MikeRock

Thank you Bob! God bless

Now for the kicker..... what point do you use when sewing heavy canvas to leather, like a linemans canvas and leather bucket?? God bless. Mike

Nice work for a good old tool. I do have a question about using bungee material. I have an old Forest Service double bit axe that someone used bungee on, circa 1975. It has lost all it's elasticity and has been tied off like a rope, with the outside fabric doing the work. Now that I think about it I am going to replace the bungee with leather belting and a buckle. Just a thought. God bless Mike

Yup Chuck, Cold and wet! We were up there when the Basque shepherds were moving flocks to the mountain meadows. We were heading up too, in our old Dodge Powerwagon.... finally said to hell with it and pulled over and set up camp. When we met up with them on top, they had moved two herds of 10,000 sheep each that week. Good old boys, we spent a few nights in their camp up on top. Mutton, potatoes and wine..... Good country, back in 1968'ish. You could see forever and touch the stars at night.... good times. Except for that damned wine.... monumental headache...... Staked a bunch of claims up there for quartz and spar. Found some gem quality beryl too. Still have a Bull Durham sack of good gemmy stuff.

Barron and Sheilajeanne, THE canoeing pack was a big Bergen's Rucksack. Ideal for this prospecting equipment. Stick with waxed canvas with leather on the bottom and at some stress points. Plenty tough unless one is unnecessarily brutal to their stuff. We prospected all over eastern Wyoming, even where Chuck lives. Feldspars and quartz deposits, pegmatites. Flying and packing, horses and on foot, never wore out those packs. All leather is too heavy, just not ideal for either afoot or horseback. God bless

It looks like a single edge razor blade.......but what do I know. Haven't shaved since the 1970's. God bless

Take a look for Marvin Huey, Casemaker. Some awesome stuff. I didn't need a case but got a full set of ebony handled screwdrivers (turn screws) from him. God bless

Cactus Jack.....in your name....... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cactus+flowers&t=ffsb&iax=images&ia=images Flowering cacti....... God bless

If you have the pattern, with the midsection larger than either end, sew it up. Dampen, like casing, and stuff with flax seed, tamping as you fill. The normal crupper stuffer has a funnel and a steel tamper rod of small diameter, 1/4" or so. Add some seed, tamp hard, more seed, til filled. IF you don't have a crupper stretching/drying form, put a nail in a board. Put a small v-belt pulley over the nail and stretch the crupper, smooth side in, sewn side out, and pull....... nail both ends at once, or nail one, stretch and nail the second close to the first. Make sure the lengths of the tails are close to the same. Let dry overnight and then stitch the buckles and pieces together....that should take care of your wrinkles.

Since you have the saddle, can't you take some photos of it, or have a friend take some?

How beautiful to watch...... lovely old mechanisms. Thank you

Hi Chuck, Old man here... Did you ever see one of Rudy Ruana's knives? Forged from files, guard and pommel cast from melted beer can aluminum, elk scales and the cross pins made from aluminum clothesline wire. Hand sewn sheaths. I traded a girl an Indian flute for one she had, 1974. Look him up, cool old gentleman. https://www.ruanaknives.com Good grief, they are still in business! Good for them!! If you like that knife style, let me know. Getting your blanket ready to ship.

'Cool, OLD........." Hey, be nice, I was a junior in high school when that was printed:))))

Chuck, Thanks for that. Scroll up a bit and see the four leather type. Cool!

I searched 'shrinking hammer' and sure enough, there it is. It has a face close to Chuck's and it backed by a rubber piece, I'd guess to eliminate any mis-oriented blows. As another aside, when I had my paper route we'd get the bundles at a local garage. Jess, the body guy in back, used a 'slapping file' to shrink metal. This was 1956'ish. He'd go after one of those big, thick, fenders with noisy vengance and then fill with plumber's lead bars. I remember him Frenching some headlight surrounds.

Taking TK-2973 patcher is all I could find on their convoluted site.

Jr, On that page there is a list of what they sell, helmets.............. 'chaps'............. ding ding ding :))

I lost mine in the woods east of Keystone, SD. Belt sheath snap opened in the bush and the knife was gone when I needed it. Rode back up the horse trail, never found it. Replaced with stag handle Case folding hunter.... now IT is in the drawer, like your anvil. Have an Emerson pocket clip knife with the cool little 'instant opening' tang. God bless Mike

He should be happy with that! I would be. Had a 110 and it was a good knife.

That tool is for a hammer. You 'set' the washer on the rivet with the long deep hole, then cut off the rivet, about 1/16" to 1/8" sticking out. Peen around it with the round end of a ball pein/peen hammer. Then you use the little round recess to finish that end nicely. You need to back up the rivet with something hard and heavy when pounding, like a small anvil, chunk of steel on your bench.... even the end grain of a dense wood chunk. God bless

I've used these since the sixties with good success.

neckerchief slide Ask any Boy Scout Old Ben Hunt had a pattern per month in Boy's Life magazine.

Carol, Look in the very upper right of the page.....there is a 'bell' and an 'envelope'....... both should be red. Click on the envelope to see Bert's message.

Yup........PHOTOS!! You might actually get some help then.