Primitive Christmas Gifts

Greg Davenport

Greg Davenport

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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone out there made a primitive gift for their family or friends....

I just finished a bow and drill set but in conjunction with that made a deer hide bag (purse) that has a draw string top and a four strand braid strap. It has three thongs extending from the bottom. In all the gift will have:

1. The purse.
2. Attached to the bottom of the purse will be:
---The bow for the bow and drill set
---A sotol hand drill spindle
---An alder dowel (another hand drill option) with a hole drilled in the end for sotol plugs.

Inside the purse there was:

3. A cup, spindles (cactus, sotol, and cedar), and a baseboard (cedar) for the bow and drill
4. Short sotol plugs for the alder hand spindle
5. Flint and steel along with a can full of charred cloth
6. Juniper bark and pitch wood for tinder.

I like this gift so much... I want to keep it myself.

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I made my dad a new haversack because his got trashed by his dog.

And am giving him back a knife of his I cleaned up for him. It was his first hunting knife, the one I actually remember seeing on his belt while lookin gup at him when he took me out hunting when I was a kid. I saw it in archery season out in his shed, the retaining strap had broken and he put it out there to fix and forgot. It was in very rough shape. I always figured it to be a Pal, or possibly a Marbles, but after cleaning up I found it to be a Kinsfolk #4. I sanded and polished the aluminum butt, guard and plastic and brass spacers. Cleaned the leather washer handle and sheath, and conditioned it. Put a new strap on the sheath, and polished up the blade, lightly. I know this can destroy value, but it is not worth much more than the value of seeing it on his hip again to me.
 
My father in law is getting a new flint and steel kit and a Cold Steel scalper.

My mother in law is getting a wooden serving spoon and a nice awl I made

My mom is getting a bowl turned out of pecan from their orchard.
 
My dad surprised me with a beautiful scabbard for my M6 Scout that he made out of buffalo hide (fits my trapper .30-30 too). It has a removable exterior pocket for ammo or other sundries. You can't beat a gift like that, it comes straight from the heart. I intend to pass this down to my grandchildren and beyond...

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I agree... gifts like that come from the heart... You can't place a price tag on them. Today, I just finished another gift... one for my 17 year old. It is a medium pouch (purse) with three smaller pouches inside. (all are made from buckskin and sewn using buckskin thongs and sinew.) It has a dowel on the bottom (held in place with three seperate thongs) to maintain its witdth.

The outer pouch holds the following (all of which are place inside their own individual pouches)

1. Art pencils (a small pouch covers the points so they don't penetrate the purse.
2. Charcoal (inside a medium sized pouch to protect the purse from getting dirty).
3. Eraser and pencil sharpener (inside a small third pouch).

When my 17 year old was about 12 to 14 we used to do pencil etchings together. As she prepares to move on in this world... I thought the gift would remind her of the times we had spent together ... in addition, the gift allows her a method of relaxing (by drawing pictures).

I also am giving her a small pouch filled with a obsidian arrowhead (that I made) and some of my hair... When times are hard and she feels all alone... and I can't be there... at least she'll feel my spirit and carry a part of me with her. The pouch has a thong which allows her to wear it around her neck if she wants to.

One other thing I have done is make small pouches that have short thongs attached. These are being given as tree ornaments. I am asking those who I give them to... to fill them with a little hair from those they love.... and in future years when their loved ones can't make it home for christmas... at least a part of them will be around the tree...

Best,

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Greg Davenport
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