VARIOUS NATIVE AMERICAN KNIVES.

[mross]

Originally Posted by blue lander

Some of those look like the Old Hickory knives I use for barbecuing with some slight reprofiling. That's probably exactly what they are.

Would not doubt that. Native American is a hot collector area. Lot's of questionable "artifacts". As to the design Old Hickory designs are very close to the trade knives as it is a tried and true design. Depending on who you ask the first Bowie knife resembled a butcher knife more than the currently popular one.
Did the Native Americans work steel? I think the vast amount of their steel was trade. The tomahawk I believe is originally French. I do not ever remeber seeing any photos or documentation of steel forgeing among them