Brief History of Hunting Knives

Hunting knives have been around since the Stone Age. Originally made of stone, bone or shells. Like today's knives they were sharpened with stone. The use of metal blades was introduced by the Romans. Metal blades dominate the knife world now. Egyptians were the first to attach wooden handles to blades. Jim Bowie was very instrumental in the development of hunting knives. There is no one Bowie knife. Bowie experimented with knives until he found one he liked. His knives were also used for hand-to-hand combat. A serpentine piece between the handle and the blade was added to ward off the blade of an opponent. During the 1800's the Swiss Army Knife was created. Many utensils attached to the folding knife made it a miniature toolbox in your pocket. Custom knives are becoming ever more popular. Antler-horn handles are very popular. Contact me if you are interested in a custom made knife. We do carry a buffalo horn handled knife on our website. It is pictured below. You can find it the Recently Added Items section (Damascus Blade Skinner).