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I have a whole pigskin suede piece, but it's red. I guess i could check the seller and see if he has something a tad less shocking, but I'd never be able to cut out those scallops. I'm not sure how dressy they would look with my cutting skills. I have it all ready to paint. Any suggestions on the scallops? Maybe do the eye, add a round piece of pigskin, and after it dries trim it around the scallops? Also if i wet it a little on the left edge, and add the forelock and a couple of bevel lines in it will it hurt the eye? I'm thinking of doing a liver chestnut, or maybe a regular chestnut. or maybe a blood bay like Sienna, too many choices, I swear. It's hard to tell Sienna is a blood bay from the winter pics, but I'm uploading a pic of her in the summer, in my 50 buck saddle I bought, LOL . I had just finished cleaning it up and realized I didn't think it had ever been used and wanted pics of it. And her of course, I never get tired of taking her picture. Isn't she beautiful? I mean she is so well proportioned and a horse is such a thing of beauty anyway, I think. So there is the REAL creator of In the Eye of a Horse.

OK Kevin, it's dry now. Do I carve and bevel it now?

Thank you Broncbuster. I tried to make that point, but too late. My initial response to Catskin was rude and it was sarcastic, and I was ashamed of that so chose not to respond anymore. Actually I owe him a personal apology, and will do that after responding to you. I take critiques pretty well, but not someone critical of my choices so good, but I have GOT to learn to count to 10, take deep breaths and realize we all come from different places on this site, and I don't mean geographically. Thank you for the reminder of why I'm here, and that certainly isn't to fight with people. Cheryl

Only slightly impulsive under the circumstances. Do you KNOW how long 3 hours is? Every time I started to 'peek' I heard the Cajun Chef saying, uh uh, don't you lift that lid. You ruin that jambalaya so you just have some wine cause that's mo better.....

As many colors as a winter rainbow holds.....and then some.

Kev, I swear I'm so happy and excited my hands are shaking. I haven't had a beer in two months, but I swear this could be the day, LOL. You are the kindest, funniest, most even tempered person I know. And the only person that could me a 5 word message and have me scrambling to redo an entire project. I'm going to keep this up and everyone else is going to start barfing in the corners but I just wished there was 100 of you to help everyone who came to this board.

Have I EVER mentioned what a PITA you can be sometimes? Did I mention you rock?

thanks guy, I didn't know that. I am too excited right now to even think about dyeing it, LOL. I just wanna look at it Only because of you Einstein. Oh crqap I already forgot what bluesman told me to do, OMG Kevin, thank you so much

I'm so excited I just sent him a blank email and had to resend. Kevin made me this mold for my In the Eye of a Horse products. Man's a freakin genius, I swear he is. This is my very first one I molded, had to wait until I got a c clamp. He CARVED this in wood by hand. Amazing really. I'm too, well just too to say anything else.

Catskin, I have my own horse, number 4 in over a 42 year span. She was a rescue, and before I'd had her a month someone offered me double what I paid for her. In two months the barn owner was using her for a kid lesson horse when I wasn't riding. I've spent many a day in my life time working on a ranch 14 hour days, not just hanging out in a saddle but building fence, fixing barn roofs, haying, etc. You came here and wanted to bash something I put up for critique to help improve my leather working skills, and if you thought my answer was sarcastic, I can't help that. A real bronc halter is made to keep a buster from having an unfair advantage over a bronc from putting too much pressure in just one area. I don't make my living buying and selling horses. I am in for the long haul. Am I supposed to moderate people's choices who have started finding these attractive as show halters. I have never tied my horse in her rope halter and if you look at my profile picture you'll see a regular halter over the rope one while she's tied in the cross ties. I've never done a thing to you and I don't even know you, and i certainly have no quarrel with you. This was about a critique, not who's the best cowboy, or rider, or trainer or bronc buster. Cheryl Catskin, I have my own horse, number 4 in over a 42 year span. She was a rescue, and before I'd had her a month someone offered me double what I paid for her. In two months the barn owner was using her for a kid lesson horse when I wasn't riding. I've spent many a day in my life time working on a ranch 14 hour days, not just hanging out in a saddle but building fence, fixing barn roofs, haying, etc. You came here and wanted to bash something I put up for critique to help improve my leather working skills, and if you thought my answer was sarcastic, I can't help that. A real bronc halter is made to keep a buster from having an unfair advantage over a bronc from putting too much pressure in just one area. I don't make my living buying and selling horses. I am in for the long haul. Am I supposed to moderate people's choices who have started finding these attractive as show halters. I have never tied my horse in her rope halter and if you look at my profile picture you'll see a regular halter over the rope one while she's tied in the cross ties. I've never done a thing to you and I don't even know you, and i certainly have no quarrel with you. This was about a critique, not who's the best cowboy, or rider, or trainer or bronc buster. Cheryl

Get to town much Catskin? They use these for show halters now, although breaking a rope halter is pretty hard to do, even by the orneriest bronc. And since the rope halters are made with 1 piece of rope and blood knots, they aren't too bad at getting a horses attention since they are situated on pressure points. Rhythm beads are a decorative, or not, piece of leather that goes around a horse's neck and has bells on them. They are used by riding instructors to help their students stay in 'rhythm' with the horse, dressage trainers and riders to 'hear' that every move is in sync, and just us regular ole folk who have horses and want to ride better. If there's anything else I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask. Cheryl

As you may or may not know I have been tied up with In the Eye of a Horse and rhythm beads lately because that's 2 of the three products we decided on to lead off with. Kevin here made me an eye mold, you may know him as the Gri, I mean Tree Reaper but I have be waiting on supplies coming today to use it. AND make a new set of beads. And I was happy about it all weekend which is kinda sad but it allowed me to work on something else. I made this rope halter a while back just to see if i could. I do a LOT of things for that reason, but don't k now why. Thanks for looking. Cheryl

She loved it? Did she pay you a gazillion dollars because it is gorgeous. I'll admit I downloaded two of your pics so I can make one for me......well kinda after i get a hat! Absolutely beautiful work.

Oh, ok, I really didn't know. Thanks, Cheryl

I think Paul gave you the advice you need, now we want to see how you did it. Cheryl

That is just cool, I don't know what else to say. Cheryl

Beautiful work. I like the way you carved some and not others to make them really stand out. Cheryl

You must be the best DIL in the world. Beautiful case.

thanks Syl. Cheryl

No, still figuring them out. I'm sorry, i don't mean to sound as dumb as I am but do you mean the fruit? Or is that the name of a leather tool? The one to it's left is a narrower width until the top and than it gets thicker which makes me think it's an edger or some sort, but i would swear to it. I will find some scrap leather and make marks on it with these and maybe that will help and also try and take a pic that isn't scanned. I can't find the bottom to the one that was loose, was a wooden screw instead of metal type? I'm really hoping my dog didn't chew it up.....sigh. Thanks for writing, Cheryl.

Sorry, last one I did on a wallet for myself that I was going to have to waste the leather, didn't work for another project. Thanks Bluesman, I'm getting a lot of help doing that, and I intend to register the eye. Cheryl

Not taken as critical but critique. The reason all you're seeing right now are these is because that's what my VOW counselor and BROC want me to focus on. Something i can do quick and almost perfect.....I don't think my eyes are perfect but a lot better. Let me show you what i did in my first 10 days with help from this forum . I've only shown this to one other person and it was by PM, but this is where I started once I realized I didn't know squat. Thanks Pete.

There's a point i wouldn't have thought of. Getting added to my sheet with idea about FB and punctuation.