Woodlands fighting "hawk" WIP

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Pipeman

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I still have lots of work to do on this but thought ya'll like to see it. The Sun was setting so the pics are bad but you'll get the idea. Will post more pics when finished.
Moose jaw bone, dyed brain tanned Deerhide handle wrap, carbon steel spike from a 19th century butcher knife blade.

Best regards

Robin

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I would not want to be on the other side of that thing for sure,
even if I was armed with a present day hawk.
Nice handy work as always, Pipeman.

Oh, by the way, you do not need to press the insert an image button
if you are moving it from Photobucket and you have already put it into
IMG format, or else it will leave those signs on your photo.
Just though I would tell you.
Thanks again for sharing that with us, I always appreciate it.
 
PDE said:
I would not want to be on the other side of that thing for sure,
even if I was armed with a present day hawk.
Nice handy work as always, Pipeman.

Oh, by the way, you do not need to press the insert an image button
if you are moving it from Photobucket and you have already put it into
IMG format, or else it will leave those signs on your photo.
Just though I would tell you.
Thanks again for sharing that with us, I always appreciate it.
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Hey PDE
No, you really wouldn't want to get whacked by this thing, it sank in almost an inch with just it's own weight :D
Thanks for the tip on the pictures, since upgrading my membership I really don't have to use Flickr as a host but I'm old and got used to doing it this way.:D Hard to teach an old horse new tricks.

Thanks for your comments.

Best regards

Robin
 
That's one mean looking weapon, I have never seen one made from a jaw bone before. How is the blade held in place?
 
Thanks guys, it was something different to do on a snowbound boonies day ;-))
Edwood, the blade is fitted pretty much right through the jaw in a very tight slot then secured with very traditional woodlands epoxy ;-)))) I figure it will be a wall hanger or regalia for a Native dancer. Hopefully never used for it's original intent. It has really great balance for whacking though.

Best regards

Robin
 
Here are a couple more pics with the blade cover and a bit of antiquing to the bone.
The neat thing is the beads are very early pony beads from about 1850ish that I saved from a piece of leather that had disintegrated to almost powder, it looked like it may have been a beaded breast plate. The beads are pretty much as early as one can get.

Best regards and thanks for the comments.

Robin

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Hi Randy and Chris
Randy, i'll see if I can find a string or two of the beads, I may have given them to my Daughter. The beads that came off of the piece of leather were all pony beads in that vasaline yellew, white solids, lime green solids and 100s of white hearts cased in clear red like the larger Hudson's Bay white hearts. We made them up into necklaces with as many as 10 long strands in each. When we found the piece at a yard sale the beads were caked in black grime, we couldn't see the colour of the beads till we soaked them for days. I'll post pics on Sundy if I can find them. Thanks for the link you sent me, nice collection of stuff.

Chris, got your mail, thanks for your link too.

Best regards

Robin
 
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