The blade edges are recurvate , and many examples show fine secondary pressure flaking with serrations .
Some specimens show unifacial bevels if they have been resharpened and reworked .
The shoulders tend to be horizontal and about one-half of the specimens that you will encounter will have asymmetrical shoulders. The distal end is usually acute . Many larger examples of the type have wide blades with excurvate blade edges and slight recurvature. Resharpening of the blade was accomplished by both percussion thinning and pressure edge retouch with final stages of the blade ending up as drills. The Pickwick type is usually found in the shell mound areas of the Tennessee River in the states of Tennessee and Alabama.