The axe in the picture is made from Jadeite from high up in the Italian Alps (Monte Viso). It is not a material that flakes as flint does. It would have been pecked with a hammerstone (hit hard to remove crushed areas) and then polished on a (probably very special) polishing stone (polissoir) with water and quartzite dust and then possibly polished to a mirror polish by using pig fat and leaves. There are various estimates on how long this would have taken but it could easily be several weeks. The material is so sacred and rare that I am certain it would have been polished to the most extreme finish. I know from personal experience that it is the final perfect polish that really takes the time.
This is not an axe that has ever been used. It has no usage marks or hafting evidence (as all neolithic jadeite axes). My educated opinion is that they were carried permanently in a leather pouch and used as a magical item. I have held many of them and they feel very magical. They make me tingle and the hairs stand up on my neck. An exceptionally rare and interesting piece of our ancient heritage . . . and extremely beautiful aswell . . .
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