The name Ojibwe comes from one of the largest of the Native peoples of Canada that settled along the Great Lakes in Ontario, in western Canada and north-central United States. This highly aesthetic snowshoe is one of the oldest of traditional wooden snowshoes. Curiously, it resembles those used by the ancient peoples of Siberia, Greenland and Scandinavia many centuries ago. Its unique shape provides a great flotation in opened forest and field where there is a lot of snow. Its narrow and lifted nose, combined with its long narrow tail, are providing great gliding properties in downhill on hard snow. It might be the ancestor of the modern alpine ski. Quiet and stable, it is a good all-around snowshoe for long distance adventure. I am also using them in dense forest, together with Faber's "heavy duty work" leather bindings. Those bindings firmly fasten the snowshoes to the boots; they also keep them parallel aligned to the boots so they don't swivel left or right when lifting the snowshoes. That's very important when you have to turn on the spot or move around trees (in heavy timber). It is also advisable, for use in dense forest, to choose the snowshoes in a rather smaller size. Better smaller than larger! Actually, this advise holds true generally. The smaller size is narrower, so you're able to snowshoe ahead without having to spread your legs. This is very important since otherwise it would be very tiresome. You're also much better in charge of them, they are easier to lift, and one can even ski downhill with them; on short slopes and hard packed snow. Finally, I'd like to share some very special experiences — only to be experienced with the very special Ojibwes. When you snowshoe with the Ojibwes in the freshly fallen, deep snow, of course you will sink in; maybe 8 inches (20 cm) or so. Inevitably, the snow around them will cave in and fall onto the snowshoes; will bury them under the snow. With other types of snowshoes (other forms) you now have to lift them up and shake off the snow; only then you proceed. That is very tiresome! Not so with the Ojibwes, however. You will sink into the snow with them, too. They also will be buried by it. But now comes the difference: You don't lift up your Ojibwes (with all the snow on top of them), but simply move your feet ahead — just like walking normally. Then, because of its pointed, narrow and upwardly bent nose, the snowshoes, all by themselves, come out of the glittering, deep soft snow again. Like a whale coming out of the water... Just, in this case, again and again... It is something special! Here once more:  You just move your legs ahead normally. You sink in. The snow is falling onto the snowshoes. And then, while moving ahead naturally, the snowshoes all by themselves come out of the deep soft snow again. First the tip, then more and more, then the complete snowshoe — and then you sink in again, and all starts anew... rhythmical... with an almost unnoticeable, quiet rustle... It's something special! You have to experience it! In the beautiful, quiet, thickly with glittering soft snow covered nature...