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$40.00
This simple but effective stone skinning knife has a short, rounded blade of dacite that’s ergonomically designed to capitalize on the natural pivot of your wrist to maximize the knife’s effectiveness. The handle is made from a piece of crepe myrtle, a dense and durable white wood.
When using this knife, your initial incisions will need to be made with a sharp steel knife (these would have been made with razor sharp stone flakes in prehistory). Once those incisions are made, that’s where this hafted stone knife comes in. The sharp, serrated edge is ideal for separating the connective tissue between the skin and carcass of the animal. But it’s not so sharp that it will slice the skin, making it the fastest and most efficient way to skin a medium or large sized animal while maintaining the integrity of the the hide. The rounded blade shape works perfectly with the natural pivot of your wrist to maximize the cutting ability of the knife. Free shipping.
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$69.00
River cane may have just met its match! Tonkin cane is a type of bamboo that just might give river cane a run for its money. There are several distinct advantages that tonkin cane has over river cane. First, tonkin cane is denser and noticeably harder than river cane. Second, tonkin cane has much thicker walls than river cane, making it much stiffer than rivercane of equal diameter. This means tonkin cane arrows can be considerably smaller in diameter without sacrificing spine or flight quality. And because it’s denser, tonkin cane carries lethal momentum. Smaller diameter shafts encounter less resistance to penetration. That, combined with tonkin’s density, means tonkin cane arrows pack a deadly one-two punch. Don’t let a slim tonkin arrow fool you…this stuff is very durable and can withstand a tremendous amount of abuse without breaking. The front ends can be tapered to fit a field point, drilled out to accommodate hardwood foreshafts, or hunting points can simply be mounted right into the front of the cane. Unlike river cane, tonkin cane can have its diameter reduced to get it to a particular spine, and the nodes can be flattened to match the outside diameter of the rest of the shaft. These are raw shafts that will need heating and straightening. Supplies of this material are limited, so get it before it’s gone.
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Two museum quality replica Sioux arrows for an order. These are copies of authentic Sioux arrows in museums.
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$20.00
Small arrowhead of Texas flint.
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$20.00
This arrowhead pendant features a cream colored arrowhead made of Keokuk chert. It’s wrapped with stainless steel wire and it has a loop formed in the wire to which you can string a leather thong or steel chain. Free shipping to all U.S. customers.
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$165.00
This arrow is a museum-quality copy of a set of 4 Northern California Wintu arrows in the Smithsonian’s collections that I got to examine in 2012. This arrows copies every aspect of the original arrows as closely as possible.
The main shaft is made of a syringa shoot. It’s fletched with Canada Goose wing feathers that are lashed front and back with sinew and also glued with hide glue. The paints are natural earth ochre and charcoal and they copy the original designs. The point is made of dacite, which is a grainier type of obsidian (the original points were also dacite, which I’ve never seen on original arrows before). The point is mounted to a short dogwood foreshaft with pine sap glue and a heavy wrapping of deer sinew.
The original arrows were noted to have been collected in northern California but the exact tribe was unknown, even though they had some Wintu traits that led me to believe they could be Wintu or a surrounding tribe. I was going to list this as a “mystery” tribe. But before I did, I consulted with the only west coast Native Bow expert I know (Steve Allely) as to his opinion on their tribal origin. He’s certain the original arrows were from the McCloud River Wintu, as they made some of the beefiest arrows of all the N. California tribes. And the original arrows certainly were beefy. I definitely trust his judgement on this topic and therefore will agree with his expert opinion wholeheartedly. Thank you very much Steve for your input on this. So there you go…McCloud River Wintu arrow, compliments of the expert Steve Allely.
This arrow is shipped in a sturdy PVC pipe to ensure safe delivery to your door. Small information card included with the arrow.
