Knife review: prehistoric obsidian knife and dark ages scramasax

For my 30th knife review, here's an interesting trip back in time: a look at a typical obsidian knife, as used in prehistoric times (and also by native Americans), and the scramasax: a saxon EDC knife that was used from late Roman times until roughly the 10th century.

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• knife
• review
• obsidian
• scramasax
• prehistoric
• saxon

[xmilosxthexbeatboxx]

hoffe kanst deutsch :D, wie schärfe ich den Steinmesser? muss ich mit einen anderen Stein auf die Kante schlagen um es scharf zu machen``????

[MrDagon007]

@xmilosxthexbeatboxx In theory, yes, there is a technique called "knapping" where the knifemaker hits the blade with another stone until he has a sharp edge. To resharpen he could scrape it over a flat rock. In my case, the knife is only for display, I don't use it.

[98765432123456789000]

i know that obsiden knives are like the sharpest knife there is, but would it break easily on impact?

[MrDagon007]

@98765432123456789000 Indeed, it's a kind of glass after all.

[79ward]

May i ask where you got your scramasax from i would love to have similiar to it

[MrDagon007]

@79ward From a shop that doesn't have it in stock anymore. You will have to hunt the internet for it nowadays...

I may be willing to sell mine (unused, only for display), as I have too many knives and my computer faces an expenisve repair...

[JustinBaker2567]

Thanks, im sure that obsidian would make a much better skinning knife though, due to its super sharp edge.

[akj53]

My obsidian rock cut me on my foot when i dropped it ... Dont ever do what happened to me

[nicholasgg1]

The second knife was beautiful

[krisx15]

i need to make one of these for myself some day...its on my bucket list

[PatVRulz]

this guy is so totally Dutch!

[thoostorm4]

@98765432123456789000 even metal blade knives will breakuse all right rhey will lastobsidien is sharp

[thoostorm4]

@98765432123456789000 even metal blade knives will breakuse all right rhey will last

[xsv75]

how sharp?



[thoostorm4]

@MrDagon007 any knife will break if you use it wrong my people used obsidian

[enterscope]

Nice accent

[DonD1997]

ja je bent belgisch uit het vlaamse deel lol je praat met een zachte g