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Beaver Tail Knife: Coming in
at approximately 11 1/4 inches, this is a beautiful knife with a
powerful history.
The Brown Obsidian
blade is 5 13/16 x 2’’ in length and has been sealed with pine pitch
to a 5 1/2’’ American Walnut handle. Seven buzzard feathers hang off
of the handle end, representing the 7 directions. They have been attached with
aged simulated sinew, hemp cord and rusted bells.
The legend of the knife states of a young Piegan (Pikuni; a Blackfoot
Tribe) warrior out on a vision quest. He stumbled upon a cave to which
he found a mother grizzly bear and her cubs. He pleaded with her not
to harm him, and she adopted him as her own for four days. On the last
night a vision came to him where the bears took pity on him. While the
father bear gave him many things, it was the mother bear that gave him
the knife. She threw this knife at him, and he grabbed it in the air.
She then gave him the song, “A knife is just like dirt thrown against
me.” The warrior then took this song and their teachings and copied
their knife. From here he led many victorious battles, always
protected by the bear knife and its powerful medicine. It was he who
passed it onto to other Blackfoot warriors, as the knife became a
coveted Blackfoot war medicine.
In 1847, there were only slightly more than half a dozen
bear knives among the Blackfoot tribes. This was because only a very
brave man dared to become a member. To join the warrior society, the
individual would purify himself, and enter naked the current members
lodge which was embedded with thorns. The member would perform rituals
and then would suddenly push the hopeful member into the thorns and
throw the knife at him. If he was to catch it, then he was worthy of
this very powerful medicine, and the current member stated, “You gave
your life for that knife. It will make you powerful.”
This warrior society was tremendously feared,
and some claim that their enemies would flee upon sight of the knife.
The Beaver Tail Knife, so called because of its shape, is fashioned in
the likeness of this powerful Blackfoot medicine.
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$135.00 |
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Beaver Tail..........
$135.00
