Good ,,,and interesting as usual.. Do you figure thats a Montell knife that had a hard life,? Yrs ago I heard local diggers up here talking about split base points.
I dont recall what brand the point were but whatever it was it was not common to have a notch.
Do I detect that you have moved to a different area of your camp ? The unwashed ones look just like what we get out of our "drywash" and the bleached ( after washing ) look like all of our white dry washers.