At some point you need something to CHOP with, to fell shelter poles, butcher a mammoth, reduce excess material in the process of making a bow or hollowing a canoe. Hand held tools include the expedient chunk of rock with a angular edge, to removing a few flakes from a quartzite cobble to make a chopper, to the intricate knapping of a multi-purpose hand axe. Chopping can also be facilitated by using antler or stone wedges with a baton. Putting a handle on a sharp edge gives you greater mechanical efficiency. Pictured are various flaked, pecked and ground stone, and antler adze and axes. (Middle picture, antler axe - Tarjus Gaaren)
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