinking stops". He forgets what he is all about and concentrates on what it takes to make this lass his. Unfortunatly lass wants comfort and security and lad changes his whole lifestyle dreams to secure these things for lass.

Well, that's the way I look at it anyhow. Man, if I had only known then what I know now I'd still be single, or at least would of been allot more careful when choosing a spouse, but like I said When lad......... all rational thinking stops, and next thing you know he's just another rat :~(

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh well, so it goes eh?

Todd O.

Before I get clobbered by the lasses, I use this example as I am a lad and I have no clue how it goes for lasses when they meet lads. Coarse, lads have been trying to solve that mystery for quite a long time now eh? Got man on the moon and under the oceans,but can't fiqure out lasses for the life of him.

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Dale Stansbery

>Stone woodworking tools have existed for up to 12,000 years (and maybe far longer) here in the US. I've posted a few pics here in the past. They range from axes, planing blade scrapers, beaders, spokeshaves, and serrated flint blades that could saw bone and wood to some extent.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Yeah, I'm aware if that Dale. Someday, if I ever get around to it I'd like to try my hand at making some myself. Don't imagine that the scraper type tools would be too difficlt, just a matter of taking the time to do it. Now something such as an ax would be a bit more difficult, and the art of making arrow heads has always fascinated me.

Todd O.

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Scott in Douglassville, PA

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