Hoko knife

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John Fenna

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Fed up with Xmas I decided to have a primitive play and made a couple of Hoko Knives....
Based on 2700 year old finds from the Hoko river in Washington State USA these knives are quick, disposable improvised cutting tools originally (it seems) used for cleaning fish...
Start with nothing - end up with a lethal tool!
I made one from flint and one from slate I found in the garden,with green Ash handles and natural cordage (palm? Lime? - can't remember...)
The materials
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splitting the handles with the blade materials
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blade materials and shaping tools
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flaking the flint
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smashing the slate
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grinding an edge onto the slate
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hafting the blades
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lashing the blades in place
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done
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Toddy

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Nice one :D

They're surprisingly good at stripping bark from willow and the like too. Excellent if you want fine stuff for medicinal use.
 

Robson Valley

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Very nice. I have used flint edges in my own kitchen to cut up raw meats like chicken and bison.
Dicing onions, green peppers and celery.
Because the flint breaks along a row of molecules, sharper than any steel can be, but harder to tune up.
 

John Fenna

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I have previously used flint and slate to butcher a pig - both worked well with no crumbling of either on flesh - but beware of hitting bone!DSCF6278 (2014_12_24 05_44_15 UTC).JPG DSCF6283 (2014_12_24 05_44_15 UTC).JPG DSCF6289 (2014_12_24 05_44_15 UTC).JPG
 
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