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a customer order'd this for a young gal college bound,i enjoy'd making it twas 37 x14x 19 lined with a walmart felt pete

happy birthday clay n many more,pufters carry handbags in some parts of the world n worse pete

in social australia their tryin to get a toilet tax thru,every time you flush you pay,water shortages i think ,also you have to get a permit to cut down a tree,i like this one,when you register your car the govt also 3rd party insures your car pete

i;ve heard an ol saddlemaker who lifted his #3 head off the base and extended his upper lower drive shaft by?and could sew a full inch, had a machine shop extend it and made some risers to sit under head,to equal out with the new drive shaft length pete

recently on a tv in depth depresser,they talk'd about a insurance policy available to anyone whereby one could cover his investment in a co goin belly up.they have a name for it and it was big way back untill 1900 there was even shops similar to a betting shop with boards showing co's instead of horses.sometime around the early years 1900 -1920 it was outlaw'd.well guess wot it was reintroduced 2000,one of those big dudes co went belly up and he got millions off an insurance co,talk aboot a conflict of interest,its still goin too, oh an jesse lied he left th clantons hangin pete

howdy jo, i would be interested if i had a site worked up to a fair facsimile of a good lea saddle site. can you do sites ?if so how much do you charge,i'm pretty much able to do a big variety of work,have pixs of a lot of work and years of time in the business,now tho i'm just getting by and would'na mind uppin it a tad.enjoy all you do n say gratefully pete

"we either work together or we all hang together" said jesse james to the clantons just prior to the northfield minn raid. pete

the mayans were a blood thirsty bunch their history i know little of,they too built pyramids with stones larger than any of todays cranes can lift.they had a stone calandar,so accurate that modern man has only equal'd with the advent of the computer.that calandar runs out on dec 22 2012.i am a born again christian[raised a catholic in australia] but saved in texas,when i got into the bible i started at the back of the book[revelation] it tell's of the end times, hard to follow and mind boggleing,when the world has completely been offer'd a chance to hear the gospels of christ[?tv or internet missions are there]then will the time be ripe,armageddon is but a drive from iraq n afghanistan n israel.my gut feeling is the ducks are lineing up the times they are a changin pete

if a sparrow does not fall,without HIS knowing,and the lillies of the field are clothed finer than anything solomon ever wore,how much better are HIS plans for you, press in and be of good cheer one day at a time luv pete

rd,duh,i just figured out yer question,sorry,the lea background is some ruff up chap stretched on a board,nothings affixed yet.the injun head lays in my palm.i hav'nt plann'd the finished work yet but i will post it pete clay,thank you for your encourageing words,i'm gettin hooked on embossin eh pete

rd thank you,whilst working it up n detailing, i use silly putty,i try to get desired height then dry. then fine to granule sawdust kinda mix with runny masters,peanut butter consistency,fill in void,overly a tad ,clamp down on flat surface 12 hrs rewet lea and detail.bit messy but i'm learning pete

i'm enjoying embossing so far i'm trying on my own,but will soon buy a barr video i'm sure pete

indian objects to me seem very artistic,i'm sure they carried meaning long lost to current day observers ,i tool'd and painted this recently and have 7 real buff skulls to paint also.i love old west history but would'na cared to be there,especially with custer eh pete

just a li'l sidebar ol chap,get a folgers coffee can,size [big]n throw yer snips of copper in th can,it'll help when you retire by then it'll be full and you can sell to scrap dealers.believe it or no i've filled three,got good return also pete

i've allways gone with an eighth,when setting ,i also used a steel anvil and [forgive me]a ball pein hammer and kinda pat pat patted a pretty dome over th washer peining i guess .i bought a rivet setter in oz in68 and have wore it down to 1 inch 3 times hitting steel on steelbut i felt i got the best dome that way n stayed with it pete

nice work,you'll improve out of sight soon with the inspirational work to view n craftsmen who'll share, but it's plain to see yer almost there pete

rdb nice work tis good to see th heart pattern,back in australia in 69 i weld'd two basket stamps together n made several thousand belts for a belt co that finished them out n marketed.its a well liked pattern the world over eh keep up th good toolin adios pete

this scene was inspired by a story of two colo mtn guides. one was an editor,writer of now defunct magazine hoofs n horns the other his brother.they had camped a gaggle of dudes 20 miles in from the trail head in early june.at the end of their stay havin exited the dudes they went back to break down th camp n haul it out.warm days, in n out, no problem no need of jackets[wrong].on the return trip a freak summer snow storm[he called it a blizzard]15 miles to the truck.visibility 100 yards,freezing,his brother remember'd an article he wrote on blizzard survival,where cuttin up your long johns to cover your bareskin [hands face etc]they did so and he let his horse have his head and he got em thru.i made this as a gift to walt seay but i could never get snowflakes to show on snow,i'm ashamed to say this is 38 years ago now.the paints held eh,tandy cova i believe any how ,i believe i need to wash the surface with a coat of blue hues then snow via a toothbrush thumb flick,any suggestions gratefully received mucho gratias pete

on various stuff where i dont want contrast i've call'd on me shoe repair tricks,a domed brass clinch nail.sew th line in last hole put the right length brass clinch nail ,drive it on an anvil the underside burrs over tight and it holds,i wouldn't use it on a place that will have strain or pull tho,the nails come in various length at a shoe find outlet pete

that rivet[complete]has as purty a dome on it as ever i saw,very effective.i've seen greenville saddlemakers hit em down with a hammer [wrong]mostly that rivet will let go under pressure eh.i've hand domed thousands but nonepurtier pete

there ya go,ever seen scenes or faces in th clouds,or built mud mountains on your kitchen table?clay i'm posting a scene of riders in a storm [snow] i'd appreciate your suggestions probably today sat sometime thanks pete

a long time ago i took a sip of oxalic acid,didn't see anything like this tho,but did make a pretty splatter over a side of skirting.wasn't artsy then or i'd took a picture of it pete

actually this was a bit of scrap that i was cleaning my paint brushes on and something stood out and i couldn't resist posting pete sorry folks matthew 14:24-25

i kinda wonder which description fits best with this work? 1 seawall madonna 2 matthew:24-25 3 giant pickle gets squashed any suggestions appreciated pete