Piggyback Hunter Set with Bone and Ermine

Product Description for Piggyback Hunter Set with Bone and Ermine

Maker: Daniel Winkler, M.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 91202
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Item weight: 9.30 oz.
Shipment weight: 20.10 oz.
Blade: Hand forged 1095 file steel
Bolster: Leather thongs
Handle: Bone wrapped in raw hide lined with fur
Sheath: Frontier style sheath formed from rawhide with antique beads, tin cones, horsehair, animal claws, and copper disc ornamentation
Description: Daniel Winkler and Karen Shook work together to create knives that have a timeless beauty that will quickly become family heirlooms. Their name is well known in re-enactment circles throughout the world and movie buffs may recognize their work from such films as Last of the Mohicans. Their knives have an authenticity rarely found in other maker's work.
Daniel and Karen rarely make Piggyback sets and they are in extreme demand. This set consists of two hunters - a camp knife and a caping knife. The carbon steel blades were forged to shape from 1095 carbon steel. In the early American frontier, knives frequently began their lives as files. When the teeth dulled, they could be ground into a new tool. Daniel finished the flats of these blades to resemble file knives. The spines feature filework for a secure thumb purchase.
The handles are formed from lightly carved bone. The larger camp knife handle is made from elk bone. The caping knife is made from deer bone. The ends of both handles have been roughly finished, lending to an aged natural appearance. The handles are wrapped with raw hide and completed with leather thongs and ermine fur lining.
The camp knife features a 9-3/4 inch blade with an overall length of 14-1/4 inches. The caping knife features a 3 inch blade with an overall length of 6-1/3 inches.
The knives are accompanied by a piggyback style sheath by Karen Shook. The frontier style sheath is formed from roughened leather and rawhide. Ornamentation includes antiqued tin cones, copper discs, and glass trade beads on leather thongs. Additional ornamentation includes coyote and snapping turtle claws, stacked bone beads, and horsehair.
Truly an extraordinary work of art!


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