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Happy Holidays from "The Crow"
Everyone from Crazy Crow wants to wish you the happiest of holiday seasons. Our elves have been busy stocking up to meet your end-of-year needs, while working feverishly on next year's catalog.
We've packed this eNews with featured items from our latest Crow Calls Sale, as well as others that are especially well-suited as gifts. We've updated and retooled our Gift Shop and general Gifts category to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for.
Toward the bottom of this eNews, you'll also find interesting craft articles, as well as links to our new "Fine Cafts Photo Galleries", the type information that makes our eNews much more than just a promotion.
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We're wishing you the best, and hope to hear from you soon whether by Internet, mail, phone, or smoke signals!
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THE GIFT SHOPPE
- Looking for Native American or Mountain man-related gifts in a price range?
- Looking for something for your wife, mom, girlfriend, grand mom or daughter?
- How about your husband, dad, boyfriend, grand dad or son?
- We've organized THE GIFT SHOPPE in these categories to make it easier for you to find items you might otherwise overlook!
Crazy Crow Gift Certificates
ONE SIZE FITS ALL OCCASIONS!!
- Sent directly to recipient or you
- Valid for one year
- Minimum $10 - no maximum
- Purchase by phone, fax, internet or mail
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Powwow and Rendezvous season is over, and Crazy Crow is putting many popular items on sale! This is a great time to save on a great holiday gift. This sale also offers many other popular items for both Native American and Mountain Man outfits, such as those pictured above, and listed below.
- Cut Crystal Preciosa Beads
- Fiddle Pegs
- Leather Bags
- Trekker's Cup Set
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- Corn Boiler
- Horn Drinking Cups
- Canoe Cups
- Braziers
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- Flags (3'x5')
- Old Style Brass Buckets
- Genuine Neolithic Bird Points
- Flint Arrowheads
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Click one of the IMAGES ABOVE or LINKS BELOW to view new products not pictured above.
Crazy Crow Trading Post offers hundreds of products that make great holiday gifts. The ones pictured above are a few of our most popular categories, but there's lots more! Be sure to check our GIFT ITEMS category and THE GIFT SHOPPE (see below) to jump start your search for the perfect gift for those special folks in your life.
Rendezvous & Mountain Man
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Knives & Related
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Tomahawk Related
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Making Rawhide that Stays Flat
Problem: Rawhide absorbs moisture, and, as such, will always be subject to warping based on environmental humidity. Painting rawhide adds to the problem as it absorbs some moisture from the paint, causing it to expand in the painted areas but not in others. There is no ready solution to get that rawhide perfectly flat and for it to stay that way. It'll always be warping whenever the humidity changes. The only good partial solution for rawhide items not made in the process described in this article is to physically wrestle with it (bend over knee, etc.) in the areas that are warped the worst and try to get it "KINDA flat".
Bottom Line: For rawhide to stay flat, it has to be made with that in mind using the traditional techique described in this article. It ain't easy, but it works!
Read Complete Article
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Czech Glass Seed Bead History & Color
Preference Among North American Tribes
The purpose of this article is to provide a thumbnail sketch of the history of one of the most popular trade items used in Native American craftwork. The use of the "seed bead" by Native Americans beginning in the 1800s was the result of hundreds of years of European glass technology intersecting with the westward expansion of the United States across the continent.
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New Craft Galleries
Fans - Bandolier Bags - Pipebags
Over the years, Crazy Crow has collected a large number of photos of some great craft work. As crafts persons ourselves, we use these photos for the same reason as everyone else, as research and inspiration for our own work. We have hundreds of these that we'll be adding online in a wide range of categories Besides the images, we will be adding supporting details and information about the images in particular, and the craft genre in general.
Our "Fantastic Craftwork Photo Galleries are going to be a work in process, and we will appreciate your comments and suggestions.
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Finally, we'd like to say thanks for letting us share our newsletter with you. We continue to update our website and will continue to provide information of value to our customers.
If you have comments, suggestions, items or articles, please email them to us.
Sincerely,
--The Team at Crazy Crow Trading Post
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