#146943 - 08/08/16 09:52 PM
Ivory & Obsidian
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
Here's something different. Huge obsidian blade married to an elephant ivory tip. Sheath is elephant.
Attachments
------ ------
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147018 - 08/09/16 12:41 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: W Polidori]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 01/25/10
Posts: 2367
Loc: NY
|
Warren,
You're a wealth of information (and a pretty good knife designer); I had never seen Obsidion used for a knife. Great use with the Tip and the Elephant sheath!
Tom Flynn
_________________________
Tom Flynn NRA Endowment RKS#5918 RKCC-CM-178 SCI Life Member DSC Life Member
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147026 - 08/09/16 02:21 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: GCTom41]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 01/02/14
Posts: 1064
Loc: Tallahassee FL
|
That's phenomenal Warren! Excellent work by the knapper and I bet that blade is razor sharp. I believe I read a while back that obsidian was used for scalpel blades until fairly recently because they could put a sharper edge on it than steel. Possibly a factoid.
_________________________
Jim E.
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
Me 2020
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147032 - 08/09/16 02:51 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: JE6245]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 12/19/13
Posts: 282
Loc: The Netherlands
|
Fantastic blade and done by a master knapper so to see. The handle material goes very well with it.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147039 - 08/09/16 04:16 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Gert]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 06/08/16
Posts: 451
Loc: New York
|
Warren, very nice knife and sheath!
I'm guessing that this is, probably by far, the sharpest knife in your collection. I read somewhere that obsidian can be much sharper than surgical steel, as well crafted obsidian blades have a straight and smooth cutting edge which can be as fine as 3 nanometers thick. Don't want to cut yourself shaving with that one!
Jim, I believe that you are correct that there have been obsidian surgical scalpels made and used (possible use only by veterinarians; may not be approved for use on humans at least in USA?).
As an added benefit, now you're ready to take on the White Walkers from Game of Thrones. For those non-watchers, an obsidian (called "dragonglass" on the show) blade looks to be the only weapon which can kill these deadly magical ice creatures.
_________________________
Bob Carlin rfcarlin@hotmail.com RKCC #622
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147052 - 08/09/16 05:38 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: desert.snake]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 11/18/15
Posts: 1668
Loc: Michigan
|
Warren, You can kill White Walkers with that knife. I admit it....I am a Game of Thrones fan. Eric
_________________________
Eric
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147062 - 08/09/16 06:45 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Eric]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
Guy’s thanks for the comments. Yes this is not only sharp it's like a serated edge. Cool part is its sort of translucent. Look up obsidian knife on ebay there's lots of them.
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147067 - 08/09/16 07:45 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: W Polidori]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/06/16
Posts: 656
|
Nice napping work! We grew up with wide availability of obsidian objects, blades and arrowheads, and played with knapping ourselves, both with pressure and with cold water drops on heated obsidian......as with broken glass, nothing sharper or harder out there, and cuts forever without dulling.
An elegant object you have there....the strange juxtaposition of modern/primitive....and simply beautiful.
Edited by Lofty (08/09/16 07:45 PM)
_________________________
Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis; ad te autem non appropinquabit.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147072 - 08/09/16 08:48 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Lofty]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 07/08/06
Posts: 2444
|
That's a beauty, no doubt! I can't quote a source, but my foggy memory tells me obsidian blades have been around longer than steel, iron, or even bronze.
_________________________
Wally
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147107 - 08/09/16 10:47 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Wally]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/06/16
Posts: 656
|
tis stone age stone cold gorgeous stone blade.
_________________________
Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis; ad te autem non appropinquabit.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147133 - 08/10/16 06:45 AM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Lofty]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
Thanks again guys.
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147186 - 08/10/16 02:55 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Wally]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 01/02/14
Posts: 1064
Loc: Tallahassee FL
|
2,000 year old, pre-Aztec obsidian knives from Mexico supposedly used for human sacrifices pictured below. Also commonly used for blades, points, etc. by native Americans in the Western and Northwestern US.
Attachments
------
_________________________
Jim E.
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
Me 2020
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147188 - 08/10/16 03:33 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: JE6245]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
Nice blades Jim, yours?
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147212 - 08/10/16 06:23 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: W Polidori]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 01/02/14
Posts: 1064
Loc: Tallahassee FL
|
No, I wish they were. I have a few chert points and blades from this area but there's no obsidian in Florida. The picture is from an article discussing the use of the blades for sacrifices. Coincidentally though, my daughter returned a few days ago from a trip to Washington State and brought me a small obsidian knapped knife with a mountain goat horn tip for a handle that she bought somewhere up there. Not nearly as large or nice as your knife but still pretty cool.
_________________________
Jim E.
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
Me 2020
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147249 - 08/10/16 08:48 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: JE6245]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
Post it. There's tons of these out there and they are cool.
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147272 - 08/10/16 11:43 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: JE6245]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 08/21/09
Posts: 2004
Loc: Southwest Virginia
|
Jim, you must have missed the rule re: " always must post any knife (or firearm, fishing rod, etc., or other similar item as appropriate) whenever given to you by spouse, son, and especially daughter AND grandchildren, as these items always trump all posted previously and after."
_________________________
Duke;RKS#5567 RKCC-CM-087 Southwest VA
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147288 - 08/11/16 09:27 AM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Duke]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 01/02/14
Posts: 1064
Loc: Tallahassee FL
|
I'll give it a shot guys but everyone here knows all too well how poor my photo skills are.
_________________________
Jim E.
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
Me 2020
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147392 - 08/11/16 04:41 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: JE6245]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 07/08/06
Posts: 2444
|
This was a gift from an old army buddy, I think he got it in Mexico.
_________________________
Wally
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#147394 - 08/11/16 04:48 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Wally]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 08/21/09
Posts: 2004
Loc: Southwest Virginia
|
Sorry Wally.....missed the "old Army Buddy" part of the rule; 1 of the most important parts. Great post!
_________________________
Duke;RKS#5567 RKCC-CM-087 Southwest VA
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185123 - 12/27/19 09:03 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: Duke]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
This one is cool and was gifted by a family member who is friendly with an Indian culture artist.
Attachments
------ ------ ------ ------
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185124 - 12/27/19 10:36 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: W Polidori]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 11/15/17
Posts: 364
Loc: The Sunflower State
|
That's cool. I don't see any sinew so I wonder what was used to hold it all together?
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185125 - 12/28/19 12:18 AM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: nate-dogg]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
LOL, most likely epoxy.
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185126 - 12/28/19 04:06 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: W Polidori]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 12/03/16
Posts: 1872
Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
|
That is COOOOOL!!!
_________________________
"Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185127 - 12/28/19 05:46 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: coachblalock]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 10/31/07
Posts: 7371
Loc: Garden Valley, Idaho
|
Super looking and would be a definite user today or 1,000 years ago.
Pap
_________________________
Mike Allen RKCC-CM-086 True West Magazine Maniac Randall Collector Behring Made Collector Ruana Collector Glock Fan NRA- Life Member since 1975 mikenlu99@aol.com
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185135 - 12/29/19 10:28 PM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: pappy19]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 12/03/16
Posts: 1872
Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
|
Super looking and would be a definite user today or 1,000 years ago.
Pap Pap, you got that right!!!
_________________________
"Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#185143 - 12/30/19 12:47 AM
Re: Ivory & Obsidian
[Re: coachblalock]
|
Knife Enthusiast
Registered: 02/09/16
Posts: 5791
Loc: Central New York
|
Thanks for the replies guys but it not Obsidian or Ivory. It is Stag,Turquoise inlays, Agate blade.
_________________________
Warren
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|