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VANDOO · 29th August 2014, 05:08 PM

I IMAGINE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE KNIVES CARRIED BY NATIVE AMERICANS WERE NOTHING MORE THAN COMMON BUTCHER KNIVES. PERHAPS THE CHIEFS OF SOME TRIBES OR SCOUTS WORKING FOR TRADERS OR THE ARMY MAY HAVE HAD FANCIER KNIVES. THE COMMON MAJORITY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD LOTS OF TRADE GOODS OR MONEY AND WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED EXPENSIVE GIFTS OR TRADE ITEMS SO WOULD HAVE HAD SIMPLE COMMON KNIVES. MOST COLLECTORS PREFER THE FANCY KNIVES AND BOWIE S OVER SUCH KNIVES AND ONLY A NATIVE MADE SHEATH OR HANDLE MAKES THESE KNIVES ETHNOGRAPHIC TO THE TRIBES. OFTEN WE SEE SCABBARDS WITH NO KNIFE FOR SALE BUT SELDOM A BUTCHER KNIFE WITHOUT A SHEATH SOLD AS A INDIAN KNIFE THOUGH THEY ARE OUT THERE.
I DON'T COLLECT IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY MORE RECENT ANTIQUES MADE BUT SOLD FOR THE HIGH PRICE OF GOOD ORIGINALS SOME ARE EVEN ANTIQUE IN THEIR OWN RIGHT BY NOW. IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE I DON'T HAVE TO KNOW FOR SURE EVEN WITH THE ITEM IN HAND.

29th August 2014, 05:08 PM	#7
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I IMAGINE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE KNIVES CARRIED BY NATIVE AMERICANS WERE NOTHING MORE THAN COMMON BUTCHER KNIVES. PERHAPS THE CHIEFS OF SOME TRIBES OR SCOUTS WORKING FOR TRADERS OR THE ARMY MAY HAVE HAD FANCIER KNIVES. THE COMMON MAJORITY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD LOTS OF TRADE GOODS OR MONEY AND WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED EXPENSIVE GIFTS OR TRADE ITEMS SO WOULD HAVE HAD SIMPLE COMMON KNIVES. MOST COLLECTORS PREFER THE FANCY KNIVES AND BOWIE S OVER SUCH KNIVES AND ONLY A NATIVE MADE SHEATH OR HANDLE MAKES THESE KNIVES ETHNOGRAPHIC TO THE TRIBES. OFTEN WE SEE SCABBARDS WITH NO KNIFE FOR SALE BUT SELDOM A BUTCHER KNIFE WITHOUT A SHEATH SOLD AS A INDIAN KNIFE THOUGH THEY ARE OUT THERE. I DON'T COLLECT IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY MORE RECENT ANTIQUES MADE BUT SOLD FOR THE HIGH PRICE OF GOOD ORIGINALS SOME ARE EVEN ANTIQUE IN THEIR OWN RIGHT BY NOW. IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE I DON'T HAVE TO KNOW FOR SURE EVEN WITH THE ITEM IN HAND.