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Crooked Knife
4926-010-001$25.00
Product Details
First introduced in Sheffield, England, crooked knives were sold by traders such as the Northwest Company as early as 1720. Used in carving items ranging from bowls and spoons to canoes and totem poles, these knives are one of the handiest tools ever invented. Many were originally made from old files, with the tang inserted into a carved wooden handle and secured with tightly wrapped wire or sinew, rivets or pins. Ours is specially produced for both the Indian and Buckskinner trade just like the old days, and features fancy, carved hardwood handle with pewter bolsters and brass pins. Overall length is 9".
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Robert McNitt (Colorado) | June 2nd, 2025
The handle is short, much too short for someone who wears a size large glove. When the tang came loose, I tried to punch out the pins to see what was going on. I discovered that the brass pins are short ornamental inlays that do not pierce the tang that is only glued with a little glue of dubious quality. The tang is only slightly glued and is not pinned. The bend in the blade is as shown in the photo, too tight for most uses. The steel is soft and does not hold an edge. The grind at the bend was mostly on the outside and ground lower than the rest of the edge, an obvious defect. Overall it looks wonderful but do not plan on using it unless you plan on gluing the tang with epoxy and like to sharpen often.