for those who might not recognize what it is - it's a quirt, a horseman's short whip - made from a deer leg (courtesy of NWTF Longhunter), with bark tan "poppers", a buffalo rawhide grip wrap, buffalo hair "fringe' at both ends of the grip, and a braintan elkhide wrist strap with a bit of beadwork and some tin cone tinklers.
My inspiration - an original that I came across on the net some time back but without the fancies......
The Cumberland style knife is by mi amigo, Mike Mann of Idaho Knifeworks....
