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I dove in a bunch of videos on YouTube about the Hadzabe Hunters in Tanzania. Their preferred prey, amongst others, is Baboon.
...the Baboon arrows have the most brutally barbed heads...that tells something about the prey and the hunter.
I watched all the Hadzabe videos I could find, because I was interested what kinds and sizes of knives they are using.
In all the videos I only saw one small knife in use and this was used collectively.
Apart from this Hadzabe hunting knives mostly seem to have blade lengths from 6-8 inches....
Of course every hunting knife should be tough, sharp, and strong..... but due to their hunting style the knife has to be light weight.
Somehow I was motivated to create a knife, that I think the Hadzabe would(could?) appreciate.
O1 flat tang blade with 185 mm (7.28 inches) blade length and 3 mm width.
For the handle I took steel pinned Thomson's Gazelle Horn Slabs.
The sheath is a combination of half tanned leather, unknown hardwood and buffalo horn.
Since the seam on the sheath of a knife is theoretically the weakest point...theoretically...I've replaced the stitching here with horn nails. These are glued into a horn frame on the cutting edge side in the leather quiver using a strong adhesive...a remarkably stable material combination.
Cheers
...the Baboon arrows have the most brutally barbed heads...that tells something about the prey and the hunter.
I watched all the Hadzabe videos I could find, because I was interested what kinds and sizes of knives they are using.
In all the videos I only saw one small knife in use and this was used collectively.
Apart from this Hadzabe hunting knives mostly seem to have blade lengths from 6-8 inches....
Of course every hunting knife should be tough, sharp, and strong..... but due to their hunting style the knife has to be light weight.
Somehow I was motivated to create a knife, that I think the Hadzabe would(could?) appreciate.
O1 flat tang blade with 185 mm (7.28 inches) blade length and 3 mm width.
For the handle I took steel pinned Thomson's Gazelle Horn Slabs.
The sheath is a combination of half tanned leather, unknown hardwood and buffalo horn.
Since the seam on the sheath of a knife is theoretically the weakest point...theoretically...I've replaced the stitching here with horn nails. These are glued into a horn frame on the cutting edge side in the leather quiver using a strong adhesive...a remarkably stable material combination.
Cheers
. Would love to see it out in sunlight to show the full beauty of the smoke and mirrors.
