The Unicorn of Boucherons
Jan 26, 2024 6:32:42 GMT -7
via mobile
Keith, brokennock, and 2 more like this
Post by paranger on Jan 26, 2024 6:32:42 GMT -7
With the recent arrival of my reproduced second variant of Claude Doron's cutler's mark from Buckeye Engraving, I was finally able to begin a project that I have been wanting to tackle for months.
This is what I believe to be the first documented full tang, 3 pin boucheron with provenance to a pre-1760 native site (I checked with both Kevin Gelinas and Ken Hamilton on this).
It was found early last year at a northern Michigan Ottawa site by the renowned metal detectorist and fur trade artifact book author Bob Bennett.
Though the original blade is obviously incomplete, I overlaid it on a 1:1 template from a 7 pouce boucheron found at Fort Ticonderoga and it was a perfect match. So, I used the Ft Ti boucheron to extrapolate the missing portion of the blade in my reproduction.
untitled images
This is what I believe to be the first documented full tang, 3 pin boucheron with provenance to a pre-1760 native site (I checked with both Kevin Gelinas and Ken Hamilton on this).
It was found early last year at a northern Michigan Ottawa site by the renowned metal detectorist and fur trade artifact book author Bob Bennett.
Though the original blade is obviously incomplete, I overlaid it on a 1:1 template from a 7 pouce boucheron found at Fort Ticonderoga and it was a perfect match. So, I used the Ft Ti boucheron to extrapolate the missing portion of the blade in my reproduction.
untitled images
