Howdy folks, Two Feathers here:
I called this a Buffalo Hunter; but a friend of mine says it’s more of a camp knife. However in the 17 and 1800’s, a camp knife was called on to do many chores, which included skinning and dressing Buffalo, so call it what you’d like. It’ll look great tucked into your sash or on your belt! This one has a bit of extra fancy added to it so the price is $150.00 + $15.00 S&H USD$ to any of the 50 united states.
This knife comes with a persona back story, for the Fur Trade era Trapper. I’ll add that after the description.
This knife is 10-1/2” long overall with a 1-1/2” wide, 7” long blade of 3/32” thick 1095 high carbon steel. This blade is razor sharp, and has my 2 feathers etched into it. The handle is nicely flame figured Curly Maple. It’s held on with (3) 1/8” Iron pins. The handle is sanded, buffed, and wax sealed.
The Mountain Man style sheath is made of 5-6 oz. Vegetable tanned Elk tooling hide. The sheath is dyed kind of a Gray Brownish with my custom made oil dye. It was oiled and waxed for years of hard use. It has been “X” stitched for a period correct LOOK! There is a welt and a second line of straight stitching alonside the 3" belt slot. There is also a short line of stitching over the top of the welt. I added a Brass cone; Scalp lock, and trade beads. It will have my signature, and date burned into the back before it ships.
Here’s the story of this knife to add to your camp persona:
"In 1840; prior to the Buffalo robe trade, a Mandan Indian chief named Mahto-Topa (Four Bears) Traded a Lakota Indian woman this Buffalo Skinning knife. He had used the knife for processing Buffalo hides into robes. He traded his knife for a few Beaver pelts. Eventually the Indian Woman fancied it up with some paint and beads then traded it a few years later to a Fur Trapper in the Rockies for a bear hide. After a few years of hard use, the Fur trapper wore out the sheath and decided to “fix” it. He cut off all the rawhide stitching; added some steel tacks, and washed off as much of the paint that he could with some cheap Whiskey. Then he stitched it all back together and kept it for skinning" You can still see some of the Lakota woman’s scratched in lines and a tiny trace of Red paint. The Fur trapper couldn’t get rid of all of the lines and paint, so he just left them there.” THIS knife is the result of that trade.
And that’s your story of how the knife came to be if you want to use it?
I ship/sell to Canada, but all prices are in USD$ to the 50 United states. Shipping outside of the US is costly. Prices will vary accordingly.
I prefer PayPal; but I also accept postal and bank money orders. MO’s will add 1 week for travel time. I ship same day as funds are received, the exceptions are Federal holidays, Sundays, PO hours, and severe weather.
If interested PM me here. As always, thanks for looking.
God bless:
Two Feathers
I called this a Buffalo Hunter; but a friend of mine says it’s more of a camp knife. However in the 17 and 1800’s, a camp knife was called on to do many chores, which included skinning and dressing Buffalo, so call it what you’d like. It’ll look great tucked into your sash or on your belt! This one has a bit of extra fancy added to it so the price is $150.00 + $15.00 S&H USD$ to any of the 50 united states.
This knife comes with a persona back story, for the Fur Trade era Trapper. I’ll add that after the description.
This knife is 10-1/2” long overall with a 1-1/2” wide, 7” long blade of 3/32” thick 1095 high carbon steel. This blade is razor sharp, and has my 2 feathers etched into it. The handle is nicely flame figured Curly Maple. It’s held on with (3) 1/8” Iron pins. The handle is sanded, buffed, and wax sealed.
The Mountain Man style sheath is made of 5-6 oz. Vegetable tanned Elk tooling hide. The sheath is dyed kind of a Gray Brownish with my custom made oil dye. It was oiled and waxed for years of hard use. It has been “X” stitched for a period correct LOOK! There is a welt and a second line of straight stitching alonside the 3" belt slot. There is also a short line of stitching over the top of the welt. I added a Brass cone; Scalp lock, and trade beads. It will have my signature, and date burned into the back before it ships.
Here’s the story of this knife to add to your camp persona:
"In 1840; prior to the Buffalo robe trade, a Mandan Indian chief named Mahto-Topa (Four Bears) Traded a Lakota Indian woman this Buffalo Skinning knife. He had used the knife for processing Buffalo hides into robes. He traded his knife for a few Beaver pelts. Eventually the Indian Woman fancied it up with some paint and beads then traded it a few years later to a Fur Trapper in the Rockies for a bear hide. After a few years of hard use, the Fur trapper wore out the sheath and decided to “fix” it. He cut off all the rawhide stitching; added some steel tacks, and washed off as much of the paint that he could with some cheap Whiskey. Then he stitched it all back together and kept it for skinning" You can still see some of the Lakota woman’s scratched in lines and a tiny trace of Red paint. The Fur trapper couldn’t get rid of all of the lines and paint, so he just left them there.” THIS knife is the result of that trade.
And that’s your story of how the knife came to be if you want to use it?
I ship/sell to Canada, but all prices are in USD$ to the 50 United states. Shipping outside of the US is costly. Prices will vary accordingly.
I prefer PayPal; but I also accept postal and bank money orders. MO’s will add 1 week for travel time. I ship same day as funds are received, the exceptions are Federal holidays, Sundays, PO hours, and severe weather.
If interested PM me here. As always, thanks for looking.
God bless:
Two Feathers
