Grooved Stone Maul with Haft, Prehistoric Replica

A heavy prehistoric maul with a rounded stone head held to a wooden handle by a band that runs around a groove in the stone. Lashing binds the band to the handle, which has a wood-grain texture and a cord-wrapped grip. Grooved stone mauls and hammers were used for heavy pounding work: driving stakes, breaking bone, crushing ore and quarrying stone. They are well known from prehistoric North America, and similar grooved hammerstones were used in Bronze Age copper mines in Europe. At 100% it is a…

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