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excellent prehistoric crescent blade

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Sparrow:
Very common in the Columbia basin , Wa. , Columbia river corridor and eastern Oregon    From 2 to 4 inches long  most often found wholly knapped or a simple flake the right shape and flaked enough to get the shape   usually resharpened many times   '  Frank

mullet:
With all of the comments it just reinforces my opinion that all of these knives we knap were never used back in the day. Why go to that much trouble when you could just knock off a long, sharp flake.

Zuma:
Eddie,
I think the larger pre historical bifacial blades were
most likley daggers for self protection or spear points.
Not so much for dinner ware.

Jodo
Check out cresents of the Great Basin.
Zuma

The mysterious Great Basin crescents | Dennis Cassinelli
https://denniscassinelli.com/2014/02/05/great-basin-crescents

Jodocus:
Those look very similar indeed. A Google search for flint sickle will turn up similar rocks as well.

I guess the large biface artefacts of the neolithic where usually showpieces. objects of status and craftsman's pride. European early bronze age daggers even seem to reflect bronze dagger design elements.
Not sure about paleolithic stuff, though.
And there's always a substancial amount of chert that comes in slabs and cant't be turned into cores.

Zuma:
Jodo
There was fierce competition between flint tool makers
and the new Bronze age metallurgist. Some of the best
flint daggers were made at that time.
Zuma

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