Members K5HEP Posted September 19, 2019 Members Report Posted September 19, 2019 Here is a link to an interesting article written by James H Nottage discussing the "Bolin Brand" Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted September 19, 2019 Members Report Posted September 19, 2019 So, I was right about the Roy Rogers saddle... Quote
Members SaddleBags Posted September 19, 2019 Members Report Posted September 19, 2019 We never doubted you, SheilaJane Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted September 20, 2019 Members Report Posted September 20, 2019 I didn't think you doubted me. But I wanted to post a bit of eye candy for a horse lover and former Roy Rogers fan... (me!). He was a pretty special guy - adopted orphaned children no one else wanted. The day his little Downs syndrome girl died from mumps, his manager had to literally pull him away from a crowd of young admirers he was signing autographs for. He said he 'didn't want to disappoint the kids.' Quote
Members Handstitched Posted September 22, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 22, 2019 Thats a gorgeous pic of Roy Rogers ( and Trigger ). Love his gun belt and taperderos. The gun belt looks hand tooled . That looks like a stunning Palomino horse he's on too (?) I'm loving this 'little mystery' about the photo.....and it all started with a book . It will be solved. I don't have horses myself, but I do love them . I do have a thing for Shire horses/ Clydesdales . I had my market stall at an equestrian event at the weekend, I didn't do much $$ , but the horses were stunning to watch , including a Clydesdale HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Members Sheilajeanne Posted September 22, 2019 Members Report Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Trigger, Roy's palomino horse, was so famous, he got second billing in most of Roy's movies! When the original Trigger died, Roy had him stuffed, and put him in his museum. Unfortunately, visits at the museum dropped off after Roy's death, and his son, Roy Jr. closed it and auctioned everything off: https://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0716/Roy-Rogers-Trigger-along-with-dog-Bullet-sold-to-Nebraska-TV-network-at-auction That's Bolin's saddle, breastplate, and (I'm guessing ) bridle that Trigger is still wearing. P.S. The guy holding Roy's guitar in that picture has NO CLUE what he's doing!! Edited September 22, 2019 by Sheilajeanne Quote
Members jasj Posted September 26, 2019 Members Report Posted September 26, 2019 Hello Handstitched' I believe the "Tom" who was the owner of the Bohlin saddle book, may have been the late Tom Lay, a very keen West Australian leatherworker who attended some of the 'Dimensions in Leather' conferences in Brisbane, Queensland during the 1990s. He sometimes submitted articles to The Leathercrafters and Saddlers Journal and had also attended Leather events in USA. Although I only met him a couple of times, he struck me as a very kind and friendly person. I remember him telling us how he had seen a Native American design in an old Western movie, and in the days before dvd or video cassettes he had a friend run through the reel to reel film to find a "still" of that design that he then transferred to leather, and displayed at the conference. Hope this may be of some help, Jim Quote
Members Handstitched Posted November 19, 2019 Author Members Report Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) @jasj WOW !!! wow wow wow !!! OMG !! What a revelation !!!! On 9/26/2019 at 7:15 PM, jasj said: Hope this may be of some help Yes, its been a great help. Thank you so much Check this out: this is from the show results from ' Perth Royal Show' 2012 ( Western Australia) a show that I have Judged at, in recent years, the leatherwork section of course https://www.perthroyalshow.com.au/wp-content/results/2012/index.php?file=CREATIVE_CRAFT.html In the list of results , it mentions ' Thomas Lay ' 0151:SCARECROW.First- Thomas Lay 0152:HANDBAG.Second- Thomas L further down the list: 0160:ANY OTHER ARTICLE.First- Thomas Lay this can't be a coincidence , ..........surely ?? HS Edited November 19, 2019 by Handstitched Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Members Smartee Posted November 19, 2019 Members Report Posted November 19, 2019 What a great mystery to follow! Quote
Members Handstitched Posted November 20, 2019 Author Members Report Posted November 20, 2019 20 hours ago, Smartee said: What a great mystery to follow! Yes, and I'm enjoying it too .And I have no doubt that it will be solved , thanks to the help from the good peeps on this website . @jasj I also wonder if Tom Lay attended the ' Rose Parade' in the b/w pic in his early days ? Perhaps he took the photograph ? I will have to have a word from the vendor that I bought it from for more info, as he still attends some of the markets I attend. I guess the other question I would like answered, however irrelevant , how much would the book be worth...now...as I only paid $10 ( Australian ) at S/H market stall . But whatever it is worth in $$ it will never be sold, I think the history or its ' provenance ' is priceless to me now HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
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