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Welcome David! Where in GA are you from? ArtS (Canton, GA)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HILLY !!!!! Now you can make all sorts of leather items to go with the muzzle loader - starting off with a custom sling! ArtS

Looks great! Congrats on the new arrival. Have a cigar and smile. ArtS

Looks great Butch. ArtS

What a great opportunity and what great work that you are doing! ArtS

Welcome Allen. I'm sure you're going to enjoy it here and get a lot out of it. ArtS

It's free Pete. Just go here and click on it and it will send an email. Just add your email info. ArtS http://www.hidestoart.com/sept_18_006.htm

Cool! ArtS

I second that! I'm really looking forward to seeing it completed. ArtS

You do awesome work! I bet her friends made a big to do about it. ArtS

Looks great Ed! I bet she loved it! ArtS

All, 'Hides To Art' has posted their September edition of their newsletter on their website: www.hidestoart.com. It contains a tutorial on two color round weave lacing, how to run a straight basket weave pattern and a workshop update. The subscriber version has two Chan Geer patterns. Upcoming issues will include patterns from Bob Beard, Pete Gorrell, George Hurst and others. ArtS

I look forward to seeing it Aaron. I really like mine. ArtS

Amazing work. I love them. ArtS

Thanks! I saved that one. ArtS

Looks like my kind of show. It has horses in it so it can't be all bad! Thanks for the info. ArtS

That was me. Here are the pictures. ArtS

Thank you folks for your ideas. I don't think it's necessary by what they're telling me. I think they just want it to look better. They're in TN and I'm in GA so I have to go by what they are telling me. Thanks, ArtS

Did you look close? I photo shop'd the picture and put the torn seat of a pair of jeans in his mouth as if he bit the butt of the rider. I also made him wink. LOL ArtS

You better be careful! Look what happened last time. ArtS

Thanks for the ideas. My poor horse is going to be the Guinea pig on this one. LOL I hope that kid got it good! I rode one years ago with one eye. The previous owner had beat it with a belt and the buckle took the eye out. It's amazing how stupid and cruel people can be. ArtS

I received an unusual request from a friend. They have a friend who's horse lost an eye because a kid shot it out with a BB gun. They sewed the eye lid or skin shut. The owner of the horse would like some sort of an eye patch that she could hook on a bridle to cover the eye when she rides. Have any of you ever made anything like this? I'm thinking a leather cup that had a strap to connect it to the brow band and the sides of the bridle but I'm not sure how well that would work. My concern was about the strap going to the other side of the bridle because it might rub or hit the good eye. I did a search online but the ones that I found looked like fly masks with a cup on one eye and the other cut out. Almost like what the race horses wear. She didn't want anything that covered that much of the horses head. I drew a quickie drawing with MS Paint of what I was thinking. I'd appreciate any ideas and help. ArtS

Good job! No reason to laugh at this one. Looks good. ArtS

Man! I thought it was good before - that is awesome - cool - outta site - bitchin !!! ArtS

Fantastic job! Did you have a teacher or do this on your own? Either way great job. ArtS