Brief History of Steel Fire Strikers and Fire Making The Iron Age Comes to North America By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ June 30, 2021 Brief History of Steel Fire Strikers and Fire Making The Iron Age Comes to North America By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ June 30, 2021 [read more]
It is hard to imagine relatively ‘modern’ times without buttons for the uses known to them today. Yet it was not until 13th century Germany when buttons featuring that most important counterpart, buttonholes, were used to keep clothing closed and they also started to be used for fastening shoes, tunics, surcoats, hoods, etc. In Europe, close-fitting clothes became stylish among nobles and royalty, and buttons were used to help the garments fit more snugly around the wearer. By the 13th and 14th century, buttons were widespread throughout Europe.
J. Eric Smith Chickasaw Bowyer, Artist, Author & Cultural Teacher Featured Artist July 2020 J. Eric Smith Chickasaw Bowyer, Artist, Author & Cultural Teacher Featured Artist July 2020 Eric Smith, Chickasaw, is a well-recognized bowyer, archery historian, and teacher in the art of making traditional bows and arrows [read more]
Lenape Ribbonwork Compiled By: Jim Rementer, Secretary Culture Preservation Committee ~ Delaware Tribe of Indians Lenape Ribbonwork Compiled By: Jim Rementer, Secretary Culture Preservation Committee ~ Delaware Tribe of Indians This is a two panel list about Lenape ribbonwork. The main purpose of this list is to present [read more]
Making Buffalo Horn Cups By Medicine Bear © 2019 Crazy Crow Trading Post Making Buffalo Horn Cups By Medicine Bear © 2019 Crazy Crow Trading Post Recently, I tried my hand at making my first buffalo horn cup. I say "recently", although I first started roughing out this horn [read more]
Mountain Man & Voyageur Rendezvous by U.S. State Mountain Man & Voyageur Rendezvous by U.S. State This Mountain Man & Voyageur Rendezvous by U.S. State link listing from Crazy Crow directs you to our Rendezvous display by state. It is different from our current Rendezvous or other Historic Renactor list [read more]
Patching Holes in Buckskin by Barry Hardin Regarding Patching Holes in Buckskin, this is a technique used for the quarter size hole in the above photograph. Craft Focus Article from Crazy Crow Trading Post Patching Holes in Buckskin by Barry Hardin Regarding Patching Holes in Buckskin, this is a technique [read more]
Florida Seminole Wars Reenactments Historic Reenactment Events Photo Credit: Mwanner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Seminole War Reenactors Hillsborough River State Park Florida Seminole Wars Reenactments Historic Reenactment Events Photo Credit: Mwanner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Seminole War Reenactors Hillsborough River State [read more]
Bowie Knife Origins: A Brief History Many Claim “Creator of Sandbar Bowie” Status By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ April 20, 2017 Bowie Knife Origins: A Brief History Many Claim “Creator of Sandbar Bowie” Status By Crazy Crow Trading Post ~ April 20, 2017 In 1838, Rezin P. Bowie, [read more]
Love Your Tomahawks Customer Testimonial Love Your Tomahawks Customer Testimonials My sons and I love your tomahawks. We have owned two of them for 4 years and just recently purchased a third. We have personalized them slightly. We also taught our wives to throw, they gave us a run [read more]
