Cowboy Crafts Online

I was good friends with John the Saddleman, he made lots of saddles. If you can pick on up you will not be disapointed

I recently finished up a new chap pattern and uploaded it to my website. It can be found at http://cowboycraftsonline.com/chaps

I would like everyone to go by and look at my pattern website that I created. It is http://www.cowboycraftsonline.com I just uploaded a new wallet pattern today it is at http://cowboycraftsonline.com/wallet-patterns like it on facebook and keep update with my post.

John, I send you a message about the videos. Ash

Glad to see the pictures, Again it is a great looking saddle. Ash

jamorris Here is a list of what I have left. DVD Dale Harwood The Art of SaddleMaking 1 Set $300.00 VHS Jeremiah Watt Cowboy Crafts Set of 3 $100.00 Cowboy Engraving Cowboy Silversmithing Cowboy Bit and Spur Making Jeremiah Watt/Randy Rieman Four Strands of Rawhide 1 Set $65.00 Bruce Cheaney Bluing and Browning Video 1 $15.00 Bruce Cheaney How to make Folding Knives 1 $15.00 Bruce Cheaney How to make Hunting Knives 1 $15.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Spur Making Vol I 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Spur Making Vol 2 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Bit Making Vol 1 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Bit Making Vol 2 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney Texas Style Engraving Silversmithing 1 $20.00 Bill Gomer Saddle Making Set of 2 $50.00 Diane Gadway/Richard Schnieder Making Horsehair Rope 1 $12.00

Mark, I sent you a message with the information you were wanting. Ashley

Steadbrook, I have sent you a message so I can get your information so I can send you a paypal invoice. Please reply to the message so I can get your email address. Ashley

I posted them in the for sale section near the bottom of the forum. Then look for books and videos for sale.

**Update** Jeremiah Watt The Art of Leather Carving and Layout Chan Geer Sheridan Style Flowers Chan Geer Drawing Sheridan Style Patterns Chan Geer Making a Sheridan Style Notebook Chan Geer Fancy Leather Lacing The above movies are Spoken For I am going through messages as I get them and giving the first person to contact me a chance to respond. Thank everyone for the interest in what I am selling.

Jeremiah Watt The Art of SaddleMaking 1 Set $300.00 This DVD Spoken For

Bryan Neubert Intro to Rawhide Braiding 1 $55.00 Bryan Neubert Advanced Rawhide Braiding 1 $35.00 Are both now spoken for.

**Update** I have looked at Paypal and should be able to take payments through them if anyone does not want to pay by check or cash. I have not sent and invoice yet, but it looks like an easy process. Thanks

I just posted alot of DVD's and VHS tape I have for Sale. Jeremiah Watt and Dale Harwood are in them.

I am in the process of cleaning up and cleaning out things in my shop. I have several DVD's and VHS tapes I would like to sell. I can only accept Checks and Cash, if something is wanted I will ship when I have payment in hand. I figure $5.00 at most for shipping, so you will need to add that to the amount. Contact me if you have any questions. I will list the DVD's and VHS seprately with what I am asking. DVD Jeremiah Watt The Art of Leather Carving and Layout 1 Set $135.00 Jeremiah Watt The Art of SaddleMaking 1 Set $300.00 Dale Harwood The Art of SaddleMaking 1 Set $300.00 Bryan Neubert Intro to Rawhide Braiding 1 $55.00 Bryan Neubert Advanced Rawhide Braiding 1 $35.00 Chan Geer Sheridan Style Flowers 1 $10.00 Chan Geer Drawing Sheridan Style Patterns 1 $10.00 Chan Geer Learn Sheridan Style Leather Carving 3 $10.00 each Chan Geer Making a Sheridan Style Notebook 1 $10.00 Chan Geer Fancy Leather Lacing 1 $10.00 Darin Alexander How to Tie Cinches Vol 1 1 $21.00 Spoken For Darin Alexander How to Tie Cinches Vol 2 1 $40.00 Spoken For VHS Jeremiah Watt Cowboy Crafts Set of 3 $100.00 Cowboy Engraving Cowboy Silversmithing Cowboy Bit and Spur Making Jeremiah Watt/Randy Rieman Four Strands of Rawhide 1 Set $65.00 Bruce Cheaney Bluing and Browning Video 1 $15.00 Bruce Cheaney How to make Folding Knives 1 $15.00 Bruce Cheaney How to make Hunting Knives 1 $15.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Spur Making Vol I 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Spur Making Vol 2 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Bit Making Vol 1 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney The Art of Bit Making Vol 2 1 $25.00 Bruce Cheaney Texas Style Engraving Silversmithing 1 $20.00 Bruce Cheaney How to Make a Modern Day Cutting Saddle Set of 4 $100.00 Bill Gomer Saddle Making Set of 2 $50.00 Diane Gadway/Richard Schnieder Making Horsehair Rope 1 $12.00

