[cordell]

This knife is another one of my favorites, and fits in with my old possible bag and belt! It was made by Mike Broach out of North Carolina's Cooter Forge. Aparently Mike saw a special on T.V. about the Las Cruces masacre back in the early to mid 1800's and wanted to make a knife that would be period and reflect the incident. I might be wrong on this so just go along with the story (until I can find it again???). Aparently there was a priest and 4 alter boys who were masacred by Indians outside of what is now Las Cruces (the crosses). Somehow one of the alter boys lived and buried the others resulting in the 4 crosses. There are several other stories related to Las Cruces but this is close to the story that helped inspire Mike to make this knife. The handle material is smoked curly maple, the hardware is hammered out of a buggy wheel, and the blade is 1095 that has been treated to give that aged look. The sheath was also made by Mike and sports the 4 crosses and gives the name to this knife. OAL is 11" with a 6" blade that will shave you!!! Hope you all enjoy this one as much as I do. Take care and God bless. cordell