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Hennessy

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  1. the ferrets could have one or two legs sewed halfway down ,before release ,thus limiting their ability to jump up and catch birds. pete
  2. i hope them thieve'n rascals are all hunged soon pete
  3. you do nice work are u self taught?adios pete

  4. old' wonderful,idea thank you very much .goodbye pedro
  5. vundabar u betcha yar mucho gratias pete
  6. rubber cement can be erased,a pencil eraser or better a piece of an old gum sole or heel from a shoe repair shop a very usefull tool pete
  7. now when is the bus due?pix 1 pix 2 47 -54ford pilot? pete
  8. reminds me of my home state, new south wales,australia.looks like some snow fall,avg aussie fall about the same,did you catch up with darryl he lives in swansea also?adios pete
  9. looks like last week in texas, this weeks been in the 70's,tomorrow down to th 30's,if'n in texas n you dont like the weather ,hang around it'll change ,i grew up in sydney australia 2 seasons winter n summer,mostly summer ahm enjoying the variety, inc;the tornado's ,on tv somewheres else eh. pete
  10. nice ,but can they carry the required colt 45? pete
  11. let me add a word of cheer,to somun that ah hold austere.yer quite a bloke n thats no joke,a craftsman thru n thru,and when ahm grown, i wanna be a goodun, just like you! happy birthday ol ch [sh]ap, pete
  12. thanks for the kind words jredding,ukray,wyvern,mad.i dont have any more pix right now, anyhow both the aesthetic and intrinsic values are well received at this distance.the shirt is a front only, mounted on a cedar wood frame and was intended to be displayed in a shadow box adios pete
  13. first off you've got a ton of helpfull info to go over,i'll add an enlightening bit here also.billy cook greenville saddles of the 60-70's were well made usa leather ,trees,etc 70%wetbak labor,he trained many us n mex workers who splinter'd off over n over n over,a lot of times he subb'd work out to these quitters.his volume kept getting larger n lgr n lgr.train cars full of herman oak at a time.competition from other factorys that included worker loss to them, pattern duplication ,price cutting,all the nasty stuff that goes with pursueing voluminous business.he went broke and in n out of business ,like the tide in galveston bay[kinda].he made enemys in the immigration dept and they bust him at least every 10 years,all the other wet back enterprises around greenville never get touched[i've been around here 30 years]he moved to sulphur ok to get away from everyone,his wet back force paid rent n purchased stuff to live in that small town also,they got him again, is the fine 10,000per wet back?amazing person, who's juggeled unbelievable volumes of everything at once he shoulda been a general!he picks up 40 or so saddles every week from his former son in laws shop.now skip forward ,competion in volume means low overhead n labor n material,loss of quality is a surety ,trees from mexico,sth am lea,contract labor 60 - 90$ a saddle ,if your saddle falls in that mess your tree is probably to fault. the contract laborer dont care aboot symentry its hurry up n get r done phew so am i adios pete
  14. This shirt took me a year to make in my spare time. It's a copy from a Smithsonian collection. The bead work is handtooled and painted. Everything else is hand made. Mostly acrylic paint. The blue spots came to me to be buffalo whilst I was painting the shirt. Not long after I got through painting them (the shirt still unfinished) an Indian walked in my shop. I asked him if he saw a scene in the blue dots. His immediate response was buffalo. I asked him his tribe and he said Sioux. I asked him the branch and he said Ogalala. This is an Ogalala warshirt that belonged to Chief Long Arm. circa 1860 adiios, Pete
  15. Shades of an Eagle's album circa 1970s
  16. build a nice big fire in your yard n pitch them ol boots on it n make a big fuss.it's xmas santa's sure to hear so be nice n expect , if you have a tree, xmas morn look under it. merry xmas pete
  17. in texas, we, in my area,near dallas ,have humidity problems.fungi forms like a light grey dust over the surface,i try to catch this early wipe clean acid any spots that may form.hang hide full out over a rack for a few days then roll up again.rodents can mess leather up also.cold dont stay long around here ,but i think your ok there adios pete
  18. purty nice work on an equally nice site ol chap.worthy of a big hat eh!look forward to seein mucho adios pete

  19. well i now think a kevlar vest with deep pockets,drop man purse is way to go pete
  20. hyar in texas we eats fried chicken n limey beans peter john
  21. when i go out, i carry at least a dollars worth of pennies in my man purse ,just in case i have to hit someone eh ta ta pete.
  22. try this on some scrap,neat lac, dry, black oil dye,buff, re dye if necessary,neat lac again,buff again if still leaking more neat lac.when i do this i get no residue and an almost patent finish adios pete
  23. the finishing machine,sander and finishing brushes found in every boot n shoe repair shop, had a canvas cover'd x4inch wide hard rubber attachment, that black or brown wax was burnished on, then sole edges were burnished over a stain to a high finish.check out your local repairman in th ol' folks home and ask him he'll tell ya .i did these repairs for 6 years once n had one on my finisher adios pete
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