Santa came and went

[Billsotx]

Xmas presents that Santa delivered to the M T pockets of some of my old collegues. Johanna, glad we have our sanity back. Good job! Happy New Year to you and your heros. Clay told me y'all were burning the night oil, so I just laid low. Looks like the profile thing works ok. I'll head off to surf around.

'til later, ~Bill

Edited January 15, 2008 by Johanna
fixed pics~J

[CitizenKate]

Hey Bill, are those made with double-splits?

Kate

[Billsotx]

#1 is WC cowhide with a brit tan split, #2 (black) is horsehide, #3 is HO cow, the mouth bands are horsehide. I'm queer for rough-out cowhide and so are most who commission my stuff.

[esantoro]

Hi Bill,

Nice holsters. What did you use for a creaser on the black holster?

ed

[Roger]

nice bill! i don't recall seeing rough-out holsters before

[Billsotx]

A piece of whitetail antler Ed and an aluminum rod rounded on the ends. I've got a dozen or so pieces of antler on the bench with different configurations cut, filed and sanded to shape. Don't know where you live but there'll be drops galore in you've got time to comb the pastures. They're early this year. We were shooting one horned bucks and antler-less trophy bucks on New Year's Day. Gee boss ... you said shoot all the antler-less whitetails I want ... lol!

Beezachopper, the rough-out rig, in HO parlance "mossback", was a staff trade mark at Thunder Ranch Texas. Not sure who started it, but I think, Thad Rybka. I just carried it on after they move to the northwest. Sort of an addiction like Leatherworker.net ... lol!

[Beaverslayer]

Very nice Bill. The roughout seems to take to forming better than the other way.

Ken

[wolvenstien]

Very nice Bill.

[Kevin King]

NICE. That molding is awsome.