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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: swamp monkey on November 02, 2014, 01:29:21 pm

Title: elk hooves use?
Post by: swamp monkey on November 02, 2014, 01:29:21 pm: What kind of primitive uses are there for elk hooves besides making glue?
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Post by: Pat B on November 02, 2014, 02:46:05 pm: Necklace, rattle, maybe tip overlays if thick enough.
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Post by: Peacebow_Coos on November 02, 2014, 04:12:03 pm: My Tribe flattened them and sewed them on elk neck hide to make war armor...
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Post by: swamp monkey on November 02, 2014, 04:30:32 pm: cool stuff. What tribe was that?
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Post by: Zuma on November 02, 2014, 05:50:03 pm: I hope something comes up that I can use these for.
Zuma
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Post by: Peacebow_Coos on November 03, 2014, 08:27:43 pm: Coos :)
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Post by: tipi stuff on November 08, 2014, 01:31:54 pm: I always liked these elk leg bags made by the Blackfeet people. It uses the dewclaws rather than the hooves, but they are pretty cool. Curtis
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Post by: tipi stuff on November 08, 2014, 01:36:26 pm: Here are a couple more. Curtis
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Post by: Zuma on November 08, 2014, 03:51:55 pm: Tipi,
Those bags are neat. Don't be suprised if I post one soon. lol
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Post by: stickbender on November 08, 2014, 06:27:51 pm: Do you have a dog? They love them. All the above ideas, and you can use them for inlays, as they polish really nice, small knife handle scales, or again inlays for knife handles, on boxes, etc. , or alien doll shoes.......
Boil it and shape it for a dipper, or scoop, with a handle on it for various uses. Boil it, and cut it in wide strips, and wrap it around a dowel, or spiral wrap it around a dowel, and after they dry, polish them, and use, or sell them for napkin holders. Shape the strips like an "M" and use them for holding your chop sticks, etc.

Wayne