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Erik Dullers
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Posted - October 22 2005 :  11:54:27 AM  Show Profile  Visit Erik Dullers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi, I'm new to this message board and I would like to ask a question.
Could anybody give me a close-up picture of hawkeye's knife sheath and maybe tell me if it is an authentic replica of a knife sheath for the F&I war era? Because I would like to recreate the sheath for my persona...

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Posted - October 23 2005 :  09:27:38 AM  Show Profile  Visit richfed's Homepage  Click to see richfed's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Welcome, Erik!

You could try browsing our PHOTO GALLERIES - I just took a quick look and found a couple, though nothing really definitive.

A better bet may be to look at this site: Randall King's Knives - he was one of the makers for the movie. He's a nice guy and may be able to better assist you.

Good luck!
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Posted - October 23 2005 :  12:36:35 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
And here's the site for the movie's other knifemaker:

http://www.winklerknives.com

Dan Winkler made the knives used by Hawkeye and Uncas, and there's a photo on his website showing those knives (or copies of them), with sheaths. Whether the sheath shown there with Hawkeye's knife is what you're looking for, I can't say.

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Posted - October 24 2005 :  11:24:06 AM  Show Profile  Visit Erik Dullers's Homepage  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
Guys, thanks for the info!! I allreaday have a few decent pictures of hawkeye's knife sheath. It is however not the sheath that is portrayed on daniel winkler's site. The sheath hawkeye uses in the movie is a braintan (darker color) sheath with a white beaded edge and ornamented with 4 cones (dyed deer hair in brass cones). I'm not at all an expert on the subject but aside from the fact that the bigest part of the sheath isn't quilled but just plain braintan I believe it is possible to use it in the 1750 1760 time frame!! Or do you think that most of the sheaths from that period would indeed be quilled?

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Posted - November 15 2005 :  12:03:52 PM  Show Profile  Visit proud mutt's Homepage  Reply with Quote  Copy this URL to Link to this Reply
just a thought, quill work generally would be for ceremonial use, dontcha think? as it is so fragile.

i have been studying winkler and shook work for almost a decade, love it completely, don't know how she does some of the sheath work, and realize there is artistic licence taken (not historically correct or intending to be ? ? ?) (yes?)

the rawhide also looks dark. brain tan can be almost white before it is smoked. It depends on lots of things. we have done one, primitive methods ALL the way and it is little darker than ivory. the kind of wood you select for the smoke will determine the color.

there's more winkler work on the blade site, i will post it if anyone wants.

i use artistic license in my own scabbard work. love to do primitives. eric, do you have pics? i would be interested to see any primitive scabbards people are making.

how do you find a forum subject on the site?

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