Denise

This brings up a point I have wondered about as I have followed this thread. Is there any possibility that since he has a winter coat now you are seeing what has been happening all along that wasn't as obvious with a shorter summer coat?

A lot of the first tools were made from large common nails shaped by the person who envisioned what they could make from it. My husband built his own Carlos border stamp from a 6 or 8 inch spike just because he wanted to make his own. Actually he made 3, if I recall correctly, before he got the size and shape he wanted. Then he used it in a different way than is normally done. Lots of guys have tools they have made or "fixed" from what they were before. So if you have an idea of what you want your border to look like, figure out the tool you would need to make it and go for it. It may take a few tries to get what you really want, but how else are good tools designed? Have fun with the process!

Happy Birthday Troy! And may the next 50 years be as eventful for you as the last 50!

Welcome to the forum! Regarding the Aussie and cross over saddles, a couple members you can contact from here are Dennis Lane and David A Morris who build them, including the trees, in Australia. Here is a link to Jeremiah Watt's blog from June 2007. Scroll down to the June 4th entry and you can see a couple of Dennis's trees - one more traditional Aussie and one a "Western stock" tree. Always something more to learn! http://www.westernfolklife.org/weblogs/artists/watt/2007/06/

Kate, Try looking at this site for background information at least. http://www.militaryhorse.org/studies/mcclellan/

Cricket. Now that is something that is indecipherable!!

Canada is officially metric, but our largest trading partner is the US so most people up here know both fairly well, at least if they are over 20 years old. In Western Canada our rural road system laid out in a grid based on miles, so we drive so many km/hr to go so many miles. We buy gas in liters, and have conversion charts in the cars to figure out fuel usage in miles per gallon. The grocery store advertises its prices in dollars per lb and dollars per kg but the lb price is usually in larger letters, probably because it looks cheaper. Prepackaged foods are all labeled in grams, but I know my meat and produce prices by the lb. Most adults can tell you that it is 2.2 lbs in a kg but can't tell you their weight in kgs, only lbs. I almost have memorized a chart of X times 1.6 so I can figure out how many more kms to go to make X number of miles. I can be pretty accurate when I spread my figures apart a centimeter or an inch. I know 40 degrees Celsius is 104 Fahrenheit and minus 40 is the same in both – and COLD in either. I know there are 250 mls in a cup so I can convert between how much is in a can and what my recipe calls for quite easily, but I had to approach an older woman in the grocery store recently because my recipe called for so many ounces of something and I couldn't remember how many ounces were in a cup. Which is different than in a lb. And why does is the abbreviation for pound consist of two letters, neither of which occur in the word pound anyway? And why is rainfall the one thing measured in tenths of inches rather than halves and quarters and eighths? That one makes me wonder a little. And my "metric crescent wrench" works fine on anything - though I have to call in a spanner, pronounced "spanna", to use in on our NZ made electric fence if I want to follow the instructions exactly. Overall, I figure I am relatively bilingual even though I only know the English language. But please don't ask me the volume of a bushel or how big a hectare is. I have my limits.

Troy, it is three by my count. Freddo, Tina and Wolvie. That's upped your new business 50% already. Better clear out your schedule to make the time!

I've split off the posts about how the horn cap and wrap were done into the Horn Cap and Wrap topic here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...ic=6769&hl= This will just make it easier for people in the future to find the good information you guys are sharing with each other. Good looking saddle, bunkhouse. Your next one will be even better, but you set a pretty high standard for yourself with this one.

Have a GREAT day, Holly!

There is some discussion about them in these threads: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...&hl=laporte http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...porte&st=40

Beautiful as always, Bobocat. And Happy Birthday today too!

I believe that is an old address and number, Johanna. I have been given a couple of new ones but not sure they are correct either so don't want to post them. Anyone know how to contact Rick for sure?

I never heard of Canadian Bacon till Bob and Doug McKenzie did their skits about it. I think it is a US name. Not one used up here. Nor have I heard of Pauline's Pilot Biscuits. Maybe I'm just connoisseur – ally illiterate. I think maple syrup will have to do, even though it is from the eastern half of the country. Butter tarts (which I have been told are basically Canadian and not made elsewhere) just wouldn't survive the trip. Besides, I have never made them...

Tim Tams have arrived! Thank you Barra! They are GOOOOOOODDDDDD! I'll be sending a parcel soon. Just have to figure out what to put in it first. Never had poutine myself. Maybe the name puts me off...

Nope. That's not it. But thanks a lot for looking for me! PS. I checked out that site further. It does have a copy! Unfortunately, it is in Spanish. So near, and yet, so far...

The book I am looking for is Sisson and Grossman’s The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals. The 1975 edition is edited by Robert Getty. It is a two volume set but I am really only needing volume one, though I would like both. Shoulda bought it back in school... Thanks Tasha. I'll try them.

I am looking for a 1975 out of print text book. There are none currently available on Amazon, Abebooks or Albris. Any other sites that are good to find old books?

Hey, Elton! Happy Birthday!

Is Kevlar and carbon fiber the same thing?

Here is a thread from earlier with the same question. There is a link for a place that has a 12" section like that. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...&hl=elastic

Tasha, Here's a thread where there is a bit of discussion about it. I'm sure you will get more answers yet, though. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...p;hl=gold++leaf

Looks good. I like the disclaimer, Johanna!

WOW! Thanks Barra! I'm racking my brain trying to think of something uniquely Canadian, but not coming up with much. Maybe I am so used to these things I don't know they are "ours" only? Or maybe we just select from the good stuff from around the world so we don't need to come up with our own? Anything from up here that you miss down there, Barra? (Sorry, I don't think moose steak will make it through your customs department.)

The unfair one I know about is the Aussies keeping all the TimTams down south. We loved them in 93-94 when we were down there, and my sister brought some back with her when they moved back here a few years later. But I've had none since, and they're GOOOOOOD!