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[larson1951]

well this knife handle was gonna be one of my best ones.....too bad i did not see it until i ran over it with my dang tractor

anyhow i glued it back together with elmers glue and found a blade in my collection that fit just perfect....so the blade is not original to the handle

i thought i would display it like this to show how the mandans made their knives.....

i would of never thought it would be like that before i learned about them

also i am posting a blade that was big enuff that i spotted it while driving my tractor......i don't know if it was ever finished?

 

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[Red Earth]

That is such a great find. You put most hunters to shame .

 

[southfork]

Wow that's unique nice save .

 

[unclemac]

the hell you say....those two pieces go together and I will tell you why....i am guessing that a handle like that would have been used again and again, much like we replace a razor in a box knife.

can we all come and walk behind your tractor while you work?

 

[justonemore]

Wow!

 

[larson1951]

the hell you say....those two pieces go together and I will tell you why....i am guessing that a handle like that would have been used again and again, much like we replace a razor in a box knife.

can we all come and walk behind your tractor while you work?

yep yep i say too

 

[rock]

That handle is a great find. It would hold a backed knife perfectly. The last one you posted looks like it would of been hafted in a handle like what you found due to the design it has. A notch on one side. All great finds you are killing it! Keep them coming.

 

[old digger]

Awesome restorable find!

 

[larson1951]

That handle is a great find. It would hold a backed knife perfectly. The last one you posted looks like it would of been hafted in a handle like what you found due to the design it has. A notch on one side. All great finds you are killing it! Keep them coming.

thanks
rather than a notch i call it a linear groove or linear furrow to set the blade/s into
some of these had two shorter blades placed into the handle which were end to end

i found a smaller one quite a while back that had a kettle copper blade still intact.......did you ever see that one?

 

[larson1951]

Awesome restorable find!

well being a fresh break it sure lent itself to being glued back together fairly easy
that gray chert blade sure fits good into that handle, just like it was the original but i highly doubt it was.......just sayin'

 

[old digger]

If I am correct that is the best one that you have found? I would consider that piece banner worthy. If that was a personal find it would be near the top and individually framed. Awesome Artifact!

 

[yakker]

Excellent recovery! And the blade fits as well as any could, right? Dang- boom! HH- Yakker

 

[monsterrack]

Super find Steve

 

[ncnurseryman]

Love it!! Thanks for showing that. It is really something special.

 

[rock]

thanks
rather than a notch i call it a linear groove or linear furrow to set the blade/s into
some of these had two shorter blades placed into the handle which were end to end

i found a smaller one quite a while back that had a kettle copper blade still intact.......did you ever see that one?

Dont remember it but sure would like to see it sounds interesting.

 

[curious kat]

Wow Larson that's pretty amazing that you found it at all! And thanks for telling & showing how the Mandans made them as well.

 

[larson1951]

Dont remember it but sure would like to see it sounds interesting.

well her you go rock
maybe you will remember it


http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/n...artifacts/171250-bone-knife-copper-blade.html

 

[Gold Maven]

Another awesome find.

I wonder what kind of cutting they would use it for.....could it be a fleshing tool?

I imagine cutting flesh, or skinning you would want your tip exposed. I have never seen anything like it.

Very nice.....you might have to open a museum one of these days.

 

[larson1951]

 

[rock]

I have found a few Backed Knifes here and I believe that is how they were hafted.