Introducing the Yaklady

[ClayB]

I would like to introduce my friend Kathy to any of you that dont know her yet. I may as well tell you how we met, becuase she surely will if I dont. A couple years ago in Denver at the IFoLG show, I was looking for the restroom. I passed a door that said "ladies" and just naturally figured the next one must be "mens". I live out in the boonies and never suspected that one restroom could have 2 entrances. Well, when I opened the door, there stood Kathy. She has never let me live that down. I am just really glad she didn't scream and have me hauled off to jail. At the banquet later on during the show, Kathy took about 50 awards for her leatherwork (ok, maybe not 50, but it was a LOT) and was certified as the newest master in the IFoLG. Kathy has been teaching a class called An Introduction to Professional Leathercraft at the Sheridan and Wickenburg shows. She also taught a class on dyes and finsihes in Sheridan this year. She is the vice president of the Columbine Leather Guild and also writes a very entertaining newsletter. She can even draw! (I am jelous of anyone that can draw) She has had several of her carvings on the cover of the Hidecrafter Digest, and will have one on the cover of the Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal in the near future.

Kathy lives in the mountains in Colorado where she has horses, a pig, and 3 yaks. There was one more, but he was naughty and now resides in her freezer. You wouldn't think a little lady like her could be so mean! Glad she was in a good mood the day I accidentally walked into the ladies room.

Kathy carves all kinds of stuff, but really enjoys figure carving. I am going to post a few pictures of her work for you all to see. The ones that are blurry are my fault, I took the pictures. The carving really isn't blurry like that. I hope you will all welcome her to the forum.

[Regis]

Beautiful work and she really makes excellent use of a propetal. How do we go about welcoming someone that isn't here yet? Well, welcome Kathy!

Regis

[CitizenKate]

Clay,

I saw some of her work firsthand at the IFOLG show in Denver. Her work is quite awesome. I wonder what that 4th yak did to deserve eviction, eh?

Thanks for all the new input from Sheridan!

Kate

[Don101]

Hi and welcome awsome stuff

[yaklady]

Hi. I'm trying to figure all this out, and messed up, what can I say? Please pretend I didn't post the last message!

I just wanted to add my two cents to Clay's introduction of me. Clay put in what sounds like a challenge to me, to tell you all how we met. At the IFoLG show in Denver, the restrooms have two doors each. Clay went past the first Ladies' room door, and went into the second without reading the little sign. In North Dakota, they just use co-ed trees, so he's not used to sofisitcated hotels. Clay found me washing my hands, and stood against the door with a sheepish smile on his face. Seeing the little sign over his shoulder, I knew that I was not in error. He was wondering what on earth I was doing in the men's room. Even though I refused to let him live the experience down, Clay still talks to me. He even did a fine job of introducing me here on the forum. I look forward to getting to know everyone on leatherworker.net.

Kathy, the yaklady

PS, That murdered yak was a bull that had one thing on his mind: to murder me! My pasture wasn't big enough for the two of us, he had to go! I didn't do it myself, I hired a hit man.

Edited May 30, 2007 by ClayB

[Beaverslayer]

Welcome Kathy,

Great to have you here. You do some awesome work by the way.

Just for curiosities sake, what's a Yak Hitman cost these days?

Ken

[keith]

Welcome Yaklady,Love your work so life like. Trees ND ain't got any of them, at least not the part i was based in while in the service. Must have been his and her's praire dog holes (dac rat's).

Keith

[yaklady]

Welcome Kathy,

Great to have you here. You do some awesome work by the way.

Just for curiosities sake, what's a Yak Hitman cost these days?

Ken

Hi Ken,

Thank you for the kind words. I'm happy to be here.

The yak hit man cost me about $200, and I got back a freezer full of meat, an ugly yak head, and a beautiful hide. Yak tastes a lot like good beef, not that Safeway junk. There's very little fat, and it's oh so tender.

Why are you the beaver slayer?

Kathy the yak killer

[Beaverslayer]

Why are you the beaver slayer?

Well it's a name that was given to me a while back by this crazy guy I knew. We were discussing the size a Beaver grows to, and a lady was eaves dropping and took what we were talking about the wrong way....

So, hence the name came from this ladies comments, and my friends interpretation. The name stuck, and I decided to call the business "Beaverslayer Custom Leather".

Ken