How Come I Have Never Seen This Stamp In The Tandy Catalogue?

[roo4u]

the svastika was used as a symbol of luck . the wikipedia entry has a photo of a piece of greek pottery that is from 780 b.c. that has that on it.

[cgleather]

Here is a scan of a page from a R T Frazier catalog that I have from the 1920s. I made some cuffs with a stamp that I have some time ago, pics are in my gallery if you would want to take a look. I cought some flack from one of our fellow leather workers for posting them. I hope he has been following this thread.

Sorry about not changing the picture size, Ididn't notice until after I posted it.

Edited March 26, 2011 by cgleather

[WyomingSlick]

Thanks for posting the pics of the old saddles. I am glad you posted them in hi-res as I saved them to one of my files.

Still no answer on the jaw-spur................jawur ????

[hidepounder]

Here is a couple of scans from the 1931 Porter catalog. The top of all the pages in the catalog are decorated with the "whirling log" motif. I also scanned a page of belts which featured a riding belt which is decorated with spots done in the "whirling log" pattern. One of these catalogs has a pair of chaps with the "whirling log" pattern done with spots, but I couldn't find it. As I mentioned before, this was a very "cowboy" symbol.

As a side note....the saddle shown is an excellent example of old Porter tooling. Also the photo in the corner is a picture of a guy bull dogging at the Prescott Frontier Days, which in itself is not unusual...but look at the size of that steer!!!!

Bobby

[WyomingSlick]

...but look at the size of that steer!!!!

Grandpa always said, " It's not the size of the man in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the man" ........ so maybe that is just a small dogger.

[manji]

That is one of the strangest things I have ever seen on this site. :rolleyes2:

Please explain exactly just what the heck that is in the first picture.

That would be a human mandible spur. Isn't that what everyone uses??

[Jacobite]

There is currently a set of four stamps including a version of that one going on ebay here: 4 Stamping Tools

They are from a seller in Scotland and are currently £ 15 for the four with almost three days left.

[KAYAK45]

Great post. I came late to this party!

Does anyone make this stamp now? Why not?

[WyomingSlick]

Here is a page from old McMillen catalog which shows 3 sizes they offered the tool in at one time

[Reaper]

The swastika (Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored left-facing (卍) form. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity. It remains widely used in Indian Religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.