I was just looking at my knife collection and was wondering if I have more stone knives or steel knives. Doesn’t matter. I’m like most knife collectors – I just like looking at them. I have observed, though, that more serious knife collectors are adding flintknappped knives to their collections. That’s great! They realize that no collection is complete without the flint knives that started it all. Collectors are also realizing that flintknapped knives broaden their collections in another way. Stone knives represent another whole set of skills and art within the world of knives, not to mention unique history, to boot.
But flint knives are not just for collectors. Nope. They are also for wild-eyed outdoorsmen who love the history of knives and enjoy the unique thrill of field dressing and skinning their game with a flintknapped blade. It really puts a kick into your hunting when you use a stone knife like the ones made and used by our ancestors for uncounted thousands of years. For a hunter it can actually change what is usually a chore into lots of fun. It’s sort of like rediscovering lost history. Don’t get me wrong. I love my steel knives, too. But in the big knife world picture, knives of steel are still newbies. But, yes, rookies are often destined for greatness, too.