Members RWB Posted September 6, 2009 Members Report Posted September 6, 2009 Here is a pair of chinks that I just finished up. The lady that I built them for, picked really good colors I thought. Critique and criticize away, you can't hurt my feelings with an axe. Ross Quote Ross Brunk www.nrcowboygear.com
Steve Brewer Posted September 6, 2009 Report Posted September 6, 2009 Here is a pair of chinks that I just finished up. The lady that I built them for, picked really good colors I thought. Critique and criticize away, you can't hurt my feelings with an axe. Ross Ross,They look darn good to me. Steve Quote
gtwister09 Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 Ross, You are correct they picked some good complementary colors. Your workmanship further adds to the package as well. Very good job. Regards, Ben Quote
ArtS Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 Great job! Did you twist all that fringe? Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Members wyldflower Posted September 7, 2009 Members Report Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) Ross ~ Wow! Really, really nice. Would you mind sharing how you get the fringe to twist like that? Hope you treat us to some more examples of your work soon! Wyldflower Here is a pair of chinks that I just finished up. The lady that I built them for, picked really good colors I thought. Critique and criticize away, you can't hurt my feelings with an axe. Ross Edited September 7, 2009 by wyldflower Quote "Remember this day...for it is the doom of men that they forget." ~ Merlin, Excalibur .
Members RWB Posted September 7, 2009 Author Members Report Posted September 7, 2009 Great job! Did you twist all that fringe? Art Yep, one at a time. I timed it out and it took me about 45 min a leg. I don't know if that's slow or fast ,but it seemed like eternity to me. Thanks Steve and Ben I appreciate it. Ross Quote Ross Brunk www.nrcowboygear.com
Members RWB Posted September 7, 2009 Author Members Report Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) Ross ~ Wow! Really, really nice. Would you mind sharing how you get the fringe to twist like that? Hope you treat us to some more examples of your work soon! Wyldflower I just sew my fringe on to the leg, and cut it the way I want it. Then I soak the fringe in warm water (I try to avoid getting the leg wet), and start start twisting it. I'll twist up a piece of fringe real tight and then stretch it as much as I dare. If you yank on it to much you will break it off, so just firmly pull on it. Stretching it out seems to set it and keep it from untwisting so bad. Then just let it dry. The thing that I don't like is it makes your fringe all different lengths. It think that the only way to avoid that would be to cut it long, twist it and then trim all your fringe to the same length. But that would be alot of work. Took long enough as it is. Ross Edited September 7, 2009 by RWB Quote Ross Brunk www.nrcowboygear.com
Members wyldflower Posted September 7, 2009 Members Report Posted September 7, 2009 Thanks Ross for explaining how to do the twist - and the heads up that I'll want an old favorite movie on to keep me company for awhile when I try it, to get me through the twist, stretch, and repeat process I just sew my fringe on to the leg, and cut it the way I want it. Then I soak the fringe in warm water (I try to avoid getting the leg wet), and start start twisting it. I'll twist up a piece of fringe real tight and then stretch it as much as I dare. If you yank on it to much you will break it off, so just firmly pull on it. Stretching it out seems to set it and keep it from untwisting so bad. Then just let it dry. The thing that I don't like is it makes your fringe all different lengths. It think that the only way to avoid that would be to cut it long, twist it and then trim all your fringe to the same length. But that would be alot of work. Took long enough as it is. Ross Quote "Remember this day...for it is the doom of men that they forget." ~ Merlin, Excalibur .
hidepounder Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 Ross, You did a beautiful job! The colors are great and the twisted fringe really makes them special. Bobby Quote
TimKleffner Posted September 8, 2009 Report Posted September 8, 2009 Ross Those chinks are NICE! Good clean lines and pleasing to look at. Keep up the good work Happy tooling Tim Quote It's hard to fail, but worse never to have tried to succeed.Theodore Roosevelt
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