Record #:

9446

Author(s):

Coffey, R. Kelly

Abstract:

Coffey discusses the creations of Watauga County natives Daniel Winkler and Karen Shook. Winkler crafts knives, and Shook makes the sheaths that hold them. They have been practicing their crafts full time for almost twenty years in the Boone and Blowing Rock area. Both are self-taught. Their creations are historically influenced and focus on the period of the 1700s. Through a museum artifact Shook discovered that rawhide is a more appropriate and durable material for knives than leather, and her sheaths complement Winkler's blade designs.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 5, Oct 2007, p102-104, 106, 108, 110, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Knifesmiths--Watauga County