About 20 years ago I was building the home I live in today. I hired a young Indian kid to install all the doorknobs and locks in the house. He was quite appreciative of getting the job and thanked me with this knife he made himself.
The end of the handle represents some type of hawk. The red arrow and small dots mean something but I forget what it was... maybe I'll remember... getting old. He made a display for it with I think a squirrel skull made to look like a buffalo and knife supported by an antler. The blade is fitted with I think some type of blue jade around the base. The blade steel is nothing special purchased from a local budget knife maker, but this knife was very special to this young Indian. He was quite proud of it and it obviously meant a lot to him to give it to me. Never used it for anything but it's one of my personally most valued knives. He was only around a day or so but managed to tell me some stories of his grandfather and Indian ceremonies he was learning. He came by a couple weeks later and presented to me the knife as a gift. Good kid.
What knife story do you have to share?
The end of the handle represents some type of hawk. The red arrow and small dots mean something but I forget what it was... maybe I'll remember... getting old. He made a display for it with I think a squirrel skull made to look like a buffalo and knife supported by an antler. The blade is fitted with I think some type of blue jade around the base. The blade steel is nothing special purchased from a local budget knife maker, but this knife was very special to this young Indian. He was quite proud of it and it obviously meant a lot to him to give it to me. Never used it for anything but it's one of my personally most valued knives. He was only around a day or so but managed to tell me some stories of his grandfather and Indian ceremonies he was learning. He came by a couple weeks later and presented to me the knife as a gift. Good kid.
What knife story do you have to share?