A truly unique offering in this
year’s CLF fundraising auction, the Ozarks
Trekker set is the collaborative
creation of four Missouri artists and constitutes a superb decorative display
for the home. This collection pays homage to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who
explored the Ozarks over the winter of 1819 and later published an account of his
journey.
O.J. Stone hand
forged a classic frontier hunting knife from 1095 carbon steel, and fitted the
blade to a hard maple handle. “The style,” Stone explains, “is somewhat similar
to a rifleman's knife, in a more usable size.” For the head of the hammer
polled belt axe, Stone selected 5160 steel, and again used hard maple for the
handle. He finished both handles with successive coats of stain, followed by
application of a brown leather dye and hand rubbed oil.
This set comes complete with all the necessary accessories. Marty Overstreet crafted an attractive fringed leather possibles bag. Joel Coash hand carved a deeply-textured walking stick, fit for a trekker of any century, out of Missouri sassafras. Paul Fennewald contributed a hunting horn he made from a goat horn, with a turned cow horn mouthpiece, a turkey wing bone call, and handy sewing, fire making, and fishing kits. Fennewald also included a handmade journal with a port-a-crayon to keep track of one’s journey, as well as an original “Ozark mouth harp” to entertain one’s self sitting around the campfire at night. To showcase the entire set, Fennewald crafted a custom display stand made from osage orange.
For more information on the work of the artists, contact
them directly at:
Marty Overstreet: marty@circlebar-t.com
Joel Coash: woodrow70@hotmail.com
O.J. Stone: ojstone@centurytel.net
Paul Fennewald: pfennewald@gmail.com
Copy and photos supplied by the CLF.
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