handaxe? preform? Anxiety?!

[@Steven-c3n3m]

Today is the first day I discovered you on U-tube. Happy to find another person with similar interest's to my own sharing that excitement and passion for the outdoors. That Native American stone artifact can function as Adze. Which would be attached to a stick handle and used primarily as a wood chopper and gouge. Or the tool could also be used as a large hide skinner and meat cutting. Sorry about having to work through anxiety. There are many things you can do to help and each individual person is different. Being in nature often is key to making everything better ! Get some Music on that relaxes you or transports yoyr mind somewhere positive. You are talented so activate your creative Artistic side. I carve, cut, and sand wood and that focus forces me to shift my attention somewhere else. That helps me.. Not sure if something else like drawing, painting, calligraphy, photography, sculpture, or playing a instrument , ext. would be a help to you, but it might be worth a try and you likely have already ? Lol, I think it is great that you put on your Mom's chest wadder's and sloshed around in a frozen stream. The tribute to your friend by wearing his shirt was a terrific way to honor him. Thanks for the heads up on the Punk band. Thank you for sharing !🎶

[@PACreekWalker]

@Steven-c3n3m thanks for the advice! And thanks for watching. I know a tiny bit, but will do some research on an adaze and it's use!

[@Steven-c3n3m]

@PACreekWalker My Grandparents lived on a 80 acre farm in Jefferson CO. WI. that the Bark River flowed through. We visited about every other Sunday. I spent as much time in the woods and fields as I could and felt privileged and lucky to do so. Early Native people's lived there. I found my first arrowhead there as a 12 year kid in a plowed field after looking almost all day in the hot sun. I remember the rush I got to hold a tool that was made and used hundreds of years ago to provide food for the tribe. My fascination has never ended to this day with their culture and history is so amazing and interesting to me. I hunt , fish, gather, and work with my hands, and value that experience like the Native Americans do enjoying that life. I have a 80 acre Farm of my own today as my grandfather before me did. He and my Dad fostered that interestin me, which I am forever grateful for in Nature and the outdoors. I am so glad we share the same interest's ! Thank you !

[@PACreekWalker]

@Steven-c3n3m I know that rush you get when finding something like that. I feel some kind of connection

[@Tammyfrom1972]

Anxiety/panic attacks are absolutely awful....have had them about 30 years. I have tried meds, natural products, breathing, etc...I unfortunately have not found relief. Hope your 2025 is wonderful!☺

[@PACreekWalker]

@@Tammyfrom1972 you too!

[@Okanaganguy2021]

Deficiencies in B vitamins, especially B12, B6, and B9, have been linked to anxiety. My daughter has Anxiety and takes nutritional yeast its loaded with natural B vitamins. Love your videos! You are an incredible person:)

[@PACreekWalker]

@@Okanaganguy2021 interesting! Thank you!

[@CorninAtURD]

@@Okanaganguy2021 Yes I have MTHFR a common gene mutation. I have to take vitamin D and 5- MYHF L methyl folate vitamins. My body can’t process regular vitamins. I have had fibromyalgia for many years. I hope you feel better soon better

[@kiljoyful]

First off, love your channel it's truly awesome and really reminds me of the glory days of KZbin when people would just make videos because they were passionate. I don't have anxiety at least not consistently, so take the following for what it's worth. The days I feel the most messed up (depressed) I can usually link back to particular bad days like I know April 26th I'm gonna feel messed up. I think balance is really important especially if you're pushing too far in one direction. I tend to view balance as Mental, Physical, and Spiritual and for me if I stimulate those things through out the week I generally feel pretty good. Hope it helped a little, and I really hope you get the answers you need.

[@PACreekWalker]

@@kiljoyful thank you so much! I understand what you mean. I have almost too much passion when it comes to rocks and trees!

[@NYUK-x-4]

Anxiety? The Earthing movie Grounding- seems to work for some people. I mean we ran around with no shoes as a kid so.

