The question came up that the idea of a possables pouch was a myth created by this site and I replied that yes it is, for the pouch was in reality a bag.
Well here is another myth buster for you.
The crooked in "crooked knife" meant the handle and not the blade. I live on the east coast of Canada and in a book of Indian items gathered along the east coast from Nova Scotia to Maine there are more than a dozen crooked knifes all with straight blades. These were gathered from 1910-1914. Sometimes the blades were 1/2" wide and somtimes maybe just 1/4" wide with a point, likely whatever piece of steel they could get. It was the handle in each knife that was crooked.
I put a photo in the gallery showing the knife I picked up about six years ago. It is the exact style of those made in 1910-1914, the Indians saw little need to change what worked!
What most think of as a crooked knife likely came from the Hoof Knife or various carving knives brought over by Europeans.
But the true Crooked Knife is straight.
Well here is another myth buster for you.
The crooked in "crooked knife" meant the handle and not the blade. I live on the east coast of Canada and in a book of Indian items gathered along the east coast from Nova Scotia to Maine there are more than a dozen crooked knifes all with straight blades. These were gathered from 1910-1914. Sometimes the blades were 1/2" wide and somtimes maybe just 1/4" wide with a point, likely whatever piece of steel they could get. It was the handle in each knife that was crooked.
I put a photo in the gallery showing the knife I picked up about six years ago. It is the exact style of those made in 1910-1914, the Indians saw little need to change what worked!
What most think of as a crooked knife likely came from the Hoof Knife or various carving knives brought over by Europeans.
But the true Crooked Knife is straight.