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Native American Hand-Napped Knife With Sheath

This sweet hand-napped knife is made of Emerald Green Carrara stone. Our ancestors built their weapons by hand-napping blades, chipping pieces off stones as they made arrowheads or spearheads or whatever depending on where your folks are from.

This beautiful green Carrara is hard enough to use for cutting or stabbbing. Doesn't look like it but that blade is strong. .

I don't buy too many new knives. My collection is mostly vintage & antique, but I have been wanting an antique beaded sheath and vintage Native American knife. They start at $800 and climb to thousands of dolars. I saw one a few days ago that was so nice I thought "OK, I will save some money. I NEED that." Then I saw the price. $11,250...

You can see thru the blade if you hold it to the light and I swear it eems that you could focus the sun thru it and start a fire!!

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Comment by Lee Saunders on March 24, 2012 at 11:02: Thank you Rob. I know the name and will check them out. Seems like a good spot for my limited charity budget.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on March 24, 2012 at 10:20: I support the St. Joseph's Indian School for the Lakota childern. I can't find their web site info right now but I'll post it later when I find it. If you are looking for a good cause to support let me suggest the Lakota Indians. I can't explain their situation on here but a little research on your part and you will understand why they need our help. Thanks, I'll get off my soap box now.....

Comment by J.J. Smith III on March 24, 2012 at 0:41: Wish I'd had the alltribes link, a couple of weeks ago. Had a hard time finding lapis for my 32nd anniversary. (Boss lady likes Native American things.)

Comment by Lee Saunders on March 23, 2012 at 23:34: Tell your Grand-daughters thank you! Without the picture I still believe in your support Robert. You are an honorable man.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on March 23, 2012 at 22:34: My Grand girls tried to post a picture of my support of our native Americans but it would not down load or what ever on this discussion. They were disappointed.

Comment by Lee Saunders on March 23, 2012 at 21:57: My last link. This is a very nice looking knife.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/22874085/antler-handle-hunting-knife?re...=

Comment by Lee Saunders on March 23, 2012 at 21:47: Robert, just to look at here are some knives made by current Native Americans. They don't make the metal, but they take the raw steel, shape it and do the artwork. Some are knives where the person just added stones and stuff as decoration, can't really call them knife makers. More like artists or jewelers. But some of these the person built the knife from the raw metal up.

http://www.alltribes.com/knives-1.html

Comment by Lee Saunders on March 23, 2012 at 21:42: I understand Robert. In the old days they didn't have metal to make weapons with. Later they traded for knives. And for guns. They built sheaths for those trade knives and you can stil y them from as far back as the early 1800. I will look for some links for you.

Their knives are like our older-style butcher knives, because they were real weapons used every day for hunting, clearing bush, fighting battles.

Today I think there are some guys that shape metal into knives. I will try to find some for you.

Here is an old one http://www.medicinemangallery.com/collection/c/Beadwork/c/Awl-Cases...

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on March 23, 2012 at 20:02: I support our Native American for a long time, I wish they would offer us a steel and natural material knife. Something we could bite our teeth into. Sorry Lee, I just can't make it with those stone knives.