[@kristy9082]

I don't usually comment on videos but I just found your channel last week and loved it immediately! I feel like we are cut from the same cloth. I walk creeks looking for artifacts too, always looking down when I'm around rocks. I grew up walking the corn fields finding arrowheads, quartz and snail shells. Where I grew up the Delaware Indians once had a camp. Was constantly in the woods playing and still love walking in the woods in the quiet. I love walking Penns creek, I live in Mifflinburg pa and have a special spot I go to just to think. I also suffer from terrible anxiety, mindfulness is a huge help and I also take clonidine. Mindfulness is anything that you love doing that takes your full concentration. For me, I practice a new song on my guitar. I'm not very experienced with it at all so when I'm learning a song it takes my entire attention. Keep making these wonderful videos, this is becoming a favorite channel of mine! 😁

[@PACreekWalker]

@kristy9082 you are so kind 😇 love to hear about like minded people!

[@barrygraber9776]

I tend to deal with any anxiety I may encounter by just sitting down and petting my dog and having a good conversation with her. Most times she tells me what I need to hear Hope this helps you Fern. Maybe your jasper is some kind of hide scrapper. Not really sure but sure is a cool pieace. Thanks for showing

[@RedEyedPatriot]

Scaley Bark Hickory. I have anxiety like that too. Cannabis helps me but it may cause problems for you. Yes that is a Preform and not a hand Adz. The Native that found that peice of rock worked it down to that and then carried it home and never finished it out or lost it along the way. A hand Axe or Adz will be more refined. Most of them are made from harder stone and ground to shape instead of knapped. But there are flint or chert knapped Adz. I post shorts of my finished peices and the Points that i find on my creek walks. Hope your anxiety lessens and you're feeling better soon. Its a feeling i know all too well. Keep On Creekin Chick 😎🏹🤙

[@PACreekWalker]

@@RedEyedPatriot good to know, thanks! I'll check out your videos

[@kevinkline6835]

Agreed Brother. Hope you are well my friend. Many blessings

[@RedEyedPatriot]

@@kevinkline6835 hangin on like a hair in a biscuit Man. Hope the holidays are treating you well. Gonna get back into some rocks in couple days. Been super busy. 😎🤙

[@kevinkline6835]

@@RedEyedPatriot Nice brother!!! Life is good on my end. Hard but good. It's great to be busy. Keep it up brother. Good therapy. LOL Puff Puff

[@doriandryden]

I have a big collection of arrowheads here in georgia. Cant really hunt them here because of hunting season. Starting in febuary ill be out there though

[@jpallen719]

I know all to well extreme anxiety and panic attacks….. that’s why we forest friends need the woods…..

[@PACreekWalker]

@@jpallen719 exactly

[@claudebernardin1096]

You need to see a doctor Fern. Life can just be a heavy heavy load. Family, kids, jobs, expectations. The woods, the creeks are our haven. Rejuvenation and peace. Some of us just don’t fit so well in society like others. We need “our place, our space.” Ask your doctor about sertaline. It worked for me. Calmed me. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@PACreekWalker]

@@claudebernardin1096 I used to be on Sertraline. Now i take trazodone as needed, but it just makes me fall asleep. Might need to try a new prescription

[@Outdoors2024-r1q]

I think I would call that piece an Adze with the way the blade end is sharpened to one side. An axe of sorts I suppose.

[@steakfrank6895]

I'd go with preform. Nice!

[@Crash-549-vh1]

I believe the artifact is a scraper for cleaning hide’s

[@JoeMapes]

That's my opinion as well

[@davepurce5883]

I feel for you with your anxiety issues. I never knew what is like until it happened to me. After a disc fusion surgery in my neck I had severe anxiety for 3 months. All I could do was walk. And I did. It finally went away, but I don't wish that on anyone. I like your channel. I grew up in upstate N.Y., but long removed to Az.

[@PACreekWalker]

@davepurce5883 I love NY. Would love to.visit AZ

[@garbo123-qc1jg]

Keto diet:)

[@johnhaller7017]

