obsidian vs flint vs quartz? heat treated or not? special flint from MI?

[alewn]

how thick, how long? wow. wonder how frontiersmen survived, with just butcherknives?

 

[trevitrace]

Yes .

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Wow, wonder how you've missed the many discussions we've had on early materials, gear, and techniques. Perhaps if you learned to study other subforums besides dumping everything in General Knife Discussion.

Let me move this one for you.

 

[kvaughn]

how thick, how long? wow. wonder how frontiersmen survived, with just butcherknives?

Nothing about breaking and entering??

 

[heresthedeal]

No flint worth a dam in MI. at least big enough to do anything with.

 

[Sosa]

Not just knives. Whiskey tobacco and pemmican.

 

[Codger_64]

No flint worth a dam in MI. at least big enough to do anything with.

No flint in Flint?

 

[heresthedeal]

No flint in Flint?

sad state of affairs, but true, none worth a dam or at least worth digging up.

 

[22-rimfire]

how thick, how long? wow. wonder how frontiersmen survived, with just butcherknives?

I guess one should ignore improvements made in tools since the "frontiermen" days? They didn't all survive. Some froze to death. Some were killed by predatory animals. Some had fatal accidents.