Vintage Trapper Bear Paw Snowshoes antique ice skate collection The bamboo ski poles have

The bamboo ski poles have leather grips and are reinforced at the bamboo growth rings by a great looking red plastic ring

This is a very unique photo of Alf Engen

Adaptations continued in the ski pole “baskets” – going from a sturdy round wooden discs – to rattan rings and leather lacing

Swiss army metal Poles with leather straps and leather baskets

Vintage Trapper Bear Paw Snowshoes antique ice skate collection The bamboo ski poles haveVintage Bear Paw Trapper Snowshoes Wood, Rawhide, Leather, Metal 26. 5"l x 15. 5"w Canada Vintage Winter This pair of vintage trapper bear paw snowshoes is either ready for a deep woods deep snow walk or ready for decorating the fireplace at the ski condo. Handmade by trappers the same way for many, many years. The wood (likely Ash) is harvested, then soaked and bent into the oval bearpaw snowshoe shape. Rawhide lacing is then woven (while wet) to