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Originally Posted by mugwump
My stepson's old fart Ojibwe relatives re-profile their "white man's" knives so they are flat on one side and beveled on the other, kind of like a chisel. They keep the flat side against the hide (so lefties and righties need opposite bevels) when skinning so they don't ruin the hide with thin spots.
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That's cool. Many flint or chert "hide scrapers" can be found in my AO, left behind or discarded by Shawnee and Cherokee. They also are beveled on one side and flat on the other. I guess "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