Try breath meditation as follows. Find a quiet spot, sit down in a comfortable chair, fold your hands in your lap. Close your eyes or try a flight mask to help shut out any visual distractions. Ear muffs or silent headphones to isolate you from intrusive external sound. Concentrate on your nostrils and mentally focus on your breath moving in and out. In cool, out warm right? Count each breath until you have taken ten consecutive breaths. In out, is one, in out is two....... in out ten. Start at one and go to ten and then repeat again for the total of three sets. One to ten X 3, not one to ten all the way to thirty. You only count ten breaths in each series, repeat a total of 3 times. You just let the breath arise and fall naturally, no need to hold or control the breath, just focus on mindfully counting as each follows the next. If thought arises and it's about something that you are going to do later, mentally label it "Planning" and resume at the number where it popped up. If a memory intrudes then label it "past" and resume the count. If it's vague and neither past or future based, then label it "fantasy" resume the count. This should only take a few minutes in total. We are what we think and doing this exercise will train your mind/body to gradually head towards tranquility, even just a little bit in these few minutes. If you lose count, then resume at one. Try to do this meditation with a sense of self forgiveness. There are no mistakes here, no record to break and nothing to really achieve, except to grant yourself a little spiritual tea break. As you become familiar then you can do one set in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. As you withdraw from these few minutes of breath meditation, just briefly check to see if you are in the same place mentally and emotionally as you were when you initially commenced the exercise. All the best.

[@PACreekWalker]

@johnhaller7017 thank you for the advice, I will definitely give this a try!!!

[@Ephesians617]

'Spearmint' I gather the leaves in the summer and let them dry, then keep them in a bag, crush some up and inhale the aroma. Spearmint gum, and the tea also helps.. Also your beautiful artifact looks to me.. like it could be a flint Adze.

[@PACreekWalker]

@@Ephesians617 that is so smart! I will try that. I love spearmint and pepermint. I have peppermint oil i could use too

[@Ephesians617]

@@PACreekWalker yes I believe that Peppermint holds the same properties, blessings!

[@Frogeye42]

Wet a wash cloth with ice cold water and hold it in you face for a few minutes. Rewet it a couple of times to keep it cold. My son has anxiety problems and he says it helps him. Give it a try. It might help.

[@PACreekWalker]

@Drview1000 thanks. I will try that!

[@Earle63]

I have terrible anxiety, going to sleep helps me come out of it as well as reading. Reading really occupies your mind and can also help you fall asleep. That’s the thing about panic/anxiety attacks, there isn’t always a trigger (or at least one I’m aware of).

[@PACreekWalker]

@@Earle63 I will have to try the reading. Never thought to try that!

[@Earle63]

@ I’m reading the Fourth Wing books and it really helps. Best of luck to you!

[@ToolinAround]

Not enough rest. You need 1 day a week to zonk out and sleep all day. No kids no cooking no leaving the house just veg-out in the bed and nap all day. Also too much caffine all week will mess you up. Use magnesium every day for better sleep and energy and b12 for energy daily instead. Limit caffiene to twice a week if necessary

[@joalyincontroly4379]

This is going to sound crazy, but I'll share it anyway because I'm utterly convinced that my anxiety is getting better as a result of my new diet/lifestyle. So almost a year ago I started eating only beef, eggs, fish, dairy, and basically all meat/animal foods, as an attempt to relieve myself of symptoms of IBS, SIBO and gut permeability. The crazy thing is now after a year all of those issues are completely gone and I'm starting to detect a blatant reduction in my anxiety, PTSD and obsessive compulsive symptoms. I didn't even go into this imagining that these issues would/could be helped or resolved, especially the anxiety that began subtly in my 30's and had started getting worse in my 40's. I just thought I was getting old but it turns out it's actually all related to diet, metabolism and damage to our gut lining. I'll leave a link to one of many video interviews with Harvard professor Dr. Chris Palmer on Dr. Anthony Chaffee's carnivore channel. I can't remember if this particular video even mentions anxiety but I've watched all the videos with both of these guys and they often cover anxiety issues, so this video will be a good starting point for anyone who may be interested. The last thing I'll say is simply that this carnivore diet is easy to adjust to and literally fixed every health issue I've ever had in my life. I lost 40 pounds within the first half year and I'm healthier now in my early 50's than I was in my 20's and actually even as a child. I never dreamed anything could solve all of these issues that the idiot mainstream doctors couldn't even help with for decades. All inside of one year and with multiple sweet cheats on special occasions. Just doing the ketogenic diet alone (so easy) can likely fix anxiety issues, but it'll take a few months and is an ongoing process that will blow anyone's mind in one year. For ANY ailment, this is what fixes the human body. Good luck and god bless, to anyone and everyone who has any interest in what saved my life. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g57TnHttd8eEm7s

[@PACreekWalker]

