Beaded Panel Knife Sheath
You will delight in this Braintanned Leather Knife Sheath! Master Craftsman Andy Bullock created this sheath from Braintanned Deerskin Leather. It features a loomwork panel with a geometric design that uses Greasy Yellow, Green, Clear Red and Clear Blue Seed Beads on the front. Andy edged the sheath with Maroon ribbon and White Seed Beads. Strands of White and Navy Blue Pony Beads serve as fringe. Red wool tufts finish this piece. You will love the superb craftsmanship evident in this piece.
The beaded knife sheath serves both functional and artistic purposes. Functionally, the sheath protects the knife blade from damage and provides a secure and convenient way to carry and store the knife. Artistically, the intricate beadwork showcases the skill and creativity of the maker and can reflect the cultural heritage of the crafter’s Native American community. Crafters typically create beaded knife sheaths using small beads, often made of glass, bone, or metal. They weave or sew these onto a base material, such as Deerskin leather or fabric. This Knife Sheath measures 9.5″ long x 3″ wide. One of a Kind!
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Quilled Sheath With Knife
Add this Quilled Sheath With Knife to your collection. The crafter used natural dyes to color the quills. He made the sheath with Braintanned Deerskin Leather. He then attached white seed beads around the edges. The crafter also attached eight tassels on the front using copper cones and small red, white and blue Trade Beads. There are two holes at the top so you can hang it from your belt.
The Quills have faded over time. The Sheath is in very good shape. It measures approx. 10 inches long and 2 inches wide at the top. The top opening measures 1 inch across. The included knife measures 5″ long x .75″ with a 4″ long handle. One of a kind!
A quilled knife sheath is a beautifully crafted accessory, often a piece of Native American artistry. They are typically made from durable leather. Its unique charm comes from the intricate quillwork. The sheath might feature geometric shapes, animal motifs, or symbolic elements meaningful to the creator. This blend of functionality and artistry makes the quilled knife sheath a remarkable piece of cultural heritage and a unique collector’s item.
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Greasy Yellow Beaded Leather Knife Sheath
This antique beaded leather knife sheath was made in the late 1920s to early 1930s. The crafter used greasy yellow, dark blue and green seed beads to make the geometric design on the front and sides of the piece. He or she added two yellow deer hair drops to each side of the opening and a leather strip with blue tile beads to hang the sheath. The bottom of the piece has a beaded leather drop with two tassels.
This sheath measures 5.5″ long at the longest side and 3.5″ on the shorter side. The opening measures 2″ wide. The bottom drop is 4.5″ long. One of a Kind!
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Plains Indian Knife Sheaths
Materials, Design and Construction. By Alex Kozlov. Softcover. 64 pgs.
Use this fully illustrated guidebook to make decorated Knife Sheaths. This book covers how to use beads, fringe, cones and tacks to decorate your own Knife Sheath. It also includes sections of historical photographs and color photographs of decorated sheaths from various collections.
Color photographs and illustrations.
ISBN 9781929572052
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Women’s Native American Accessories Pattern
You will find patterns for a variety of accessories in our Plume Women’s Leather Accessories Patterns. Native American women used accessories like these for their everyday activities. They expressed their tribal affiliations through the decorations they added to the items. We recommend that you research the decorating styles for the tribe you wish to design for.
This pack includes pattern for the following:
- Tobacco Pouch
- Mirror Pouch
- Ration Card Bag
- Fringed Bag
- Side Fringed Bag
- Knife Sheath
- Scissors Pouch
- Awl Case
Most of these require small amounts of leather, up to 12.5″ x 10″. The Knife Sheath and the Awl Case also need a piece of Rawhide measuring 5″ x 8″ or 9″ as a lining. You may use lightweight Deerskin Leather Splits for some of these items. For some items, like the Knife Sheath, you may choose to use Cowhide Strap Leather. If you wish to add fringe, please purchase additional Leather for that.
Native Americans often decorated these accessories with Seed Beads, Porcupine Quills, Leather Fringe, Metal Cones, Wool Fabric, Deer Hair and more.
