Chuck Burrows Knife and Sheath

A rifleman's knife & sheath for the late 1700's and early 1800's ..... The hand forged 9 1/2" blade is patterned after an original knife excavated at Ft. Ticonderoga and has file work on the spine. The handle is buffalo leg bone with a deer rawhide wrap and buffalo rawhide end wraps - the main wrap covers a spiraled piece of rawhide for a better grip. The sheath has an elk rawhide cover over a bark tan core and a brain tan inside cuff that goes as far down as the end of the grip. Decoration includes: the elk rawhide cover has been incised carved, there is a quilled and pound beaded braintan cuff, pound beads along the edge of the blade, and two dangles made from whiteheart glass beads, brass cones, and buffalo hair.

Copy and Photos supplied by Chuck Burrows of Wild Rose Trading Company.