@joalyincontroly4379 thank you for the info! Makes a lot of sense. It's all natural food. Not processed crap. My parents did keto for years and lost tons of weight. You are correct, diet ahould help me in many ways and I am going to take your comment seriously! Thanks for the push in the right direction! I need the motivation

[@joalyincontroly4379]

@@PACreekWalker You're more than welcome, and you can totally do this. You can transition slowly so don't get discouraged if you mess it up here and there at first. Just keep working toward ketosis. It'll take some adjustment but it feels amazing when you get there. Watch the channels on youtube for all the tricks and encouragement, before you know it you'll be doing a whole new lifestyle and you'll feel awesome. You need to replace the carbs with lots of fat for energy. Your hormones, brain and myelin sheathing that protects your entire nervous system are all made from pure cholesterol and lipids. Saturated animal fat and cholesterol are pure medicine for our brain and nervous system, which is what is shorting out when we get the anxiety and panic attacks. This diet does help with the anxiety and mine is absolutely getting better, but it's taken some time to get healed to this extent. I'm positive there's more healing ahead, and I wouldn't change this for anything now. Also I should have mentioned that I'm not as strict as some of these doctors on KZbin. I have a little yogurt for desert and I like the kind with a little sweet fruit in the bottom. I also still put a tiny bit of local honey in my coffee. Most of the carnivore doctors I follow online say that a guy my size can stay in ketosis while still consuming 80 to 100 g of carbs/sugars per day so I try to keep it around 50 to 80 grams to be safe. The most important thing is no bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. All that stuff is pure glucose in the body and it's the roller coaster of blood sugar and insulin that is so hard on us. K I'll stop rambling. Good luck, and please feel free to ask me any questions here anytime. Also I love the artifact hunting, so thanks for all the entertainment🤗

[@timothyfirth4809]

I'm going to say its a general cutting tool for up to maybe 3" saplings ,cattail and grass cutting collecting for materials. As for asking for subscribers giving you medical advice 😍 well your a smart young lady coming straight to me 🥸😷 this may feel a bit cold on your chest 😄🩺 now deep breath in....aaand let it out slow...again please good. You look perfect I mean feel perfect ugh I mean sound perfect everything is perfect yeah so your good lmao. I think you ask to much of yourself,nothing wrong with wanting some time for yourself so don't feel guilty of doing it. You won't be alone forever so don't feel alone or or feeling less for probably wishing you had a guy that was stable and gets YOU likes doing things with you. These arent alot to ask for if they are running through your head so cut yourself some slack.

[@guaporeturns9472]

I used to have bad anxiety as well , but it seems as I got older it has mellowed out. Weed is definitely not a good thing for me.. induces panic attacks of varying intensity. Pretty sure that’s just a multi tool.. but one wonders if it could be lashed to a haft and used to work wood or dig.. like an adz.

[@PACreekWalker]

@guaporeturns9472 hmmmm interesting 🤔

[@zekeurrabazo]

Sorry you having anxiety attacks. Hopefully you will find the cause of them and feel better soon 🤗

[@PACreekWalker]

@@zekeurrabazo thank you!

[@wadelynch1072]

I feel you on the anxiety problem. I've had it for years. Unfortunately in my experience no one thing works for everybody to alleviate the problem. Exercise seems to be the big one for alot a people. It helps me. You will have to find what works best for you. You have great taste in music. Maybe your thing is put on some headphones and just kinda zone out. Keep trying different things until you find it. Good luck, love your videos from a fellow Eastern PA resident.

[@PACreekWalker]

Thanks!

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

A hot bath with a CBD bath bomb always chills me out.

[@CorninAtURD]

In the summer months you can get gold panning pans and look for flour gold in the creeks and streams. you won’t get rich but gold fever for sure

[@PACreekWalker]

@@CorninAtURD I can't wait! 😁

[@daleshisler2955]

Yeah anxiety is a tough one. I’ve dealt with it for years. Mine is situational. Hope you can get it sorted out quickly. It can really affect quality of life. Might be an easy answer to it for you. Thanks for the look see in that spot. Won’t be too much longer and days will start getting longer again. Stay well!

[@mikemetague7973]

Having had occasional panic attacks for decades (Apr.'20 COVID onset was terrible.), here's what works for me: 1.) Isolate, relax and empty your mind. 2.) Breathe fully and a little slowly, but hold the 'empty-lung' exhalations about 2 seconds ea.-- Your heartrate will probably get slower, but that's good. 3.) Keep a zen-like empty mind for a few minutes. Good luck!

