NATURAL QUARTZ CRYSTAL IS AVAILABLE IN MANY AREAS AND HAS BEEN OF INTREST TO MAN SINCE PRIMATIVE TIMES. CRYSTAL IS MUCH MORE DURABLE THAN GLASS SO WOULD MAKE A BETTER HANDLE BECAUSE IF YOU DROPPED THE KNIFE IT WOULD BE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BREAK THAN GLASS.
BECAUSE OF MANS INTREST IN PRETTY CRYSTALS AND THE WIDE DISTRIBUTION OF GOOD LOCATIONS FOR MATERIAL. THE LAPIDARY ARTS GO BACK A LONG WAY IN MANS HISTORY. ONE OF THE OLDEST LAPIDARY CENTERS WHERE SOME OF THE VERY BEST WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE DARK AGES IS IN GERMANY AT THE TOWN OF IDAR OBERSTEIN. ITS WORTH A VISIT IF YOU ARE IN GERMANY THERE ARE TWO MUSEUMS AND MANY FAMILIES WHO STILL DO EXCELLENT WORK AS THEY HAVE FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
GLASS MAY HAVE BEEN MORE DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO GET AS WELL. JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH. A BEAUTIFUL DAGGER CONGRADULATIONS.
