Oldest Known European Metal Tool ? The Start of it all

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by Silver Shield

It fits in the hand just as a Stone Hand Axe with swollen central body, hammered not cast , hammer hardened cutting edge .

Hello,

interesting example. It was definitely casted before cold hammering, because modern researchers found copper slag in Serbia from 6th millenium B.C..
I added an example of raw copper. I think one cannot forge an axe or chisel directly from raw material, except from copper nuggets but they are quite small.
The manufacturing of copper started around 7500 B.C. in Mesopotamia.

I'm not sure, if we see a chisel or an axe.


Regards,
Roland