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Dave Richardson

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  1. 41 minutes ago, Northmount said:

    Each to their own, but if we keep stuff under the correct forums, it is much easier to find and to keep up with content that we are interested in.  Else you may as well pile everything into one area like I see a lot of peoples' desks.  Guess that is the way their mind works. 

    I won't be moving this thread.

    I think you made my point. My post was to ask the question what makes a buscadero a buscadero . Building a CURVED belt , patterns, "how to " should have been a new thread in the how do i do it section. None of the post of instructions or templets adresses the question of my original post. Dwight answered my question, I responded by thanking him

    "to keep stuff under the correct forum " Mr. Riley should have started a new thread in how do I do that to make a CRUVED belt.


  2. 26 minutes ago, Dwight said:

    IT IS a buscadero if it does one thing . . . the holster hangs from a loop on the bottom of the cartridge belt. 

    That is the only requirement to turn a normal holster into a buscadero.

    AHHHHHHHH now that makes sense. Thanks !

    I also understand the buttless cowboy.....The curved belt was my next question LOL...thanks for clearing that up ahead of time.

    Dwight

     


  3. 2 hours ago, JamesRiley said:

    I don't pretend to be an expert on  nomenclature, but it was my understanding that" buscadero" wasn't so much about angles as it was 1.  the bottom edge of the belt has a dip, or extension below parallel, and 2. that extension had a slot in it from which the holster would hang.  Whereas a non-buscadero would have the holster over the whole belt. 

    So, as I understand it, yes, that first picture shows a buscadero no matter the angle of the slot.

    It was also my understanding the buscadero is a Hollywood invention that never really existed in the 19th Century.

    I stand by to be corrected.

    My description of sharp downward angle was to describe the " dip in the belt below parallel " . The tandy pattern has no dip in the belt but the holster hangs in a slot below parallel, so does that make it a buscadero as well ?


  4. 1 hour ago, Dwight said:

    JamesRiley has it all correct from my understanding as well.

    Plus . . . I personally would never make one like that.  Without the proper curvature of the belt . . . lots of the "buttless cowboys" would never be able to keep the gun belt from sliding to their knees every time they coughed or sneezed.

    May God bless,

    Dwight

    You would never make one like what ?


  5. Funny this post came up. Yesterday I was making leashes and the handle on my Osborne oval punch broke off, looks like the weld broke on both sides, I have used this punch only a few times. I called Osborne in NJ to ask about warranty , the person answering the phone spoke such broken english I literally could not understand her/him. She/he said someone would call me back with an answer ,and Im still waiting for that call back. I have CS Osborne draw gauge's 50+ years old I would not part with, but this CS Osborne 151 punch is JUNK !


  6. On 7/26/2019 at 11:08 AM, dougfergy said:

    Very nice Dave!  I do like the thickness and I can only imagine what it was like to stitch all that!  For your sake I'm glad they knives were a little stubby.  I'm going to be making a similar sheath for a 15" bowie soon and I am going to try to skive the extra layer taper in pretty quick down to just the two layers with the welt for most of the blade.  (mostly to save me from the hassle of stitching all those layers) If it weren't for the pain in hand stitching, I would go full blade with the extra layers.  It looks awesome!  My plan is to also have two rows of stitches.  Hurts a little thinking about it.  The guard on this bowie is 7/8" wide.  I haven't quite finished the bowie yet but I'm stealing ideas from you guys in preparation for the sheath.   You guys rock!  Love this site! 

    Thanks for the comments. Stitching isnt bad if you drill the stitch holes and saddle stitch...two rows however would be twice the effort. Good luck with your project and hope to see some pics


  7. On 6/24/2019 at 10:14 AM, Josh Ashman said:

    Hello Dave! 

    Good looking knives and sheaths! I know just what you mean about having enough welt to keep the guard from pushing the belt loop over, which in turn has a tendency to push the knife up a little in the sheath. I think what TexasJack was suggesting is that you could have skived the welt fillers down as you moved away from where the guard sits. They need to be full thickness at the top, but an inch or two down and 2 of your 3 - 8 oz welts could taper to nothing and just leave the 1 full welt which should match the thickness of the blade. Another thing you could have done would be to use a larger beveler, like a #4 or even a #5 to really round out the edge.

    Both things are a matter of personal preference. Tapered welts to reduce the overall thickness or edges that are more rounded wouldn't make your sheaths any better, and not having them certainly doesn't make them any worse. Speaking for myself, I like thick leather and heavy duty gear, which of course leads to thick edges. I built my first saddle with my only beveler being a #3. When I see that saddle now the edges all do look pretty chunky, which is fine, just different that having them more rounded. 

    Anyway, good job to you and the knife maker! 

    All the best, Josh

    Thanks for your comments Josh, always welcome other makers suggestions and ideas, its a great learning tool. I too went back and forth on the thick welt, in the end I thought the "look" matched the the knife design ( blocky, gladiator, mad max type look LOL). Im finding with custom work, the customer, most often has no idea on design, assembly , color, thread size etc. Got lucky with these and they were a hit. Thanks again for your comments.


  8. On 6/22/2019 at 2:27 PM, TexasJack said:

    They look pretty nice, until the side view.  Wow!  Very thick!  And all the layers show because you didn't finish the edge enough.

    If you skive the spacers at the top of the sheath, you can taper it so that it more tightly fits the thickness of the knife.

    Thanks for your comment you are correct " very thick" If you look at the picture closely , the maker of these knives made the finger guard 1/2 inch wide for a 1/8 inch thick blade, follow the center line of the tang, 1/4 inch over hang both sides of the blade. Only way to get the finger guard to not push the back of the belt loop out was to build the layers up. If I had of skived the top it would have made the push out worse.


  9. 7 hours ago, YinTx said:

    What dies did you have in there?  I'm having some issues with mine deforming caps also...tho not to the extent you are.  Curious what the end result is and what the issue was.  Thanks,

    YinTx

    I had the line 20 cap die while setting line 24 snaps. 


  10. 7 hours ago, Dwight said:

    I never was too much in the line of laced holsters, . . . but yours looks really good.

    AND, . . . your stamping looks at least 3 times better than mine.  I keep telling myself PATIENCE, . . . PATIENCE, . . . PATIENCE, . . . then I get just enough in a hurry to mess up the stamping, . . . so I more or less forgo any stamping. 

    I'm only 74, . . . maybe when I get a bit older I'll slow down.

    In the meantime, . . . have fun with that, . . . you earned it.

    May God bless,

    Dwight

    Thanks Dwight. I found the tri weave stamp very forgiving and more easy to camouflage the mistakes !


  11. For what its worth, i use latigo for most of my projects. Latigo is used for horse harness and sees all weather elements. I stamp alot of latigo with lasting results. It is however difficult to tool alot of detail because you lose contrasting color. I use drum dyed latigo, its colored from the factory and colored all the way through so you can skip the dying process and the color will not bleed when wet but is mostly available in black or burgandy. The back of leather is suede...i would think you could get by without a liner for you bib. 

    Dave

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