Published every two months, "Crow Calls" is an 8-page, full-color flyer brochure featuring brand-new Crazy Crow products and special SALE items. The printed version is automatically mailed to active Crazy Crow customers and the next mailing will go out the first week of July.

Sale Items Include:

Rainbow Selvedge Broadcloth 100% Wool Premium White Buckskin Leggings Kits-3 Band Broadcloth Artistic Reproduction Claws & Teeth Hand Rolled Buckskin Fringe Flags Ready Made Chokers Deerskin Lace Hand Forged Custom Throwing Hawks Kinni-Kinnick & Patterns

Indian Sounds CDs Coin Conchos Mandella Kits Dreamcatcher Kits Bone Pendants Horn Drinking Cup & Horn Spoons Colonial Style Fingerless Wool Gloves Tin Camp Basin Big-Eye Needles Brass Thimbles Large Pillow Covers Closeout ... and much more

View the July/August Crow Calls Flyer here!!

The purpose of Crazy Crow Trading Post's Craft Focus pages is to provide a starting point in your research, to save you time and improve your chances of finding the information and materials you need to do it right the first time.

Beginning any craft project, especially if it is your first time working on a particular item, requires some patience - and a plan:
* Do you want your finished piece to look Indian-style or will it be an original piece with a non-Indian look?
* If you want an Indian look, will your craftwork have a contemporary design or will it reflect the style of a particular historical period?
* Is there a specific tribal design or style to be achieved?
* Do you have instructions on the materials needed and the assembly techniques required?

July/August Craft Focus: Knife Sheaths
As one of the most basic of tools, knives saw daily use by both natives and settlers of early America. Indians and non-Indians, men and women - all used knives. But knives can generate a fascination all their own, and, accordingly, so do the sheaths used to carry them.

CRAFT FOCUS ARTICLE: 2-Piece Plains Indian Knife Sheath Construction
The information for this craft article is an excerpt from the new book Plains Indian Knife Sheaths by Alex Kozlov. Click on the link to this fully-illustrated discussion.

Craft Focus: Knife Sheaths

As an adjunct to our craft article, we also wish to point out several products related to knife sheaths:

Plains Indian Knife Sheaths (4105-058-900) is a complete how-to book for making Plains sheaths. It describes the basics of sheath designs and progresses to techniques used to make sheaths in many styles and decorations. This highly illustrated, full-color work is appropriate for anyone wanting to make a sheath, whether for your Indian or Fur Trade outfit.

For a ready-made sheath, look at our Beaded Knife Sheaths (4929-008-00*). These are fully beaded on the front and made by hand using German-tanned buckskin. They're available in 3 sizes, a variety of colors, and at economical prices. We also offer Quilled Knife Sheaths ( 4929-009-00*). These, too, are made with German-tanned buckskin and hand-decorated using dyed porky quills. One of the styles is the Woodlands Neck Knife Sheath.

Plains Indian Knife Sheaths Book

(4799-500-046) includes 8 different patterns for various accessories appropriate for the Eastern Longhunter outfit. One of these is the Woodlands Indian Knife Sheath. Several period accounts from the 1700s refer to the Indian-like dress adopted by many Eastern Longhunters, so this sheath can be a striking accessory for both the Woodland Indian and Eastern hunter portrayals. The neck sheath is the earliest recorded style of Eastern Indian knife sheath, possibly even pre-dating belt sheaths in this region. Variations of this beautiful soft-leather sheath could be found in the Northeast Woodlands, around the Great Lakes, and on west along the Canadian border. Museum examples show that this style ranged in size from the small neck knife sheath to those used with the large beaver-tail daggers. Typically, these were decorated with porcupine quillwork.

Our pattern provides several historic examples for you to consider so that you may use any of several top outlines in place of the top style of our pattern. The pattern is in two sizes to give you options for a small or medium-sized knife. To fit properly, the knife should be of the dagger-style or have a narrow blade with the cutting edge not much wider than the handle.

