Don101

Hi TNF first welcome to the site and to reply to your question a simple way that i use is to clamp a steel ruler across the work piece with two g clamps and use the ruler as a base line... you just but the stamp against the edge and all you have to do is watch for your gaps

my eldest Daughter Stephanie is in the 20s now my middle daughter Bianka is 17 and my joungest daughter Daniela is 13 so they are never home now but afew years back i down loaded Vanbascos karaoke player they loved it and what fun it is for the whole family when thay are all there, its also great for birthday partys when the kids dont know what to do... try it ..... http://www.vanbasco.com/

LOL you might be right been in there all week and start night shift so im wacked im having to hand stitch the skirts on a saddle restoration and its geting teedious and looked like a no end job... LOL

Hi abn ive looked at the pic of that key fob and like the work its very nicely stitched and clean cut but we dont have that sort of thing over here and i cant figure how it works please explain to me as i like the look of it, Don or is it only to hang the keys on and no special compartment as ive seen on here before?

Nice clean work there Trevor, i like it. Don

Hi Doug and welcome very nice work, Don

David 90 is a reasonable price have you seen some of the crap thats out there on the net..... you did a very nice job on it and spent a lot of time to details and made a top clas unique quality holster,Don

hi grumpy no i didnt draw it my self it was taken from an old letter head of the 101 ranch and just blowen up on the printer, Don

Welcome to the site Trevor

Eh David that is nice i really do like the way you carve the initials do you do it free hand or do you have a patern to save time great job,Don

wonderfull work Dan i like it, Don

Hello and welcome

you all speak my words aspecially freak wow nice stuff the leatherwork i mean. Don

yup that fish is sure nice i went back and forth about 6 times as i couldnt decide what i liked best natural or with colors but decided they are both great, good job well done Don

Hi Aaron welcome and i like the wallet

Hi Azmal you could sand the mallet down and dril a hole in the top and fill it with lead to give it more weight and save bucks buying a new one, Don

Yo happy birthday Jo

LOL no i shouldnt but reading that story sure put a smile on my face after a hard days work, ive stuck the awl in my fingers a couple of times but somthing like that would sertainly make me take a break for a few hours

Hi Dink welcome to the site

im restoring a saddle at the moment and it has wool felt instead of sheep skin was this comon and is it done today on modern western saddles?

interesting post, Im restoring a saddle at the moment its about 110 years old maybe + or - 10 its so hard to put an exact date on them when its unmarked ..anyway this tree is solid and drilled and there are nailes all over the place, the only thing that surprised me is that the rawhide covering has come apart in a few places because it was stitched together with hanf thread was that general practice? or would it not have been better to lace it with rawhide? how are they done today? ok its done its time and wont be ridden any more and probbably hasnt been for ages but it held up cheers Don

thanks for the compliment but what a wonderfull story and history youre one lucky guy

my repro for my win 1873 30" the pattern.... it is carved both sides the original scabbard

i like the one with the small spindal point thats a nice idea, ill have to make one like that and try it out, good idea Don

Here are a few pictures of scabbards