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Belt Set Women’s White
This Beaded Belt Set Women’s White comes complete with a Strike a Light bag, a Knife Sheath and an Awl Case. The crafter started with Cream Deerskin Leather to made these pieces. They used Gold Deerskin Leather lacing for the fringe on one of the pieces. Then they decorated all of the items with 11/0 Seed Beads. They chose White for the background, and used Greasy Yellow, Pink, and Purple Seed Beads for the designs. On the bottom of each piece they added fringe of Deerskin Leather Lacing with Brass Cones on the bottom. One of a Kind!
The Strike a Light Bag measures 4″ x 4″ with fringe hanging from the bottom measuring 6″ long . The Knife Sheath measures 3.5″ long x 2.5″wide, with 5.5″ long fringe hanging from the bottom. The Awl Case measures 3.5″ long and 3.5″ wide with 5.5″ long fringe at the bottom. A piece of Deerskin Leather Lacing serves as a handle. We got these Belt Set Women’s White accessories from a collection. You will see signs of wear on the leather, but beadwork remains bright and intact.
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Women’s Red Beaded Belt Set
This Beaded Belt Set Women’s Red comes complete with a Strike a Light bag, Knife Sheath and Awl Case. The crafter started with Cream colored Deerskin to make each piece. Then the crafter decorated all of the items with 11/0 Seed Beads. They choose Red , Yellow, Orange, and Black Seed Beads for the designs. The crafter added Tin Cone drops on all three pieces.
The Strike a Light Bag measures 4″ x 3″ with three sizes of Tin Cone drops hanging from the bottom measuring 1″, 5″ and 7″ long. The Knife Sheath measures 4″ long x 1.5″ with 7″ long drops hanging from the bottom. The Awl Case measures 4″ long and about 1.5″ wide. It has 7″ long drops hanging from the bottom. A piece of Deerskin Leather Lacing serves as a handle.
A set of bags like these allowed a woman to carry her essential tools with her. A previous owner used these Belt Set Women’s Red accessories. You will see signs of wear on the leather, but beadwork remains bright and intact. We are selling them as a set. One of a Kind!
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Knife English Scalper
This English Scalper Knife comes from craftsman Ken Hamilton. He forged the blade by hand and created the handle. Ken also made a hand tooled leather Knife Sheath to go with it.
You will find his maker’s mark on the blade.
The Knife measures approximately 9.75″ long, with a 6″ blade.
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Knife Vintage
This Knife Vintage measures about 13″ long. The handle is made of a dark wood. The blade measures 8″long by 1.5 ” wide. The handle has a hole drilled in to it and the previous owner added a small piece of deerskin leather lacing so you can hang it up. The tang extends all the way through the wooden handle. The brass handle rivets have oxidation on them. Other than that this knife is in good condition. Add it to you collection or use it. One of a Kind.
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Technique of Porcupine Quill Decoration
Among the Indians of North America. By William C. Orchard. Softcover. 82 pages.
This reprint of the 1916 original edition is a classic study of Native American Porcupine Quillwork. It outlines several techniques for decorating items with Porcupine Quills including Wrapping, Weaving, and Sewing. Native Americans have used Porcupine Quills to decorate Moccasins, Knife Sheaths, Birchbark containers and more!
You will find it full of Black & White photographs of items decorated with Quills, line drawings of techniques and four pages of color plates.
ISBN 9780943604008
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Scrap Leather Bag – Cowhide Strap
We offer our top quality Strap Leather Scraps in pre-packaged assortments. You will receive a variety of sizes and colors. You can use these pieces for smaller projects like knife sheaths, stamping projects and kids’ crafts.
We also have:
- NARROW strips of Strap Leather. These also come in a variety of colors and lengths, all are under 2″ wide. You will get a large bag, comparable to the photo.
- BLACK pieces of Strap Leather. 6 pieces that vary in width as shown.
If you require more square footage for your project, please see our Strap Leather available by the square foot. Or you may like our pre-cut strips of Strap Leather for Belts and straps.
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Brass Tacks – Plated
Brass Tacks are like those seen on historical accessories. Ours are base metal with Brass-Plating.
Use them to decorate Tack Belts, Knife Sheaths, Quirts, Gun Stocks, Cradleboards etc.
We sell our Plated Brass Tacks in three sizes:
You can purchase them in packages of 100 and 1000.
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