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Side one of the drop.....
Side two.........
What I intended the piece to portray
it's a three "generation" tomahawk....An 18th Century maple handled eastern tomahawk with brass fittings that went west, the braintan grip and small beaded "flares" were added circa 1830's (they are based on a Missouri Warhawk carried by the Mandan Chief, Mato-Tope in a painting by Bodmer in 1834), then the northern plains style beaded drop, with hawk bells and tin cone tinklers was added circa 1855-60.
The hand forged head (one of the last pieces by the late Gib Guignard) is sealed with a braintan gasket like many originals making it smokable. The end plug and mouthpiece are made from deer antler - the mouthpiece is hidden by the rear beaded flare, which can be folded back to smoke.
The two knives are:
The one the left has a coyote jawbone grip - blade by me, the right hand is a bear jawbone grip with hand forged blade by my compadre Tai Goo- both grips have buffalo rawhide wraps. The hair dangle on the bear jawbone is human - courtesy of my wife, Linda (her long hair got too hot and she sheared it off!), who did the floral beadwork on the drop.....the sheaths are in the works......
Hope ya'll enjoy the look see.......and as always the real thing is better than the pics.......the odor alone adds a lot.......
This piece will be at the CLA (Contemporary Longrifle Assoc) show August 15-16, 2008 in Lexington, KY - anybody in the area that weekend should check out the show - 291 tables at last count of the best of the best tomahawk and knifemakers, muzzle loading gun makers, shooting pouch makers, and so on... (I won't be there though - I will be home here in the Colo high country nose to the grindstone!)
Side two.........
What I intended the piece to portray
it's a three "generation" tomahawk....An 18th Century maple handled eastern tomahawk with brass fittings that went west, the braintan grip and small beaded "flares" were added circa 1830's (they are based on a Missouri Warhawk carried by the Mandan Chief, Mato-Tope in a painting by Bodmer in 1834), then the northern plains style beaded drop, with hawk bells and tin cone tinklers was added circa 1855-60.
The hand forged head (one of the last pieces by the late Gib Guignard) is sealed with a braintan gasket like many originals making it smokable. The end plug and mouthpiece are made from deer antler - the mouthpiece is hidden by the rear beaded flare, which can be folded back to smoke.
The two knives are:
The one the left has a coyote jawbone grip - blade by me, the right hand is a bear jawbone grip with hand forged blade by my compadre Tai Goo- both grips have buffalo rawhide wraps. The hair dangle on the bear jawbone is human - courtesy of my wife, Linda (her long hair got too hot and she sheared it off!), who did the floral beadwork on the drop.....the sheaths are in the works......
Hope ya'll enjoy the look see.......and as always the real thing is better than the pics.......the odor alone adds a lot.......
This piece will be at the CLA (Contemporary Longrifle Assoc) show August 15-16, 2008 in Lexington, KY - anybody in the area that weekend should check out the show - 291 tables at last count of the best of the best tomahawk and knifemakers, muzzle loading gun makers, shooting pouch makers, and so on... (I won't be there though - I will be home here in the Colo high country nose to the grindstone!)
and her beadwork ....... excellent !
Nice work brother ...... as always :thumbup:
- it just takes as long as it takes..........
