photo's of cool knives

fireball 3 · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: photo's of cool knives

here is some pics of a pair of deer horn knives made by a native indian friend of mine.

hope ya'll like em'. Dave

Vince · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

Gidday Dave, nice knives. The blades look like knapped flint? Now thats a dying art.

Cheers, Vince

fireball 3 · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

hi vince, the blades are from rainbow obsidian, which is volcanic glass. they were made at his home here in woodland,ca. he also hunted the deer which he got the horns from. lotta craftsmanship ther for sure. Dave

Vince · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

OK, I wonder if they knap the glass the same way they knap flint.

Whichever, they are very nice looking knives.

Cheers, Vince

keetoowah · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

yes Vince it is the same technique.
lots of pressure and a skin to cover your leg with.
obsidian is very sharp and very strong material it flakes beautifully

beautiful knives, made the right way.
its an art indeed.
I was taught at 9 how to do flint and obisidian after visiting the Clovis area.
found my flint and sat down to learn.
my thinking was I could live totally off the land with confidence as I have now.
still have a few of the point I flaked for a scrapers of my skins.

tracker · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

My ancestors used to make knives the same way, but then we found we could get steel ones if we simply sold Canada to a bunch of Englishmen!

keetoowah · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

better than beads for an island my love

1895ss · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

tracker wrote:

My ancestors used to make knives the same way, but then we found we could get steel ones if we simply sold Canada to a bunch of Englishmen!

How do you like the trade so far .........? Smile

tracker · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

1895ss wrote:

How do you like the trade so far .........? Smile

Dropped my knife somewhere.... Sad

1895ss · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

Then you had better get another one. Smile

tracker · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

Sure....you got one to trade? I'll throw in a nice piece of real estate. I'm going to fly over to England, plant a flag and say I discovered it, then trade it for beads, blankets, iron axes, knives.... Very Happy

1895ss · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

Good luck ............ Very Happy

Yes I have a knife to trade but I wouldn't want that much for it. Very Happy

tracker · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

Throw in a rifle and an axe and a couple of blankets and I'll throw in Ireland (ooooh, Irish whiskey....hard to resist)

1895ss · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

For that much the whiskey would have to be VERY GOOD or lots of it. Which is it? Smile

tracker · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: photo's of cool knives

Well, I have been known to show a preference for the stuff and as far as quantity goes, can you imagine the Irish running out of whiskey? (whoops, ethnic slur, oh well they're my other ancestors, LOL...we slur a lot actually)