[@Floyd-w7b]

Beautiful cresent moon . The big knots on the side of the trees make nice wooden bowls

[@claudebernardin1096]

Beautiful spot! ❤ I really wanna rock hunt with ya. 😞🙏

[@onthedownside]

New spots for exploring for stone artifact are like GOLD!

[@onthedownside]

I as an introvert have crazy anxiety. The medical Marijuana works for me to relieve that heavy anxieyy feeling. Rock hounds are good people in general!

[@onthedownside]

My anxiety is to the point I can't sleep at night.a million thoughts in my head at once ir is not fair!

[@PACreekWalker]

@@onthedownside yep! That's me every night

[@onthedownside]

@PACreekWalker the rso capsules are a lifesaver.when I can't sleep I go that route.Its totally legal I have MS also.Im chaos at best w no kids or commitments. You are up a creek with no paddle!

[@PACreekWalker]

@onthedownside sure am!

[@davidlang9939]

DO U CARDIO WORKOUT AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK? YOGA, TM, AND AEROBIC/CARDIO WORKOUTS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE HUMAN ANIMAL TO KEEP AN EVEN KEEL!!!

[@jeffxpmdisc]

Make sure not something else. Had same symptoms 4 yrs ago. Had a Stent put in now I'm fine. Is that umami creek?

[@PACreekWalker]

@@jeffxpmdisc wow! Close, This is the Perkiomen. I do enjoy the Unami as well

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

Hide scraper?

[@BillyClancy-b9w]

Trust God . say to yourself I made through yesterday , today . tomorrow is a new day. ask God to give you strength

[@kevinkline6835]

I wish you luck in finding a solution to the anxiety. Like Michael (Red Eye) cannabis has been my go to for 46 yrs. But it comes with it's own problems. I had a life long friend (RIP April) who would sing to relieve hers. And I would also agree with Michael on the "Preform" but would add this. A hand axe would be ground on the rounded "Bottom" of the tool so it wouldn't cut the user. Stone tools can have many functions and need to be studied in depth to identify their uses. I wish you the best of luck Young lady & Many blessings.

[@willard39]

I do the deep breathing mixed with the most basic, begginer meditation. I just focus only on breathing in and out. One... two... It's tough to just clear your head and just stop thinking, but if you can get there, I find it's like a reset button.

[@peterwaksman9179]

Nice! Edge flaking and detail make it look like a finished tool. Maybe it is a celt. Is one edge more battered than others? The edges may hold the answer.

[@johnnyr19026]

Beautiful. Happy Friday. Super glad you had some Fun on your Friday before sunset. A few 🍷glasses of 🍷 may help with the anxiety. Being present. Being safe. All is well. Easier said than done I k know. 🍷meditation helps. Staying tuned. Love your channel 👍🙏🫶

[@dougwollman2533]

ASMR and yes I do it on my channel but I’m sure you can find something or someone more suitable. For a short time (thankfully) it (anxiety) was so bad I was sweating and shaking. And I know why but not talking about it here. Lol. And the weight on the chest, maybe that too, I honesty don’t remember for sure and don’t really want to remember. Honestly too, some folks are into deliverance ministries. I’m not as into that anymore, but I guess it depends largely on who is doing it and what they are about and how they come across to you. There probably are some good ones out there, but also some ones to stay away from. I guess that’s enough of my little rant or 2 cents or whatever it is. I’m making an ASMR right now btw. But it won’t be posted for a few hours because it’s so much work, the way I’m doing it. I feel less silly doing it than before. 😂 That being said, some people can’t stand ASMR, but personally I can’t believe it took so long for me to run find it. I could have benefited from it a long time ago had I known.

[@Jigger2361]

...From what I can see there appears to be no usewear along those lateral edges (i could be wrong upon further inspection)... it was in the process of being formed into, possibly a Perkiomen projectile point or other large/broad point. The key is to find usewear along the margins. One margin looks like it might have a working edge to it but it maybe just be different colouration in the jasper - cool!

[@TheYeti308]

Tell yourself NO , I'm not going there , When it rears it's head .

[@Tyrant_King666]

i am lost totally on your last video?what happend?

