I grew up watching my mom use a knife that looked a lot like the Grohmann knife for everything from filleting fish to splitting small sticks to light fires. If we were a hunting family I am sure she would have used it to skin game too. My son is in line to inherit it when he demonstrates sufficient maturity. I use a hand forged carbon steel knife with a horn grip, and an old german steel knife I bought in an auction for a buck and half.
One way of contrasting science and dogma is to say that a scientist accepts facts as given and belief systems as tentative, whereas a dogmatist accepts the belief system as given; facts are irrelevant. (McCain and Segal)
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