3. 2.6 Million Years Ago
•Crude knives
•The sharpest rock was their knife
•These helped to cut up animals for their meat
4. The Bronze Age
•Bronze is very malleable
•It made the food taste bad when used as a table knife
•The knife has two sides resembling a dagger
5. The Iron Age
•Iron knives were kept sharp easily
•These knives were very durable
•You had your own knife and wore it on
your belts
6. Steel Knives 18th Century
•Table knives had one blade instead
of a dagger shaped table knife
•They were an improvement from
iron
7. The Modern Knife
• Stainless steel
• Small angles of the knife Japanese knives 15
degree blade, American and European knives
20 degree blade, others have a 40 degree
blade