Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina curvy This stunning Makah Northwest Coast

This stunning Makah Northwest Coast Native American beargrass lidded basket

a small brush

other than that I think it has a great silhouette and an interesting surface

Now empty of any capsules

so I cleared them out

Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina curvy This stunning Makah Northwest CoastI've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular, typically wonderfully worn objects that they are, but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way! This is an old wood I think perhaps beech and forged iron spokeshave, the incredible beauty of which photos do not do justice. Spokeshaves which apparently date to prehistoric times, when they were used to shape arrow shafts occupy a space