SCOUTER Posted March 22, 2008 Report Posted March 22, 2008 Ok, I'll be the first to admit I don't understand people... E-Bay is a perfect example- Now if I take a BRAND NEW osborne head knife, beat it up, ding it and let it rust a little... It will fetch MORE on e-bay then before the treatment! Now am I crazy or is this e-bay item a doorknob on a stick? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...y0%3D%26fvi%3D1 Quote
Members tonyc1 Posted March 22, 2008 Members Report Posted March 22, 2008 Ok, I'll be the first to admit I don't understand people... E-Bay is a perfect example- Now if I take a BRAND NEW osborne head knife, beat it up, ding it and let it rust a little... It will fetch MORE on e-bay then before the treatment! Now am I crazy or is this e-bay item a doorknob on a stick? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...y0%3D%26fvi%3D1 You're dead right there, Scouter! I've seen old can openers and wall paper cutters described as "rare or vintage" leather tools!! They say that there's one born every day. Tony. Quote
Members anne newkold Posted March 22, 2008 Members Report Posted March 22, 2008 Ok, I'll be the first to admit I don't understand people... E-Bay is a perfect example- Now if I take a BRAND NEW osborne head knife, beat it up, ding it and let it rust a little... It will fetch MORE on e-bay then before the treatment! Now am I crazy or is this e-bay item a doorknob on a stick? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...y0%3D%26fvi%3D1 I have not seen one in use but I do know people who look for those door knobs at auctions to use on their leather work. Some thing for saddles I think i heard mention Quote Anne NewkoldDerby, KS Wheat State Leather Guildhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1212125110http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newkolds-Lea...59534304?ref=mf
Ambassador leatheroo Posted March 22, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted March 22, 2008 what a piece of crap, i cant believe people are bidding on that!!!!! Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted March 22, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted March 22, 2008 Well I'll tell you what!!! I'm going out to find me some of those door knobs and make some of those.....$182.00 so far and 25 bidders, there seems to be a market for them. Ken (Beaverslayer CUSTOM Door Knod Tools) Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Contributing Member Clay Posted March 22, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted March 22, 2008 I have seen several of these in different saddle shops. I am sure that some of the saddle makers on here can better explain what they are used for but I think that they are used to form the seat and cantle of a saddle. Bruce am I right? ClayM Quote Clay Miller
Members Spider Posted March 22, 2008 Members Report Posted March 22, 2008 Well I'll tell you what!!! I'm going out to find me some of those door knobs and make some of those.....$182.00 so far and 25 bidders, there seems to be a market for them.Ken (Beaverslayer CUSTOM Door Knod Tools) Dude I'll supply the door knobs. Kwikset ok? I've got a broom I can chop up too for the stick.... Quote From the insane mind of SPIDER... http://spiderflesh.com Myspace: Spiderflesh Facebook: Spiderflesh George
JohnD Posted March 22, 2008 Report Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) After Clay's post I can see how this would be useful , But this thing definitly started life as a way to get into a room. Dude I'll supply the door knobs. Kwikset ok? I've got a broom I can chop up too for the stick.... I think the real issue here is will it " Beaverslayer and Spider's Doorknob tools" or "Spider and Beaverslayer's Doorknob Tools" ? Edited March 22, 2008 by JohnD Quote (rdb):God looked down at the world, and said "See, right there in Witchita, next to the railroad tracks, I didn't put enough dandelions".
Mike Craw Posted March 22, 2008 Report Posted March 22, 2008 They are commonly called "bouncers" and they are made from glass or porcelain door knobs. or turned from very hard, tight-grained wood like lignum vaite. They are used most often once a flat piece of skirting leather has been cased over night and is being forced down into position to form a seat. When it is pulled down on the sides over the ground seat behind the hand-hold area, it naturally does not want to bend and stretch the opposite way over the back of the cantle and down into the dish of the cantle. The bouncer is used to form the leather down into the dish. There is usually a bubble of leather right over the dish on the cantle, and if you work it properly with the bouncer, the leather can actually be forced to come together in the middle and the bubble disapears. The bouncer has to be absolutely smooth, because the cased leather will accept and hold (forever) any marks placed on it by a scarred-up bouncer. That said, it seems like anybody who is talented enough to make a saddle ought to be talented enough to attach a door knob to a stick, so the price does seem a tad high... Quote My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. Harry S. Truman
Moderator bruce johnson Posted March 22, 2008 Moderator Report Posted March 22, 2008 Mike described the function well. I used to buy them by the 6's at the local architectural salvage place. I made nice handles, and then watched them roll off the bench, hit the floor, and break. I got to where I just wrapped the square metal stem that went through the door with duct tape. They broke just as easily, I just had less labor in them. A couple years ago Norm Lynds made me one that hat has two ends on it. One is smaller and has more curve to it. Like all of Norm's tools, nicely made and very functional. I'll attach a pic of Norm's. Quote Bruce Johnson Malachi 4:2 "the windshield's bigger than the mirror, somewhere west of Laramie" - Dave Stamey Vintage Refurbished And Selected New Leather Tools For Sale - www.brucejohnsonleather.com
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