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[/I] It may sound reasonable but.... 1) The Spanish notch was used on knives well before the introduction of the percussion cap (which was developed in the 1820's) and even before the introduction of the flintlock in the early 1600's. (PS flintlocks do not have nipples - only caplocks do.)...

The idea behind this set of goods, was to take a whiteman made item and deco it up Indian and/or Metis style - a not an untypical mixture of cultures/goods during the 1850''s period. The first piece was a circa Mexican loop style knife sheath for a small antler handled Bowie with an antler grip...

This style tomahawk was widely used during the very early 1800's by several tribes living along the upper Missouri River including the Mandan and Hidatsa. The Lewis & Clark expediton records include and early description. The blacksmith of the expedition was kept busy during the winter spent...

My late friend and collaborator, Gib Guignard, forged this fine little camp axe for me many moons ago from a hammer head. I used it frequently as shop axe for rough shaping as well as for routine camp chores. Unfortunately due to the wages of time on my poor old bod, I set it aside until one day...

This style tomahawk was widely used during the very early 1800's by several tribes living along the upper Missouri River including the Manda and Hidatsa. The Lewis & Clark expediton records include and early description. The blacksmith of the expedition was kept busy during the winter spent with...

My late friend and collaborator, Gib Guignard, forged this fine little camp axe for me many moons ago from a hammer head. I used it frequently as shop axe for rough shaping as well as for routine camp chores. Unfortunately due to the wages of time on my poor old bod, I set it aside until one day...

In addition to Sandy's comments often times such blotches are created during the processing of the leather at the factory. Leather is plated ie run through a series of rollers in order to smooth it and at times stiffen it. During the plating the rollers will build up spots of waxes and oils from...

You're welcome and glad to be of help - For some more info on how-to a gent did pretty good beadwork tutorial with pics over on Paleoplanet http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/27098/A-Beadwork-Tutorial

After posting pics of this recently made strike-a-light pouch I got asked about how-to on another forum and figured I'd post here as well for those who might be interested I use mostly the Old Time Color beads from Crazy Crow. Most of my beadwork is pre-1850 so I use either 8/0 pound beads or...

Buddy - Nice club. These were widely used as weapons and not just ceremonial. They were used in both the east and west and well into the 1800's. George Catlin inlcudes several in his works and even some being used while hunting grizzly bear. The gunstock appellation was used by Europeans since...

Thanks you all for your comments. Randy - I've been dealing with my back for about 30 years now and after I finally "fired" all the doctors I switched to fixing mysel and use a lot of naturals and homepathic and some inlclude the bear root. RC - I know all about manure and boots and...

Thanks all - as I noted elsewhere - it's also nice to hear something nice - I blew a fourth disc in my low back about a month ago and the %$@#!*(!&%# pain has been bad even with some drugs and such....then there's been the heat in SW Colorado - most days have been 95-100° F for the last 6...

While frontier sheaths and knives are my favorites, I make about three or four period holsters for every sheath I make so... I took the pics at 3:00 AM so the bead colors are a bit off, but other than that caveat I hope ya'll enjoy the view.......... Bark tan for the main holsters...

And last but not least a couple more Wild Goos….

Copy of an original Southwest belduque by bladesmith Joe Delaronde I used thread for the “braid work” on this one – the knife is by maker C Matteo

Too tired to type much tonight so I'm just gonna let the pics mostly speak for themselves..... A collaboration with Bladesmith: Jerry Rodri of 9 Tongs Forge… Wild Goo 29 – Bladesmith Tai Goo of course……….. Sometimes the end of the antler just looks great by itself...

regarding the blades shape: As Tai noted it's not an exact copy of an origina but many originals were similarly recurve shaped - here's a couple of examples of 19th Century originals: This is from New Mexicao - circa 1840-50's This one is French circa 1850's

Dan - yes they are ferrules but I made them out of copper end caps (less hammering). Perhaps not so oddly emough I started doing this handle at the same time as Tai started his posts on the ferrules - I hadn't seen his posts so it was a matter of "great minds" on the same wave length...........

This subject came up on the leather craft forum regarding passing around my DVD and here are my thoughts: Guys - I understand about passing things around especially when moneys tight, but realize that, passing around rather than buying my DVD or any one else's, means taking money out of...

Guys - I understand about passing things around especially when moneys tight, but realize that, passing around rather than buying my DVD or any one else's, means taking money out of my/our pocket and these days even a little bit helps big time since my DVD's and leather/knife craft are my only...