Period hunter and sheath

[John M Cohea]

This one has an aged 1095 clip point blade and a nicely colored and oddly shape solid mammoth ivory handle, 7"OAL. Patterned copper band and rawhide wraps, and a wrought iron butt capp round it out. Sheath is rawhide over vwg-tan with deerskin fringe, copper tacks, aged tin cones, horsehair, and antique trade beads. All comments welcome!

 

[Kevin Jones]

Very nice little knife John. You are really getting that "distress look" down on your sheaths.

 

[DC KNIVES]

brother John , that looks great. super job as usual.Dave:thumbup:

 

[RogerP]

Very attractive package. That's a gorgeous hunk of mammoth put to good use.

Roger

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Excellent. I find myself liking this hunter more than most that I have seen.

 

[the possum]

Since this is a "period piece", do you have any photos of originals/antiques you drew inspiration from?

 

[John M Cohea]

Thanks a lot guys, I'm glad you like it!! I forgot to mention, but it also has a touch of filework. As far as "historical inspiration", this is merely my interpertation of what maybe could have been " back in the day". Maybe "frontier style" would have been a better choice of words for a description