Camp Knife with Rawhide and Bone

Product Description for Camp Knife with Rawhide and Bone

Maker: Daniel Winkler, M.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 96164
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 7.75 in.
Total length: 12.50 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.60 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.26 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.21 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.08 in.
Item weight: 14.20 oz.
Shipment weight: 24 oz.
Blade: Hand forged 1095 file steel
Handle: Antiqued bone wrapped in rawhide
Sheath: Frontier style sheath formed from rawhide with antique beads, tin cones, and horsehair 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.
Winkler's large camp knives have always been hard to find. This one was made around 2003 and has been meticulously cared for. By all appearances, Daniel could have made it yesterday.
The carbon steel blade was 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 this blade to resemble file knives.
The handle is formed from lightly carved elk bone. The end of the handles has been roughly finished, lending to an aged natural appearance. The handle is wrapped with rawhide and completed with leather thongs.
This camp knife is accompanied by a frontier style sheath is formed from and rawhide. Ornamentation includes antiqued tin cones, horsehair and glass trade beads set on leather thongs. The top of the sheath is completed with detailed beadwork. Beadwork is particularly rare on Karen's sheaths.
Truly an extraordinary work of art!


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