I just finished this. After making the Sgian Dubhs, I've become addicted to the "Green Man" motif. It kind of hits home. I was born and raised in the Oregon Cascades. I've spent a very large part of my 62 years in the woods, exploring, hiking, and hunting. I've often been in very remote areas where I've felt that there was something spiritual present. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. The feelings / instincts are at times so over whelmingly freightening I leave a quickly as possible, other times so serene, that I've felt that I could not be harmed, as if I was being protected by some unseen entity. The Indians called them Windigos (Forest Spirits). I know.., my Wife thinks I'm nuts too. She rarely goes with me to these areas, if ever, and has never experienced them herself. I wanted to have a Kilt pin similar to that, you might find in a Highland village 200 years ago. It's made from a Black Tail Deer antler fork, and a piece of Elk antler. It measures 3-3/4" x 1-1/2". I'm had trouble capturing the detail, due to poor lighting. I need to build a light booth..
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