The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife
by Ned Jalbert
The Woodland Indian's Indispensable Survival Tool
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Mocotaugan: The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife;
The Woodland's Indian's indispensable survival tool
A culmination of decades of research, the book follows the history and art of the crooked knife from the time of European contact, right up to the present. It traces the prehistoric origin and distribution of the crooked knife, and illustrates both the anatomy of the knife and how it is used. It establishes and identifies the Three Tribal Styles of and presents in beautiful digital photography, the Nine Categories of Design found on crooked knife handles. The book includes the most extensive Crooked Knife Bibliography. created providing important resources to scholars, bush crafters and collectors alike.
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Published in 2003, Mocotaugan; The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife was printed in extremely limited quantities; only 200 hand-bound leather and linen, Limited 1st Edition copies and only 500 copies of the "Thesis" bound Limted 1st Edition copies were printed.
Shortly after its publishing, Mocotaugan; The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife was accepted into the United States Library of Congress.
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" This is a fantastic book and arguably the bible on crooked knives"
Jarrod Dahl
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" ...a very rare book...Mocotaugan is a fascinating and beautiful literary work"
Wild Human
"....an excellent book"
Kass and Jeff Cherry
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CROOKED KNIFE ENTHUSIASTS PLEASE NOTE
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1st printing Limited, Hand-bound 1st Edition of Mocotaugan: The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife are now available on a first come, first serve basis.
The public can now purchase the remaining original, signed, Limited, Hand-bound , 1st Edition copies, but once gone they will be gone forever.
YOU WILL RECEIVE :
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A Hand-bound (leather & linen), signed and numbered, Limited , 1st Edition ......... $ 375.00
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Once these have sold- they will be gone forever, as we have no intention of publishing further Editions.
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Mocotaugan: The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife
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Original 2003 Limited 1 st Edition.
Hand- bound in leather and linen .
11 1/4" " x 10 3/4"
170 pages
Only 200 printed
Each copy is signed and numbered by the author
$ 375.00
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Pages 104-105 with original color photography
Inside front page
Original color photograph - Page 143
Pages 54 -55 with original handrawn illustrations
The Mocotaugan Book - Specifications
Mocotaugan: The Story and Art of the Crooked Knife;
The Woodland's Indian's indispensable survival tool
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Jalbert, Ned and Russell
Metacom Publishing, Inc., Nantucket, MA, 2003
ISBN # 0-9742804-0-2
United States Library of Congress Control No. 2003094804
First Edition: 200 Numbered, Limited Edition, hand-bound leather and linen copies. 170 pages. 500 Thesis bound copies (Distributed to museums, libraries, and institutions) 169 pages
Graphic Design by Ken Silva
Photography by Luigi Pelletieri
Original and re-drawn art by Jim Owens
Hand bound in leather and linen by Mary McCarthy
Paper: Mohawk Superfine - Softwhite # 80
Leather : Acme Bookbinding ( Cambridge MA)- “ Kidskin -Brown”
Linen: Acme Bookbinding ( Cambridge, MA ) – “ Half Linens-Light”
Lashing for Spine: Autumnal Taupe Chenille
Font: Adobe Caslon Pro
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Dimensions:
Hand bound, leather and linen Limited Edition - 11.25 " wide x 10.75" high x 0.75 " thickness
Thesis bound copies - 10.25" wide x 10.75" high x 0.75" thickness
Authors notes:
A very limited number of CD ROM’s containing photographs found within the book, were freely distributed to select Museums and Institutions along with the thesis bound copies.
In 2004 we also published the book on a free website . Unfortunately, in 2010 that website had to be taken down due to repeated copyright violations and image infringement
