9" Knife With Snowflake Obsidian Handle - Handcrafted In Utah

Knife With Snowflake Obsidian Handle - Handcrafted In Utah #327610

This highly artistic knife is a masterful blend of natural beauty and precision craftsmanship. Handcrafted in Utah, it features a striking handle made from locally sourced snowflake obsidian—a volcanic glass known for its glossy black surface adorned with unique, gray-white crystal patterns resembling snowflakes. Each handle is expertly shaped and polished to highlight these naturally occurring designs, making every knife a one-of-a-kind expression of nature’s artistry.

Measuring 9" in total length with a finely honed 4.4" stainless steel blade, this knife offers both elegance and performance. Designed for collectors, outdoor enthusiasts, or anyone who appreciates the fusion of geology and craftsmanship, it’s more than a knife—it’s a functional piece of art born from Utah’s ancient volcanic landscapes.

Snowflake obsidian is found near Sevier Lake in Millard County, Utah. It is a natural volcanic "glass" that forms when molten rock cools so quickly that that atoms do not have enough time to arrange themselves into crystals. Instead, the molten material solidifies into an amorphous solid called a glass. The "snowflakes" in the obsidian are small, white, radially clustered crystals of cristobalite, a mineral polymorph of silica.

Obsidian was important material for many ancient people. It was used for making tools, weapons, jewelry, and decorative items, and was a major barter material for Native Americans. When broken, its conchoidal fracturing results in extremely sharp edges, making it ideal for knives, scrapers, arrowheads and spearpoints. It is even occasionally used today to produce surgeons' scalpels, since the edges are several times sharper (only 3 nanometers) than the edges of steel blades.

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