Pātiti Parāoa - Whale Bone Hatchet cow bone 5 x 27 x 6mm

5 x 27 x 6mm

is a collaboration between premium knife makers Svord and Sands Carving Studio

By the end of the workshop

required our tūpuna (ancestors) to be expert mariners

Pātiti Parāoa - Whale Bone Hatchet cow bone 5 x 27 x 6mmPtiti are the outcome of European trade and Mori ingenuity. Originally post colonial tools traded to Mori, ptiti are hatchets with the heads made from the repurposed European iron of axes or harpoons. Typically, the tools were ground down to make them substantially lighter and then attached to native wooden handles to make effective weapons. This ptiti was crafted by Alex Sands from an antique iron axe head with the handle carved from sperm whale