Out of the Ashes Forge

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Out of the Ashes Forge

Makers of historical knives, leather possibles bags and bead work. We cater to primitive hunters, and mountain man reenactors.
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Our work has been featured in the Golden Globe winning movie, THE REVENANT, Work also seen on the TV show OUTSIDERS. A husband and wife team of self taught artisans who make historically correct items from the Fur Trade Era in American history. We also will use items clients send us to rework into something usable. Good use for family heirlooms that are unusable in their present state. Bud is a b

lacksmith/ knife maker and does all the metal works used for our in items, including rings and buckles for the bags. Miss Tudy hand creates and hand sews all the sheaths and bags ( medicine bags, possibles etc.) All of our work follows history closely in materials used and design. We recycle things when possible because that's what would have been done, no going out to the corner store for what you needed back then. You will often see antique beads being used extensive searches are done to find what we need but we think the end product is worth it.

05/24/2020

One of our customers made this.

Table top review of the Hugh Glass Revenant Movie Knife ( the knife that “ took down that Grizz “)......

12/21/2019

Home needed

11/16/2019

This item is a custom request and NOT FOR SALE!!!
Belt carry bag for bullets, lunch or fire started items. Very popular in the Fur Trade Era because clothes did not have pockets. This one is hand sewn from very thick moose hide that Miss Tudy has distressed. Lined with heavy pillow ticking and decorated with a deer dew claw, processed by Miss Tudy.

08/23/2019

Baby copperhead snake about to be born.

06/01/2019

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05/19/2019

This was sold off Facebook not for sale here.

05/19/2019

Our newest project going out in the mail in the morning.

10/11/2018

08/28/2018

Some of Bud's choppers

08/28/2018

Dan and Bud at the Grape Stomp

08/28/2018

At the Grape Stomp WoodMill Winery

06/17/2018

Got my latest bag finished and for sale!

This large possibles bag was made in a very primitive style then dyed with my homemade, black walnut stain to give it the look. The body of the bag which measures 9 1/2 wide and is 11 deep. It is made of a very thick, nubby cotton and is doubled for extra strength. The flap is a natural edge

06/09/2018

This Nessmuk style knife has the traditional blade shape of a mountain man Nessmuk but with a twist. Handle has been finished with leather washers and a nice piece of elk antler. The leather washers have been hand cut from our scraps, no store bought washers were used. All finished with a

05/18/2018

Please use the zoom feature at the bottom of the pictures for details. This small drop point knife is for the primitive reenactor or mountain man. The antler is left raw and has not been polished up for a good craggy look. The crown is especially nice. The drop point blade measures 3 with

04/05/2018

Newest Project is this sheath for a customers knife. Wanted everyone to see the before and after pictures of the dirtying up a piece to give it the look of age and use.

03/14/2018

This large, heavy duty frontier knife is full tang construction and a distressed oak wood handle. Handle has been pinned with heavy copper pins that are set in copper washers for an antique look. Knife is 12 1/4 overall length with a 8 1/4 handle. Sheath started with a heavy vegetable

03/14/2018

One of our best sellers this Nessmuk style knife is what every hunter or mountain man needs. It makes a sturdy, sharp skinner being made of 1080 High Carbon steel. The heavy antler handle is mule deer with a nice crown. Knife is 9 1/2 overall length with a 4 3/8 blade. The sheath started

03/14/2018

My inspiration for this piece was a Native American breastplate. I made it in a very similar way except I added a small neck knife and sheath of the same brain tan deer hide. I made 2 of these and will list the other tomorrow which has brick red trade beads. This was made from very soft

03/14/2018

This beaded bag is made of heavy but soft moose hide. Done in a Native American design it is open top with a twisted leather handle of the same hide as the bag. The front is decorated with a piece that was beaded to red trade wool then beaded onto the top. Dangles include tin cones holding

03/14/2018

This neck knife, handy for eating or patch cutting has a deer antler handle with a blade from an antique cross cut saw. The sheath has a thin vegetable tanned sheath that has been entirely covered in brain tan deer hide which has been beaded directly onto the hide. The seed beads used are in

03/14/2018

For your consideration is this Native American inspired neck knife and sheath. The knife is 7 overall length and has a big bellied 3 1/2 blade with a slight drop point. Blade has been made from a repurposed, antique cross cut saw The handle was hand made from local cherry burl and has a

03/14/2018

Offered is this hand made smoking neck pouch also called a Gage d Amour. Used in colonial times - Fur Trade Era these neck pouches were made to carry smoking supplies including some kind of tinder, a strike a lite and to***co while the clay pipe was carried on the outside and also served to

03/12/2018

Newest creation from Out of the Ashes Forge

03/08/2018

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2659 Harmony Highway
Harmony, NC
28634

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http://www.etsy.com/shop/misstudy, http://www.pinterest.com/tudy2d/

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Forging @ Out of the Ashes Forge

Bud forging a field found plow point into a knife blade. He uses recycled metal when possible and leaves slight hammer marks in the finished product for an aged hand made look. He and wife Tudy Smith are the makers of knives and bags seen in the movie THE REVENANT, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Most proud of making the grizzly bear fighting knife carried by the character HUGH GLASS.