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Hi welcome to the forum Claudia and Randy, that is some work of art please explaine the prosess and do post more pics, Don

Freak ive been watching this coming along cant post on improvement as i have no idea how its done but it looks great and i would be thrilled to bits if i did one and it turned out like that so early in the learning prosses, well done, Don

Clay when the room is finished dont forget to take your camera along and put some pics in your albums, the chaps and saddles and spurs would be great to see, i really am envious as i got to the states once through work and got to go down the east coast to boston which has a lot of history but to get to where you live would be like winning the lottery for me as its so rich in cowboy history , Don

not 100% sure, but it was used for the millitary motto, cavallry officers had it on there swords, an eagle with a banner with E Pluribus Unim written in it you also find it on the officer silver reathed belt plate same again eagle with a banner above with E Pluribus Unim, so it might be a millitary bridal? as i said not 100% sure but its the only thing that springs to mind right now without seeing a pic, one other thing it could also have a masonic connection to it as this motto was also used by the masons, and going back in history at that time if you were a mason you were proud to show it and it wasnt a kept secret as of nowdays, lots of presidents or high ranking officers or even well known people like buffalo bill were masons, buffalo bill even had a masonic walking stick to show how proud he was, anyway thats another story and theory but a possable conection, Don

Dag just one point are these helmets suposed to be authentique or let me put it this way period correct? as i reenact 1875 to 1920 and every thing we use hast to be of that period so i can only sugest if so find out what was used for that period and use it, Im not 100 % certain, but i think romans of that period were using steel and copper rivits simular to the ones supplied today, definatly not tubular rivits, Don

Well what can one say to that its the bezaway, wow nice tooling and design, glad things are picking up for ya, Don

Welcome to the forum glad you found us, Don

Happy BDay Bruce

OH well i was having so mutch fun with your pattern that i forgot to take a pic of it before adding the colur well i wont be entering this piece but thought you might like to see what i did with your pattern, Don

welcome Ryan to the forum, lookforward to see them pics,Don

Wow what an improvment, that small investment has realy paid of to the look of your work, Don

Freak my hats of to ya thats such an improvement, and its looking realy good, Don

Hi i would sugest dye the black first and let it dry then glue and stitch the two together then dye the edges, Don

John thats a nice offer ill give it a go, Don

Hi Jim welcome to the forum, Don

Clay that has turned out realy nice and does blend in very well with the pattern, Don

Hi Darrell let me first welcome you to the forum and we are glad you found us, that is some very interesting stuff you are making there, when you say there are about 50 of you guys making this line of leather work its not many really when you think how big the US is, do post more pics of other projects, Don

Hi Kani welcome to the forum, glad you found us and like what you see so far, please do give a bit more info on what type of leather work you do and pics are always welcome, Don

Mike im a horder, and had to build a stand recently and the one you have got looks a lot better and stronger than the one ive got so yes i would keep it

Hi Mike welcome to the forum, glad you found us and pics are always welcome, Don

Hi Crow that is some very impressive nice clean work, Don

Nice work skip, i like the carving on the canteen, Don

Hi Skip welcome to the forum, nice pics, there are plenty of saddle makers here to chew the fat, Don

Yo HappyBday Art

Hi welcome to the forum glad you found us, Don