03-24-2017, 01:07 PM
Thank you Thomas! That is just so interesting. Makes you wonder with the knife that you found. Did someone lose it, or hide it in the spot you found it? Was it lost during some altercation or fight? Obviously you couldn't know but it just gets my juices flowing. Something went wrong because people didn't just leave valuable things like knives laying around back then.
Was it iron or some other metal? You know its possible it got stuck in some animal (or person). The animal is gone and all that remained was the knife. I've seen and read a number of things about "Otzi the Iceman" found in glacial ice in the Alps. Part of the evidence that his death occurred under abnormal circumstances was that while an arrowhead was found lodged in him his copper axe, a very valuable tool, was still with him. If it were a pure and simple case of homicide the attacker(s) would certainly have taken the axe with them.
Anyway and as you can tell this stuff regarding ancient tools and cutting devices is very interesting to me and I appreciate your time in telling us about your experiences and I'll never tire of hearing the stories.
Was it iron or some other metal? You know its possible it got stuck in some animal (or person). The animal is gone and all that remained was the knife. I've seen and read a number of things about "Otzi the Iceman" found in glacial ice in the Alps. Part of the evidence that his death occurred under abnormal circumstances was that while an arrowhead was found lodged in him his copper axe, a very valuable tool, was still with him. If it were a pure and simple case of homicide the attacker(s) would certainly have taken the axe with them.
Anyway and as you can tell this stuff regarding ancient tools and cutting devices is very interesting to me and I appreciate your time in telling us about your experiences and I'll never tire of hearing the stories.