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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2024, 08:40:58 AM »
Hello Hawg,

I remember from a demonstration about bead work, the speaker stated that each color has a meaning.
He had my friend so upset that he went and brought him his rifle case, which was a beautifully beaded case that was a copy from an original.
His case was beaded on both sides with a pattern much like yours.
The speaker claimed it was from Reservation days, he took the case and laid it out showing the top.
The RED design was surrounded by BLUE, and he claimed it meant the Indians were surrounded by the white man in peace.
I might be a little fuzzy about this, as it was over 45 years ago but that is the first thing I noticed when I looked at your sheath.

Now I remember, the Speaker said that you would never see BLUE on a weapon.
Blue meant peace, then he explained the RED surrounded by BLUE, a forced peace.

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I'm pretty sure that bead colors had a meaning but I'd be comfortable speculating that different Indian tribes had different meanings for the colors. 
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2024, 11:32:20 AM »
Nice sheath Hawg, I still receive Crazy Crow catalogs in the mail.
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2024, 11:50:03 AM »
I got a couple of nice big juicy catalogs that I'm scared to open. I also started getting a lot of sale papers I don't dare look at. (7+"
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2024, 07:28:29 PM »
I get them on my phone. Every single day!
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2024, 01:20:44 AM »
I finally got around to cutting the handle down and pouring a pewter butt cap. I actually started taking pics of the whole process but when my camera said memory full after five pics I knew I forgot to put the memory card back in and have no idea what I did with the download cable.

 
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2024, 01:22:09 AM »
I finally got around to cutting the handle down and pouring a pewter butt cap. I actually started taking pics of the whole process but when my camera said memory full after five pics I knew I forgot to put the memory card back in and have no idea what I did with the download cable. Yeah  it's a little bit off on the pointed part but you don't notice it. The camera makes it stand out. It's not like I can take it of and redo it anyway. When you pour pewter you only get one shot.
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2024, 05:57:39 AM »
Nice job Hawg.  (7&

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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2024, 08:23:21 AM »
Lookin good, Hawg.

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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2024, 12:38:38 PM »
Is the butt cap part, IDK, the very end of it smooth, or did you pour the end piece using a mold, and it's stylized?

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« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2024, 04:11:33 PM »
Is the butt cap part, IDK, the very end of it smooth, or did you pour the end piece using a mold, and it's stylized?

It's smooth after some filing and sanding. It was poured in place. It about has to be because no two pieces of antler are shaped the same.

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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2024, 07:29:41 PM »
Nice job! Love it! Thanks for sharing. How did you go about melting and pouring the pewter, if I can ask?
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2024, 09:03:20 PM »
I've got an old Lee bottom pour that somebody gave me. It wouldn't stop leaking so they tried to drill out the hole and really messed it up. I took out the plunger and sealed the hole off. A soup or bean can fits inside nicely. I formed a spout and bent one side down and added a wood handle. I just lift the whole can out and pour. I don't even skim the dross. Lead pours from under it. I use a separate can for pewter. I wrap whatever I want to make say a butt cap with brown paper with however much I want to go over and tape it down tight. Drill a couple of holes in the antler at an angle to give the pewter something to latch on to and pour it. Then comes the filing and sanding to smooth it up. You want to get all the wrinkles out of the paper or you'll be filing them back out later and there's always an edge where the paper overlaps. You can see it in the last pic because I didn't feel like filing it all out. I would have had to file into the antler and that would have required restaining it. It's really not that noticeable when you're just looking at it and it's not that nice of a knife anyway. That was the first knife I made and didn't really know what I was doing but it's a decent knife it just doesn't look all that hot. I should have thinned down the tang and drilled the antler and made a hidden tang instead of splitting it and using pins.
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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2024, 10:43:01 PM »
I actually like the divet it created if you are referencing the dimple on the "?" key side of the picture.

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Re: Beaded sheath
« Reply #28 on: October 28, 2024, 03:17:31 AM »
That's it.
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