Red-Tail Designs

8: number of glover’s needles broken stitching knife sheath together

50 plus: number of porcupine quills used to make the designs on the sheath (eagle, zigzag,  cross and white edging)

20 plus: number of times I was sure I was going to cut the leather wrong and mess up the whole project.

7.5: square feet of black deerskin leather used to make the knife sheath

6: number of times I drew blood stabbing myself with a glover’s needle while sewing on the porcupine quills

1: number of times I stabbed myself in the leg with a glover’s needle because I was watching The Matrix instead of paying attention

23: minutes of cutting fringe

40: average temperature during the powwow last weekend where I delivered the custom knife sheath

1: very ecstactic customer

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