Weapons play a significant role in the world of Seventhblade. T’Rayles’s own dagger is inspired by blades used by the Métis dating back to the 1800s.
T’Rayles carries a beavertail dagger on her belt: it is a common design used by both her and the Ibinnashae of the Broken Fangs, the Ibinnas, and the Iquionicha.
Also known as a dag knife, the beavertail dagger was highly utilitarian and primarily used for practical purposes including hunting, butchering, and skinning, but it can also be used in combat. The blades were also widely used as spear heads by the Métis and Cree during buffalo hunts.
The beavertail dagger’s use was widespread amongst many Nations across Canada and the US in the 1800s and 1900s as the Hudson Bay Company offered it at trading posts.
Sturdy and multi-purpose, their thick blades were just as good for prying as cutting, and many hunters found they could leave hand axes behind and rely on these lighter and more versatile daggers.
Part of the Donald Ellis Gallery
The blades were inexpensive to make: cut from sheet iron and exported by the barrel to the Northwest Territories, which at the time, included Saskatchewan. The hilt’s design on this dagger is called a “paddle handle.” It was commonly made of wood fixed with brass and/or pewter pins. These daggers weigh approximately 1 pound, are 12.5 inches long, and 2 inches wide. Sheaths ranged from utilitarian covers to intricate designs created with porcupine quills, glass beads, moose hair, bone, and more.
Authentic beavertail daggers with sheaths have gone for over $10,000 USD at auction.
tonia laird 
Very nice! Also not in my primary mail so I just saw it
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