Bugling Elk Neck Knife

Product Description for Bugling Elk Neck Knife

Maker: Tom Sterling (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 2501
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 2.50 in.
Total length: 6.50 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.10 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.30 in.
Item weight: 1.60 oz.
Shipment weight: 3.84 oz.
Blade: Parallel pressure flaked Knife River flint (from South Dakota)
Bolster: Bolivian rosewood
Handle: Boxwood with double-inlaid fossil ivory and ebony eyes
Sheath: Neck sheath of tanned cowhide with rawhide lacing, glass trade beads and antler decoration
Description: The team of Tom Sterling and JP Higgins is a formidable force. Joe Higgins, who has been flint knapping knives for over 10 years, created the blade of this masterpiece with precision. This skill is matched in the detailed handle created by Tom Sterling, who has brought his attention to detail learned as an internationally known netsuke artist to this piece.
The "Bugling Elk" is a very unique piece. With a parallel pressure flaked flint blade from the Knife River in South Dakota, this is a neck knife that truly has an ancient spirit. The handle is carved from boxwood into the shape of a bugling elk's head, including rack. The eyes are double inlaid with fossil mammoth ivory (20,000 - 40,000 years old) and ebony. The eyes show the strongest evidence of Tom's experience with netsuke (small sculptural objects, or toggles, usually worn to suspend objects hung from the sash of the kimono). The fossil mammoth ivory eyes are slightly translucent, surrounding the ebony pupil with a very lifelike appearance. Exceptional work throughout.


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