Poikilo Blade Tuna: A Mighty Albacore in the Ocean of Pocketknives
Back when I was a young kid, we had knives around, but things were much more basic. I remember we used hammerstones and elk antler billets for flintknapping chunks of obsidian into sharp flakes. They were glassy smooth and insanely sharp, but they had no toughness at all. Those blades would chip almost immediately if you weren’t cutting soft stuff like Smilodon steaks. At least the corrosion resistance was outstanding! Those early blades didn’t even have a handle. You just gripped the blade and hoped for the best (and boy, were we eager for Band-Aids to be invented!). Eventually some ...
