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Wrapping a primitive flint knife with plaited porcupine quillwork. Starting with making twine/thread from deer sinew. The quills are then soaked in warm water to soften them. The porcupine quills are wrapped around two pieces of deer sinew twine/thread which is then wrapped around the deer leg bone knife handle. Some of the quills are left natural and some are dyed red. The quills came from a road-killed porcupine found in western Oklahoma. It's interesting to know that prior to any beadwork done by the Native Americans, porcupine quills were used for decoration. Plaiting was used on quite a few items; pipestems, quirts, etc. but I figured it would look nice on a knife handle.