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Alot of great input from everyone Thank You. I see two somewhat reoccuring themes that I like 1. Don't do it to the point of annoying 2. Bring them in to your shop like part of the family, Thanks Cyberthrasher I like that The photo series of projects is also a great idea, I may have to try this Again thanks to everyone for your input Dink

I definatley see the benefit of it, however is there such a thing as over doing it, I like to put things out there when it is something cool and out of the ordinary and not flood it daily with with the repetitive same thing different color type items. So is the philosophy of this marketing to keep a continous flow of things and to continually keep your name in front of people, or is a suttle weekly post work better. I am not directing this at any custom type item because they are all different, but just as an example I may see the same item like clothes or jewlery one or more time a day. I guess I am just trying to figure out, Is there proper ettiquette

How many people use social media like facebook for advertising?

Panhandle leather, or Hide House

These loog great. I really like your tooling Dink

I cannot get picture to load in here can you send me an email so I can attach pictures of whats available, and then I can give you more accurate pricing prorodeooutfit@aol.com

You could give Chris a try at PRO die also he make great, and reasonably priced dies and is easy to work with, he is on here as clicker. or you can e-mail him at prorodeodies@gmail.com

I have quite a bit in many colors

I can pre click you spur straps among other things, have around a dozen different ones to choose from

Mine are all nylon or blends I have no Poly's

probably around $35

Weaver sells them through the supply catalog with the nose bands already cut off item# 35-7128 $15.15, page 159 of the 2012 catalog

I used to be able to get 600' spools I will have to check on them, I have about 30 ropes left in 40 to 60 foot lengths, 5/16 and 3/8 mostly softs. would you be interested in any of them?

I am not in that area but can strap cut for you

Great job, I really like that

All my tables and benches are covered with it also, I do alot of cutting on it, My marble is not as big as Bruces but about 2.5" thick and I have a piece under it and it does not effect tooling but helps with the noise. dink

alot of interesting answers but I must say Bruce's is the most logical and believable to me.

Does anyone know the origin of it became called a blood knot?

another option http://aleatherd.com/

I have been lucky there with chap, however I did have isssue with some metallics having big holes in them. I also use Hide house alot for chap leathers, reasonable but not always the cheapest. However you cannot beat the consistent quality and colors they carry

I know this is a long time past, and I am not ithin two hours, but I do custom clicking your leather or mine and we also custom make clicker dies to your patterns. let me know if we can help. Dink www.prorodeooriginals.com

Depends on how you build your chinks, but there really is no additional beefing up. Roll and stitch raw edgesthinken area on bat wing where buckles attach and your side billet is for extra strength on the leg straps

I been using an Atom clicker for about five years and I run mine on a rotary phase converter similar to this http://www.ebay.com/itm/PL-3T-Pro-Line-3HP-Rotary-Phase-Converter-Custom-TEFC-Generator-/290755365940?pt=BI_Electrical_Equipment_Tools&hash=item43b25ecc34 This has worked very well, but I see they have come up in price since I got mine. I am also asking this as a question more than a statement, but Where clickers run at a steady speed I do not really know the benefit of a VFD, we use them on wells and other equipment, but the the rotary converter on the clicker seems to work much like a soft start. Dink

Do you put a thin leather backer on the back side of the blanket when you sew them on? Dink

I agree about panhandle leather they do have good stuff among some others. 5/6 is what I generally use also for chinks and shotguns, I have been using oil tan hides that helps to resist weather. But to try and answer your question I think with most leather places when you say chap leather, the only thing they think is light weight show chaps, or motorcycle.