I have had the same type of thing come into my shop. I flat out refused to repair the saddle. I told the owner if they cared about the kids they would get them a better saddle. The owner was a lawyer and said that he just wanted the minimal repairs done. I figured that no matter what I fixed on the saddle, if any thing went wrong it would be my fault. It was not worth any amount of money to take the chance. Remember you are the professional and when that saddle leaves your door you are going to be responsible for it. I would have not fixed it if I were you. Ash

I would like to add some advice. Quit using chicago screws and buys some good snaps from Ohio travel bag. It will give you a professional look. Also they are cheaper than the screws. Ash

If you are looking for a tree maker in AUS. Try to find contact information for Warren Wright. There are several other tree makers over there. I just do not have list of names at this time. If you contact Denise Nikkel she should be able to point you in the right direction. Ashley

CW, The best trick I can say is practice. I do not know how many saddles you have built. I have done a few with welts and then some Will James with out welts. The last Assc I built I had to do the swells 3 times before I got the look right, I wanted. It was a waste of leather, but that is the devil in this world of saddle making you have to waste leather for the practice. I have always said it will take a person starting building saddles twice as much leather as seasoned pro. Ashley

Denise, I will email you that spread sheet when I get home tonight. It is set up so you can enter prices for your various materials, then I had it do the calculations. So it will give you different prices for say a $70 tree vs a $500 tree. I also have it set up to figure a wholesale price and a retail price. I hope it works for you. To add when I said make a profit I ment not make money just to make money. You need to keep quality high, but also pay the bills. Didnt want anyone to missunderstand me. Sometimes I type faster than I think and dont reread my posts. Ash

Denise, I do not know if you started this topic to just get some discussion going or if you really wanted to know the cost of materials. If you want to know the cost's I put together an excell spreadsheet that I can email you. When I calculated the costs of materials last Jan I was at just over 1500.00 in materials considering I would have to buy everything to start out. Keith is probably closer with his 1800.00 What most people do not think of are. First I use W&C leather I buy 3 sides there are times I can get by with 2, but what happens if you would have ordered 2 sides and could not get all parts out of the best parts of the hide, would you use a lesser quality part of the hide or order another hide and wait. Second Latigo leather. You only need at least 6 strings, but you have to buy a full hide to get those strings most might think spread the cost of the hide over all the strings you can cut out of it, but what if that takes years. That is not good buisness sense. The idea with the latigo is relevant to all other things needed like thread, glue, and nails etc. Next things to consider is overhead costs. Taxes, lights, equipment wearing out. I havnt done a assesment of my equipment yet for next year, but I would say I have over 40000 invested in my shop equipment and supplies. I have to thank some of the other Saddlemakers for explaining this all to me years ago. When I just started I tried to just get my money back. Following this path burns you out and makes you put out crap that no one wants. You have to be in this to make a profit or it is not worth it. Noone goes to work 9 to 5 just for the hell of it. If that was the case there would be no need for min wage. Ash

Andy, Great looking saddle. Ash

Bob, Did you use a Bell Knife Skiver to skive down the edges for the fold or did you do it by hand? It great looking piece of work as usual. Ash

Bob, Great looking project. Ashley

Check out this website. www.montyreedycustomleather.com Excellent work of the Sheridan Style