obsidian skinning knife

This replica Northern Paiute knife copies authentic prehistoric knives found in caves and rockshelters in the high deserts of the Great Basin of the western U.S.  This knife has a blade of opaque black obsidian set into a handle of western juniper.  It’s set in place with epoxy that’s been colored to look like the black pine pitch glue that firmly held the authentic knives of the Northern Paiute.  Now, I could have set the blade in with real pitch glue and it’s usually not a problem, but let’s say the postman delivered the knife to your front door and it sat in the hot sun for several hours, the blade could heat up enough that it would soften the pine pitch and the blade could, possibly fall out.  I’ve never had that issue, but it happened to a friend of mine, so I decided to use black colored epoxy to secure the blade just to be safe.  So here you go…a perfectly functional obsidian knife that’s right out of the prehistoric past.  This knife is perfect for skinning large game like deer and elk.