SWORDS in the FUR TRADE

[Captchee]

i would say no fletcher .  you might get by at some of the lesser Voos  but even then someone is going to complain.
 i have beent to a couple evens where folks dressed as romans .  i dont know that anyone said anything to them . but there was alot of complaining going on behind the seens .
 even with my eastern  persona i am often challaged . then have to exsplain that  many of the fur brigades  and even  small trapper groups were hiring eastern natives  as scouts .
 for the most part these folks were hated by the plains people  hear in the west .

 i also know that alot of folks at the buckskinner events have issues with people dressing colonial . again this if IMO from a total lack of historical knowlage concerning that time .

[Puffer]

I agree with Chas.

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[Puffer]

Here is one I forgot.  

Although, not tech. a sword ( a sword bayonet - Baker Rifle)
I have & do carry as a Sword only ( hanger style  - blade is 23"long & 1 1/4" wide)



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[Forager]

See now Russ your eyes still work .
 The sword looks like a Japanese Samurai Katana  because that’s what it is
 The photo is of Dog child/ Duck Necklace   and his wife  â€œOnly Handsome Woman “   from 1890

  Dog child was a scout for the  North West Mounted Police . His job was to protect the borders of the Blood Reserve, checking for trespassers and illegal liquor traffic.
 Many folks have speculated that maybe this was a prop . But myself I don’t think so as there are  other photos of the cabin  of Dog Child , showing the sword on the wall .
 Where he got it ? Boy that’s anyone’s guess . By the late 1800’s the Japanese  had some
 Large villages in western Canada . By 1907 Japanese  high ranking emissaries were visiting .
  but we also should remember that the Japanese had recourded contact  here as early as 1610 .

Okay, now that's just cool.

An RCMP-enabled, native/Res scout, with the RCMP gear and a katana.

Very, very bad juju to pick a fight with.