An article on knife handle materials:

Knives are an important part of daily life - be it at home, work or in many other places. For those who give special importance and preference to knives, they become an inseparable part of their lives and preferences. Knife making as an art started thousands of years ago and is still being practiced with vigor by those who tend to continue the art form and derive joy, pride and pleasure from it. Knife making was probably one of the first inventions from mankind after learning how to tend metal into shapes and sizes.