Navajo silversmith Doris Yazzie purchases various knives, usually Buck or Schrade, that have wooden handles.
She then replaces portions of the wood with beautiful inlays of turquoise, lapis lazuli, coral, mother of pearl, acoma jet and sterling silver channels.
She adds her hallmark “DY” to one of the blades as well as “NAVAJO”.
What a good idea !!
My inlay needs repair; would you please put it back together?
I already answered this via email yesterday and sent you our repair contact
Diane Radeke
Old Town Trading Co. / Jewels of the West
4009 N. Brown Ave.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480-970-8065
jewelsofthewest@qwestoffice.net
The inlay on my knife broke loose from the heat. Can you reset it?
Already answered once via email and once on this blog…..we don’t do repairs but I referred you to the place we use for repairs.
Okay I’ll Contact them to see what they say.
Thank you.
I have an older Yellowhorse knife that the inlay has come loose. It is very similar to the knife shown above (6-5/8′) shown next tot the ruler. Would do repair work on this knife?
We don’t do repairs here but we recommend this business for Native American jewelry repairs. They do all of the repairs for our store and we are thoroughly satisfied with their work.
Contact:
Diane Radeke
Old Town Trading Co. / Jewels of the West
4009 N. Brown Ave.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
602-350-4009
info@oldtownjewels.com