Slate knives
Slate knives have ground edges that can be repeatedly sharpened with a whetstone. The Inuit ground many of their tools and ornaments, unlike Indians to the south who chipped theirs from quartzite and other stone.
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Date Created: February 2, 1999 | Last Updated: March 26, 2010
