Bear jawbone Dag

[LaBonte]

Bear jawbone grip with cable Damascus blade and Southern Cheyenne style sheath......

it's designed to be worn on a bandoleer which isn't finished yet........

 

[chance]

Sweet!!!!!

 

[wattlebuster]

I like it :thumbsup: and as always you take great looking pics

 

[Rifleman1776]

Interesting.
What is that initial on the sheath?

 

[Norseman C.B.]

Nice pattern, looks like a three bar with a twisted center or I miss my guess, Good Job !! :thumbsup:

 

[MSW]

wow- great looking work!

 

Beautiful work, as always! The beads hanging off the fringe side, are those threaded on sinew?

 

[mazo kid]

Very nice...as usual. Great work!

 

[LaBonte]

Interesting.
What is that initial on the sheath?

This is a present and that's the gents initials GL.

 

[LaBonte]

Norseman - you're right a three bar with also a layer of nickel to set off the center bar

CraigC - On this one I used artificial sinew for strength - if I am doing a museum grade replica I use silk thread which many if not most of the Red River Metis sheaths use to string the beads that feature this type of fringe.
I sometimes use real sinew when doing applique beading - I use it for the thread that goes through the beads and then sew it down with cloth thread (hemp, linen, or silk - silk is the strongest) or imitation sinew, but have never used it for fringe since it stays stiff and to my eye doesn't "flow" right.
Cloth thread was widely available in the Rocky Mtn west by the 1820's, and while the Indians continued to use real sinew for a long time after, both for beading and construction, there are plenty of originals that use cloth thread and/or a mix with sinew.

 

[LaBonte]

And thank you all for the nice comments and as always I hope my efforts will inspire others to push the envelope - it's all a matter of the will to do and then LOTS of practice/just doing it...

 

[tonybones]

Looks good, Labonte.

Bones