Elton Joorisity Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Here is a maul and a few stamps that I recently finished. Candace bought me a wood lathe for Christmas and I've been tryin to wear it out buy building tool handles and stamp mauls. I am not offering them for sale, just makin a few for friends. Same goes for the stamp tools, I don't make many to sell and these are trade goods that are already traded. Quote "If you see your stirrups slap together above the saddle horn, you're probably bucked off" Dave Stamey, The Bronc Ballet
dirtclod Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Elton, that's a nice looking maul. It looks like it has a leather washer handle on it. Did you turn it on you lathe with the wood tools or did you sand it to shape on the lathe ? Nice job how ever ya did it. I like you tooling tools to. John Quote I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.
Moderator bruce johnson Posted February 23, 2010 Moderator Report Posted February 23, 2010 Looks good Elton. Nice taper to the maul, and the stamps look good. He ought to like that wiggler. 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
Elton Joorisity Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Posted February 23, 2010 John, yeah it's a traditional leather washer handle and I used normal wood lathe tools to shape it then sanded it right down to 600 grit and burnished it just like the edges on veg tan. Bruce, the wiggler is 1 1/8 inch long...I hope he likes it. Thank you both for your kind comments. Quote "If you see your stirrups slap together above the saddle horn, you're probably bucked off" Dave Stamey, The Bronc Ballet
gtwister09 Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Elton, That's certainly a nice maul. The stamping tools look nice as well. Turning can develop into a nasty habit as well. You got a great Christmas present and made very good use of it. Regards, Ben Quote
Members steve mason Posted February 23, 2010 Members Report Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) Cool, nice work. I bet "he" can't wait to see them and try the tools out. later Edited February 23, 2010 by steve mason Quote check out www.stevemasonsaddles.com check out my saddle blog
hidepounder Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Elton....great job on the mauls and tools. They look really nice. I like the knurling you used. Looks to me like a new tool maker has been born, LOL! Bobby Quote
MarkB Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 I'm with Steve on this I can't wait to get them in my hands. we'll both get to have fun with those new tools. Mark Quote Visit My Website To succeed you must try, Not trying your sure to fail.
TimKleffner Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Elton I have to agree with everyone, A tool maker is born! Nice work. What size wood lathe are you using there? and what brand? Happy tool making Tim Quote It's hard to fail, but worse never to have tried to succeed.Theodore Roosevelt
Members Tkleather1 Posted February 24, 2010 Members Report Posted February 24, 2010 Looks Like everything turned out pretty darn cool. Love the new mauls really like the shape and how they look overall. Tim Quote Tim Worley TK-Leather If you don't ask and dont try how are you gonna learn anything?
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