Longhunter's Accessory Pattern

Many of our knives will work well with the Beaded and Quilled Knife Sheaths, but we also have some specialty knives that are most appropriate as neck knives and for the small and large Woodland Indian Knife Sheath:

* Ripper Knife Kit 4866-120-013 $12.00 each
* Solingen Patch Knife Kit 4866-120-011 14.95 each
* Hunter Knife Kit 4866-120-001 12.50 each
* Rocky Mountain Drop Point Knife Kit:
- carbon steel blade 4866-120-005 17.95 each
- stainless steel blade 4866-120-006 19.95 each
* File Forged Spear Point Bag Knife 4928-015-001 37.50 each
* Spanish Mini Belduque 4926-012-001 19.95 each
* Spanish Regular Belduque 4926-012-002 32.50 each
* Hand-Forged Neck Knife 4928-012-001 15.95 each
* Hand-Forged Patch Knife 4928-012-002 15.95 each
* Hand-Forged Clip-Point Patch Knife 4928-013-001 22.75 each

For details on these and other knife products, see the "Knives" section of our web page or catalog.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
For more information on the Woodlands Indian knife sheath, see The Book of Buckskinning VII (4156-015-061).

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Our featured web site for this issue is for the Trade Axe & Tomahawk Collectors Association...

As stated on their home page, "This site is devoted to the exchange of information about, and images of early trade axes and tomahawks, and to share the joy of collecting these fascinating weapons of bygone years. As these tools and weapons were made and used by many diverse peoples during the period from 1600-1900, we welcome all enthusiasts to the subject. In this spirit, the only axes we have no interest in, is political azes for grinding."

Trade Axe & Tomahawk Collectors Association Website

Catalog 23 for 2006 is a 116 page, full-color catalog that contains hundreds of unique finished items and our complete line of thousands of Native American Indian and American Mountain Man crafts and craft supplies. Order Catalog 23 online for $4.00 (free with orders over $50).

Order Catalog 23 NOW!!

A recent addition to the CCTP website, the "Special Finds" section features one-of-a-kind products and/or special items of interest to Crazy Crow customers but available only in small quantities. For example, under "Special Finds" you currently can see and purchase several different fully-beaded & decorated knife sheaths! Be sure and periodically check "Special Finds" for updates!

To show our appreciation of you, our Crazy Crow Craft-E Crow subscribers, the items below are available at sale prices ONLY TO SUBSCRIBERS. These prices end August 31, 2006.

NOTE: To qualify for these "Craft-E Crow" sale prices, you MUST use the code phrase "enews06-1" when placing your order by phone, or enter it in the PROMOTIONAL CODE field at the end of your online order.

PRE-CUT STRAP LEATHER - Thick, vegetable-tanned crafting leather, just like our belt straps. Ideal for TACK KNIFE SHEATHS, sheath inner liners, holsters, pouches, and other small projects.
1681-100-012 12" x 12" Regular price: $9.95 each SALE: $8.95
1681-100-024 12" x 24" Regular price: $20.00 each SALE: $17.95

CROW KNIFE SHEATH KIT- This kit contains sheath leather for up to a 12" knife, fifty 3/8" brass tacks, ten 1 1/8" tin cones, ten red Pony beads, a sheath pattern, and completely illustrated instructions.
4860-011-001 Kit Regular price: $9.95 each SALE: $8.95
4860-011-002 Kit with Green River Knife (Butcher knife with 6" blade)
Regular price: $25.25 each SALE: $22.75

GREEN RIVER DADLEY KNIFE KIT - Kit contains one 5" Green River "Dadley" blade, a set of curly maple scales, 2 sets of cutler rivets, and an illustrated instruction book. This is an excellent kit to get started in knife-making.
4866-120-008 Regular price: $15.75 SALE: $14.25

MINI SPANISH BELDUQUE WITH SHEATH - This classy knife is of the style traded in the Southwest at places like Taos and Bent's Fort. Its 7 1/4" overall length (4" blade) makes it a versatile personal knife for camp use or on the trail. The perfect knife for a neck sheath.
4926-012-002 Regular price: $19.95 SALE: $17.95

Check out our Knife & Sheath Kits!!

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