Members deadringer Posted April 20, 2008 Members Report Posted April 20, 2008 G'day, A mate told me of this site. Great stuff you have here!!! I'm from Queensland Australia interested in whipmaking, rawhide braiding and harness work . Hoping to pick up some tips and maybe pass a few on . Cheers Chris Quote Chris Barr Editor Australian Plaiters & Whipmakers Assoc. Newsletter www.apwa.org.au
Ambassador leatheroo Posted April 20, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted April 20, 2008 (edited) yeh, another aussie....great to see a banana bender join the ranks....beware, this forum is very addictive. welcome wow...just checked out your website, you have some great, i mean GREAT stuff. Edited April 20, 2008 by leatheroo Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted April 20, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted April 20, 2008 Welcome to the forum Chris, good to have you here. Yes I agree with Roo, you have some real nice looking stuff on your website, and a fine looking site as well. Just one question though, what's a "banana bender"? Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Members deadringer Posted April 20, 2008 Author Members Report Posted April 20, 2008 Thanks leatheroo & Ken Glad to be here. Have been browsing in here all afternoon. What a place to get some inspiration A banana bender is a name given to folks that come from the great state of Queensland, there are a few others, this is one of the polite ones . Cheers Chris Quote Chris Barr Editor Australian Plaiters & Whipmakers Assoc. Newsletter www.apwa.org.au
HorsehairBraider Posted April 20, 2008 Report Posted April 20, 2008 Great to see another braider! I'm looking forward to checking out your site. This is a really fun forum - glad you are here! Quote They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. - Ben Jonson http://www.beautiful-horses.com
Members Storm Posted April 21, 2008 Members Report Posted April 21, 2008 Banana Bender?!?!?!? In Darwin they used to use the term Cane Whacker but they're Yabos for the most part. HA! Welcome to the site. I went to yours and was amazed at your skills and the ability to take something quite functional and turn it into a work of art. You are truely an artist. Storm Quote Please keep in mind that unless I ask for anyones critique I do not want nor require same.
Members Kanga Posted April 22, 2008 Members Report Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) Hello and welcome, another Aussie here bewdy!! I am in Victoria and work with roo. Had a quick look at your site. Have you taken over the mag that Ron Edwards used to edit? I was wondering what would happen to it. Glad to see it will continue. Linda Edited April 22, 2008 by Kanga Quote
Members deadringer Posted April 22, 2008 Author Members Report Posted April 22, 2008 Hi kanga Yes, I have taken over the role as editor of the mag. It is the one thing that keeps the APWA going. A lot of people were worried that the Association would fold with Ron's passing but we already had things set in place to keep it going and growing .One of which is the new website www.apwa.org.au . We have a whole new Excecutive committee that are all looking forward to keep things moving. Cheers mate Chris Quote Chris Barr Editor Australian Plaiters & Whipmakers Assoc. Newsletter www.apwa.org.au
Members Kani Posted April 22, 2008 Members Report Posted April 22, 2008 This site is very addicting. Quote
Members Kanga Posted April 23, 2008 Members Report Posted April 23, 2008 (edited) That's great news about the mag and the association, I am so glad it will continue. Hey, can you still buy those beautiful enamel badges for the Plaiters and whipmakers assoc.? I was a member several years ago and kept asking about them but they didn't have any at the time. Just before Ron died a friend of mine posted him some of his work and it went in the mag. "The Kite Reduction" Ron called it. Linda Edited April 23, 2008 by Kanga Quote
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