TRADE Right handed mocotaugan

[RedBear]

I have a knife I want to get rid of so maybe we can trade for a mocotaugan.

 

[William Lincoln]

Did the Eastern Woodland tribes make mocotaugans? Or were they made in various forms
by most tribes?

 

[Bnewberry]

I made this one a couple of years ago. It works like a one handed draw knife. I think of them as Northern tribe tool, they are still used in Canada.

 

[Rató:rats]

This is mine made by an Innu craftsman in Labrador. Blade is made from an old file, handle is sinew-wrapped caribou antler.

 

[RedBear]

This is mine made by an Innu craftsman in Labrador. Blade is made from an old file, handle is sinew-wrapped caribou antler.View attachment 109576

Beautiful

 

[Two Feathers]

Howdy:
According to James A. Hanson these are referred to as "crooked knives?" Mocataugan is the Cree Indian name for this knife. These were sold by the Hudson's Bay Co. as early as the 1720's. They were a wood working knife. They were made in Right AND Left handed versions depending on whether you were Right or Left handed. Just mentioning this.
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[Two Feathers]

Beautiful

I agree....Beautiful!!
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[Rató:rats]

Howdy:
According to James A. Hanson these are referred to as "crooked knives?" Mocataugan is the Cree Indian name for this knife. These were sold by the Hudson's Bay Co. as early as the 1720's. They were a wood working knife. They were made in Right AND Left handed versions depending on whether you were Right or Left handed. Just mentioning this.
God bless:
Two Feathers

love J.A. Hanson’s books
Before the introduction of metal the First Nations used beaver incisors as crooked knives. They’re practically a metal because where other rodents have magnesium in their tooth enamel beavers have iron. The high iron content is why a beavers incisors are reddish orange. Very useful to have iron teeth when you’re chewing down aspen all day. Before metal tools the beaver incisor was the best woodworking tool found in nature.

 

[Two Feathers]

love J.A. Hanson’s books
Before the introduction of metal the First Nations used beaver incisors as crooked knives. They’re practically a metal because where other rodents have magnesium in their tooth enamel beavers have iron. The high iron content is why a beavers incisors are reddish orange. Very useful to have iron teeth when you’re chewing down aspen all day. Before metal tools the beaver incisor was the best woodworking tool found in nature.

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Rato':rats:
Thank you buddy. I LOVE learning new things!! Whoda;' thunk it?? Iron beaver teeth!!! Now when my wife says "hey your teeth are getting Yellow," I;ll have an excuse...too much Iron in my diet!
I'm a Hanson fan too. I need more of his books.
Merry Christmas.
God bless:
Two Feathers