[@Mithril170818]

Pray

[@RalphJohnson-l8d]

This could be what is known as a quarry or trade blank. An Indian would go to a jasper quarry and rough out a bunch of blanks to use for trade. He would take them somewhere well away from the quarry and trade them for something he needed. The Indian getting the blank would then finish it to whatever kind of projectile point or tool he needed. The fact that you are finding a lot of them suggests they were being mass produced and are in fact blanks.

[@PACreekWalker]

@@RalphJohnson-l8d makes sense! I'm finding most of them relatively close to the jasper quarries in Vera Cruz

[@madnessmotorsports]

Panic attacks are crippling, I had to move into the mountains to get better.

[@PACreekWalker]

@@madnessmotorsports I imagined that had to help tremendously

[@madnessmotorsports]

@ Yes it it did and 7 years of freedom🥰 most of mine was military related and I try to help anyone I can with getting thru the day. Always around if you need help.

[@alanroberts-z9c]

I retreat to my own personal sanctuary (my back porch with an open field and woods) on a daily basis to escape the stress of the rat race. Being able to interact with nature and being outside..being able to fill up my lungs with fresh air has an immediate calming effect. Cannabis may send you into a full blown panic attack, be careful..your kids need their Mom...find your sanctuary...the denim looks great on you btw...that big arrow head or what ever it is looks cool . Hang in there...keep the videos coming.

[@PACreekWalker]

Thanks for the advice!

[@juststop022]

radical acceptance

[@Joseph_Zimmerman]

I do have a lot of anxiety, probably because I'm very introverted. I don't really have anything specific to deal with it other than try to put myself in a situation where I can get my mind occupied on something that makes me comfortable or happy. That usually works and gets me calm, but nothing works every time of course. Hope you figure something out; panic attacks are not fun.

[@jasonjones5213]

I always called them a hand axe.I've found them in eastern Montana.

[@barrysharpe4551]

90 day lion diet

[@arkhamb1234]

Repeat the phrase "Serenity now...serenity now" 🙂

[@Hhllbb2476]

Mold as cause? Hot shower? Native American flute music? Hope you’re feeling better!

[@Floyd-w7b]

Native American flute music does wonders for me

[@JoeMapes]

Ill be as honest as i can. I get that feeling about once a month. I think its just bottled up stress and its completely normal. Everyone has a way that works best for them. One cure for all just doesn't exist. I handle it by just having a few drinks. Wake up next morning, feel clear headed and refreshed psychologically. My mom would drink a couple glasses of wine once in a blue moon. My best friend has a cigar. Some people meditate, scream or cry. Its just a release. You dont have to become an alcoholic or a smoker if you use it in extreme moderation. You dont need a psychologist. Its nothing to be ashamed of. Its a grown up problem that sometimes requires a grown up solution. You just need to find what works for you. I know what works for me, and that's a blessing i hope you gain. Just being honest with you.

[@PACreekWalker]

@@JoeMapes thanks, I guess there's a weird comfort in knowing I'm not the only broken one 😂

[@JoeMapes]

@PACreekWalker Broken is strong. A broken person is someone who harms others without feeling remorse. You're normal, be happy and accept it!! LOL

[@GlensFallsRich]

Oh my. You asked for advice from commenters. I hope it doesn't make your anxiety worse.

[@PACreekWalker]

😂

[@Bert-e1j]

Cool place to be and search.

[@Hhllbb2476]

Hey, you just removed the video you posted Thursday, Dec. 12th. I was trying to send a message. Cheers

[@PACreekWalker]

Sorry bout that, cheers!

[@larryrandolph9342]

I find Xanax to work wonders for anxiety attacks! If I feel one coming on I just take a Xanax and within 10 minutes it's completely gone. I don't know if you want to go that route or not. But it's a LIFESAVER for me. Just a suggestion.

[@lloydlisk6947]

Preform. natives would knap a preform at the quarry site so they didn’t have to carry large pieces back to camp. Nice find beautiful material. Looks like you know how to manage your anxiety 😊

[@JoeMapes]

Isn't that artifact a hand tool (knife) used to skin the animals for their Hyde? If it were an axe, I think it wouldn't have serrated edges like that used for precise cutting easy to chip if used with force like chopping wood. And also if it were axe, it would have a back end where the wood handle would be attached if an axe. Just my opinion.