rickmc

I am looking for a multiblade holder for my swivel knife, I have the hair tool that Tandy makes, but I saw a multiblade knife, than uses #10 scalpel blades, the other day and the owner told me that they are not available any longer. any suggestions. RickMc

was online today and found Barry King's website for his tools http://www.barrykingtools.com/index.htm Awesome Rickmc

I am currently an athletic trainer and teacher in a high school in El Paso; a lot of water has been under this bridge though, I was raised on a ranch in NE New Mexico. My dad had insisted that I go to school to learn a trade that would make a living "someday", well I never dreamed that someday would come. I taught school for 5 years until I had the opportunity to go back to work on the ranch that I loved. I was third generation on the land, my wife and I had three beautiful kids, we were living our dream, we had built into a large herd of registered red angus cattle and a sampling of registered charolais cattle as well. However, after 5 years of drought, never allowed to stop the feed wagon or water runs, we had a banker decide that we needed to do something else for a living. We sold the cows, the land and paid off "most" of the debt and moved to town. Went to bible School became a tent preacher for 5 years and finally settled down to what I had been trained to do early in life, I loved the kids, and wanted to make a difference in their lives, so we are back in educaiton and using leather to make a way to supplement and feed the passion for "making a difference" I miss cows, horses and all that is the west, but now I can still be a part. I appreciate this site and all the folks geared to helping others, with a grateful heart I say "thank you for all of you, and for JoAnne for putting it all together. Rickmc

thanks everyone, I really do appreciate all your comments, I will post some more when I finish the rope bag that I am working on. ganonymous, these folks are tremendous, I will get more daring, as time goes on, and I get less self conscious of my stuff. Rick

thank you, any more highlander pics you can find would be appreciated. Kind of difficult to find around here. my family actually go back to Ramsey Island in Scotland, many moons ago and long ship ride. Ha Ha

Hello, I joined the is forum about two weeks ago. I am so overwhelmed with the sight and the quality of the work that ya'll put on this sight. I also might add that I have great intrepidations about posting any of my stuff, but here goes. I worked leather some back when I was 14 or 15, then life happened. I packed my tools, went to school, started teaching, and raising children. I had a shock about the middle of January which cut my paycheck about $1750.00 a month,so I was looking at ways to supplement my teaching salary again, and pulled out my tools, made a couple of notebooks, I will post them for you to look at, one is a memo book, and the other a full size portfolio that I made for my principal and immediate supervisor, my assistant principal, my highschool mascot is a highlander. anyway to make a long story short, my 13 year old daughter has taken a fancy to leather, and my wife is experimenting with carving and doing some free style florals with various tools. I was amazed last week, we were all around the kitchen table, and the bench that we made for tooling, and the tv was not even turned on for over a week, (spring break). My daughter is making name bracelets for her class mates and selling them, it is amazing. Again thanks for your time and consideration. Rick McCarty