Collecting Indian Knives


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Expanded and updated with new photos and information, this second edition is loaded with values and identification guidelines to help identify Indian knife artifacts. 16-page color photo gallery. 200 bandw photos.




Collecting Indian Knives


Book Description

Lar Hothem maps the sharp-edged weapons and ceremonial knives used and crafted by Native Americans from every region. Historic photos and accurate values help you complete your quest for a definitive guide on identification.







North American Indian Artifacts


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While covering prehistory, "North American Indian Artifacts" also addresses contemporary art and artwork, presenting updated items, prices, and new photos to this wildly popular field. 140 color and 1,900 b & w photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.




Plains Indian Knife Sheaths


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Here is a comprehensive, well-illustrated resource for anyone wishing to recreate or study the beautifully decorated Plains-style knife sheaths of the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on over 25 years of research and craftsmanship, the author describes the many styles and variation of Plains knife sheaths. Includes complete step-by-step instructions, full of illustrations, and numerous color photographs of knife sheaths produced by the author as well as those from both museum and private collections.




American Indian Artifacts


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Wouldn't it be terrific to become an expert in a given field without putting in years of practice? American Indian Artifacts builds upon the author's 22 years of experience in collecting and shows the reader how to avoid the pitfalls. Journey back to a simpler time by comparing and evaluating the handiwork of American Indians. The history, design, and identification of numerous collectibles, such as baskets, pottery, quill and beadwork, hides, and jewelry, are marvelously presented. This book is destined to become the new and trusted guidebook for both the beginning and expert collector. "This book is not only enjoyable to read but is an invaluable sourcebook and a must for all collectors of North American Indian artifacts." -- Gloria Bodgon, Cherokee, Professor of Anthropology




Collecting Case Knives


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Feast your eyes on the craftsmanship and quality that is synonymous with Case pocket knives with this one-of-a-kind guide. The only full-color book focused solely on the work of W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., this book delves into Cases 120-year history and provides you with the defining details for hundreds upon hundreds of knives. In this historically rich guide, you'll discover 800 full-color photos, current values for hundreds of pocket knives considered the most popular among collector, and a potpourri of information about methods for creating knives, quirks of the pattern numbering systems, tang samplings, types of blade steels and knife shields, as well as: • Identifying and pricing details for prized knives including Pattern 20 Peanut, highly popular 54 Pattern Trapper, Pattern 72 Bulldog and Buffalo, and Pattern 97 Shark Tooth • A showcase of the different types of natural and synthetic handle materials used to create Case knives, including bone, stag, pearl...wood, family and colorful celluloid, plastic and metal Whether you received your Case knife as a gift, inherited if from a family member or simply chose to purchase your own, you will enjoy the depth of details, exquisite photographs, and intriguing historical information contained in this, the only full-color book devoted to the legendary W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.




Making Native American Hunting, Fighting, and Survival Tools


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Here is the most comprehensive guide to making your own Native American tools and weapons. This reference takes you through the steps of the basic flint-knapping of arrowheads and scrapers to the most complex decorating and finishing techniques of painting and fletching. Fully illustrated with photographs and line illustrations, this is the perfect book for the survivalist, historian, student, or Native American enthusiast.




Official Price Guide to Collector Knives


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Provides descriptions and prices for collectible knives, along with information about collecting the item, different types and brands, main components, and factors that can affect its value.




Paleo-Indian Artifacts


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Lar Hothem, author of the bestselling series, Indian Artifacts of the Midwest, and several other books on arrowheads, pipes, and trade relics, is widely known for his research in the field of Indian artifacts. His latest book, complete with more than 2,200 color photographs, features the highly valuable chipped points and blades, plus many of the sometimes overlooked minor tool types. All of the basic Paleo artifacts and classes are shown and described, and interesting facts about ancient Paleo lifeways, supported by archaeology, are provided. Sections on discoveries and auction results will be of interest to the reader. Current values for Paleo artifacts of all types are given, and a large number of top-grade Paleo points, some never before published, are pictured. There are chapters of Paleo knives and non-point tools of all kinds, and tips on collecting these artifacts. This book contains the most Paleo artifacts pictured in any publication to date, including some of the more valuable fluted and lanceolate points in North America from some of the finest private collections. Paleo-Indian Artifacts offers a glimpse into an ancient world as revealed by the tools and weapons. 2008 values.