Brighton Buns - Ingenious Traveling Candlesticks for Travelers © 2013 Crazy Crow Trading Post Brighton Buns - Ingenious Traveling Candlesticks for Travelers © 2013 Crazy Crow Trading Post From approximately 1735 through 1925, explorers, travelers, military officers, and European Royalty all employed a distinctive type of folding candlestick on [read more]
Making Horn Utensils © 2012 Crazy Crow Trading Post Making Horn Utensils © 2012 Crazy Crow Trading Post Like peoples across the world, Native Americans had needs for basic utensils, and, as was their custom, they turned to nature for materials. In those days, the eating of soups [read more]
Making Horn Cups Crazy Crow Craft Focus By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ March 10, 2013 Making Horn Cups Crazy Crow Craft Focus By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ March 10, 2013 Traditional Horn Cups A common item on the early frontier was the horn cup. This type of drinking [read more]
How to Use a Sundial Compass Crazy Crow Craft Focus © 2013 Crazy Crow Trading Post How to Use a Sundial Compas Crazy Crow Craft Focus © 2013 Crazy Crow Trading Post The compass and the sundial are two completely different instruments which were built for entirely different uses. [read more]
2015 National Muzzleloading Rifle Association Western Kentucky University Seminar & Workshop Photo Credit: Simon A. Eugster, Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Pennsylvania Flintlock Rifle c1810–15 2015 National Muzzleloading Rifle Association Western Kentucky University Seminar & Workshop Credit Above Photo: Simon A. Eugster, Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, [read more]
Mountain Man Rendezvous Clothing & Accessories for Beginners Getting Dressed Up for Your First Mountain Man Rendezvous! Mountain Man Rendezvous Clothing & Accessories for Beginners Getting Dressed Up for Your First Mountain Man Rendezvous! When getting started in Buckskinning and Mountain Man Era reenactment for rendezvous or black powder [read more]
Native American Dance Shawls By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 8, 2014 Credit Above Photo: Tony Alter from Newport News, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Native American Dance Shawls By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 8, 2014 Credit Above Photo: Tony Alter from Newport News, USA, [read more]
Seed Beads & Pony Beads - Mix or Match? By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ December 2006 Photo Credit: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Blackfeet or Lakota storage bags ca 1875-1885 Seed Beads & Pony Beads - Mix or Match? By Crazy Crow Trading [read more]
Selecting the Right Needles & Thread for Your Craft Project By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 20, 2011 Selecting the Right Needles & Thread for Your Craft Project By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ July 20, 2011 Needles & Thread for BeadingNeedle sizes are like bead sizes; the [read more]
American Indian Trade Blankets The Rise of Pendleton Woolen Mills as the Primary Trade Blanket of Contemporary Native Americans Credit Above Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons American Indian Trade Blankets The Rise of Pendleton Woolen Mills as the Primary Trade Blanket of Contemporary Native Americans [read more]
