Hennessy

lol pete vary funnee,kit use the nose band on halter for length figure how wide n with with a taper down to squares,i overlap front and back with a piece lat and silver concho on top to hold everything together eh pete

i thought that method wuz one of my trade secrets pete

heres one i've had fun with over th years.every time i cut a copper rivet or pull an old one i pitch it in a coffee can eventually it'll fill up,i fill'd at least 3 large cans or more[not too sure]we'd get some money back for scrap copper i got proficent at pitching at th can pete

thank you all for yer kind words,it took awhile,didn't pre plan it's construction[dont look deeply]but it turn'd out ok wouldn't mind making another, i'd pre plan n draught th next one tho. i had some scrap cowhide left over from some chapsn run out so did th ends different n used the very last pieces for th handles n side longhorns.james its ok ol chap u bein an okie n all okidokey adios pete

in the english n aussie saddle trade they have a tool they call an edging iron.you heat th point and when it gets fairly hot you push it into a block of bees wax and run it down a dyed edge whilst wax is runny.kinda antiquated these days i think,could be so for thin leather eh pete

rd,i got a cylinder sander 4x6 that fits a drill i tie the drill down on bench set the trigger n sand all kinds of stuff from skirts to belts or wotever edge i wanna even out.i got it from a mail order co van dykes from th dakotas i think they do furniture restoring[where sander is]and taxidermy[go figger]try van dykes . com look for restorers,if no luck mail me i have a recent catalog in my shop pete

really a neat way to make a box rd lookout scrap bin eh pete.

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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