Church & Son
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About a month ago I posted a couple of old knives I "remodeled" in the Picture Gallery.
http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?13981-A-Couple-of-New-Old-Rusty-Crustys
My idea was to take a couple of old blades, some scrap leather and piddle with them at night after work. I finally got the pants done.
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The blades were old rusty/crustys from a bucket at an antique fair, wasn’t much left of the knives but the blade. The leather from a gun show swap rifle scabbard and some brain tanned scraps. The beads are from a box of old assorted craft show junk.
The Scalper is in a “Crow” style sheath which would also be correct with many of the northern plateau tribes. The beading design is from an original pipe bag. I stopped counting at 9000 #11 beads. It has a belt cutout and is stitched with linen thread.
The Gaucho made me think of the lively highly colored Southwestern sheaths of the Cheyenne. Kind of a Mexican knife that found it’s way into Indian hands. No special pattern here, just did it.
I rolled the tin cones by hand from some old house roof flashing and it has 8/0 and 10/0 beads with a few larger beads via a antique necklace. This one has a back belt loop and a few danglers. a couple of close ups;
These are both long knives with big sheaths, for comparison the “TaTanka”(thanks to my lovely bride for the use of her ’60′s era Breyer Buffalo) is 14″ long x 8″ tall. Both were finished with dirt, grease, home brew stain and varnish.
Beats watching TV, Thanks for lookin'...................Randy
http://knifedogs.com/showthread.php?13981-A-Couple-of-New-Old-Rusty-Crustys
My idea was to take a couple of old blades, some scrap leather and piddle with them at night after work. I finally got the pants done.
(click to enlarge)
The blades were old rusty/crustys from a bucket at an antique fair, wasn’t much left of the knives but the blade. The leather from a gun show swap rifle scabbard and some brain tanned scraps. The beads are from a box of old assorted craft show junk.
The Scalper is in a “Crow” style sheath which would also be correct with many of the northern plateau tribes. The beading design is from an original pipe bag. I stopped counting at 9000 #11 beads. It has a belt cutout and is stitched with linen thread.
The Gaucho made me think of the lively highly colored Southwestern sheaths of the Cheyenne. Kind of a Mexican knife that found it’s way into Indian hands. No special pattern here, just did it.
I rolled the tin cones by hand from some old house roof flashing and it has 8/0 and 10/0 beads with a few larger beads via a antique necklace. This one has a back belt loop and a few danglers. a couple of close ups;
These are both long knives with big sheaths, for comparison the “TaTanka”(thanks to my lovely bride for the use of her ’60′s era Breyer Buffalo) is 14″ long x 8″ tall. Both were finished with dirt, grease, home brew stain and varnish.
Beats watching TV, Thanks for lookin'...................Randy
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