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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: hawkbow on May 03, 2008, 12:22:00 pm

Title: Good Medicine, knife
Post by: hawkbow on May 03, 2008, 12:22:00 pm
My good friend Wolf Watcher made this knife for me, as you can tell he is a master flintknapper and fine craftsmen. The blade is made of Brizillian agate, and the antler is from a blacktail deer.. While visiting recently Watcher showed me his extensive collection of pionts and knives he has made and handed me this knife.. he said this is for you, in his humble way he announced that it was not finished but i could still have it.. I did not have a penny to give him for the blade ( old tradition dictates you should give a penny to the friend who gives you a sharp weapon or it will cut the friendship) so he loaned me a penny which I gave him back to honor the old tradition... the role of a true friend is one we as human beings often fall short of, I am blessed to have found someone who shares the same values and honors the old ways as I do, Wolf Watcher is one of those rare friends who you know you can count on no matter what the predicament, more importantly he is someone I can trust... this new gift will travel with me through the wildernes and be a big part of my medicine from now on... I am sorry for rambling on but I know my brothers and sisters of the bow will understand the importance of such a wonderfull gift.. purchased with a borrowed penny, but built by a true brother of the bow...  Hawk a/ho 

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Post by: david w. on May 03, 2008, 12:44:21 pm
WOW that is breath taking. i love that.
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Post by: huntertrapper on May 03, 2008, 01:06:15 pm
thats great... good to see friends sharing ideas and hunting ways, wish it was the same for me, he does some great work.
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Post by: sailordad on May 03, 2008, 02:05:13 pm
now i am not knapper myself,but i do appreciate a nice stone point or knife and that looks like one heck of a nice blade there, and the tradition continues with the penny,thought  i was the only one who still did that,
awesome brother.
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Post by: Sparrow on May 03, 2008, 02:37:04 pm
 Beautiful knife !  Frank
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Post by: hawkbow on May 03, 2008, 09:42:11 pm
Thanks brothers, I am planning a fully beaded case for it ... if i can get my wife to do it for me.. she is a fantastic beadworker.Hawk
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Post by: Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive on May 04, 2008, 03:43:00 pm
that really is a sweet looking knife. very fortunate in deed- Ryan
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Post by: huntertrapper on May 04, 2008, 11:27:50 pm
ah man beads would be sweet... bead work is dedious, i could never do it...
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Post by: mullet on May 04, 2008, 11:55:03 pm
  That's a very nice looking knife. Wolf Watcher is really gifted.  That Agate sure looks good.
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Post by: FlintWalker on May 05, 2008, 12:06:09 am
AWESOME!!! With a built in blood stain too! ;D
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Post by: flecha on May 05, 2008, 01:27:11 pm
Incredible knife and friendship!  Awesome.
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Post by: redwasp on May 05, 2008, 10:45:33 pm
absolutely beautiful, have to like those skills. im working on a knife right now. Im jealous mine is nowhere near as striking. enjoy bro. I think I would have to display that one.
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Post by: leapingbare on May 09, 2008, 01:50:18 pm
Man that knife was made to tast blood. Real nice knife.
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Post by: Dingleberry on May 11, 2008, 09:51:05 pm
A beaut for sure!
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Post by: bowmo on May 11, 2008, 10:20:46 pm
beautiful work...
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Post by: Pappy on May 12, 2008, 07:54:55 am
Beautiful blade,very nice gift. :)
   Pappy
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Post by: Hillbilly on May 12, 2008, 10:19:45 am
I missed this one earlier somehow-great looking knife, and a great friend.
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Post by: recurve shooter on May 17, 2008, 05:16:18 pm
wow. that is a truly marvelous knife. id love to see any modern knife match that kind of beutie and have as much medicine. it just caint be done. that is a beautifull knife. take care of it.
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Post by: cowboy on May 17, 2008, 06:38:00 pm
Very nice looking knife - that agate is beautiful! I still do the coin for a blade trade, but never really knew why ;D.
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Post by: DirtyDan on May 23, 2008, 02:26:54 pm
Thanks for showing that beautiful knife.  The edge looks razor sharp.  Also, the folklore about the penny and all is indeed "Good Medicine."

Dan