Members Josh Ashman Posted November 17, 2020 Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 Just finished up. 10/11 HO craftsman for the body and straps. 6 oz latigo for the edge lacing. Finished with several coats of NF oil and some time in the sun then a good coat of Aussie Wax. Then a little liquid glycerin saddle soap to make it glow. This took an embarrassing amount of time! Seems like I worked on it for a month of Sundays All the best, Josh Quote
Members sideforce Posted November 17, 2020 Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 Awesome work! Quote
Members JWheeler331 Posted November 17, 2020 Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 Wow. Absolutely Amazing Quote
Members YinTx Posted November 17, 2020 Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 Fantastic work. If I could get something like that done in a month of Sundays, I'd be happy. I usually spend a year of Sundays just cogitating on it! YinTx Quote
garypl Posted November 17, 2020 Report Posted November 17, 2020 Beautiful work Josh and nice rifle as well! My hands feel tired just looking at all the stamping that went into that border! Gary Quote
Members 1961Mike Posted November 17, 2020 Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 Very well done. I've been doing belts that have been outside tanning, then NF and Skidmore's. That works pretty well. I don't have enough space yet to do anything that big. My current tanning facility is the dash of a Subaru. Later Quote
Members Scoutmom103 Posted November 17, 2020 Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 Both the scabbard and the rifle are very nice. Quote
Members Josh Ashman Posted November 17, 2020 Author Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 9:25 PM, 1961Mike said: Very well done. I've been doing belts that have been outside tanning, then NF and Skidmore's. That works pretty well. I don't have enough space yet to do anything that big. My current tanning facility is the dash of a Subaru. Later Expand Made me laugh, and I'm about the same, I use my run around truck. On nice days I'll put stuff on the hood. If it looks like it might rain they go on the dash and I try to park in the sun. On 11/17/2020 at 9:40 PM, Scoutmom103 said: Both the scabbard and the rifle are very nice. Expand Thanks Scoutmom! It is a superb rifle! I worked pretty hard to try and keep the scabbard up to it's standard. Quote
Members Josh Ashman Posted November 17, 2020 Author Members Report Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 9:22 PM, garypl said: Beautiful work Josh and nice rifle as well! My hands feel tired just looking at all the stamping that went into that border! Gary Expand Thanks Gary! it took a little while for sure On 11/17/2020 at 9:19 PM, YinTx said: Fantastic work. If I could get something like that done in a month of Sundays, I'd be happy. I usually spend a year of Sundays just cogitating on it! YinTx Expand On 11/17/2020 at 9:12 PM, JWheeler331 said: Wow. Absolutely Amazing Expand On 11/17/2020 at 8:54 PM, sideforce said: Awesome work! Expand Thanks folks, I sure appreciate the kind words. Quote
toxo Posted November 18, 2020 Report Posted November 18, 2020 I'm a bit of a philistine when it comes to tooling but that rifle absolutely deserves it. Well done. Quote
Members Joon1911 Posted November 18, 2020 Members Report Posted November 18, 2020 Very superb work as usual. Quote
Members Chris623 Posted November 18, 2020 Members Report Posted November 18, 2020 WOW, that's plumb purdy, Josh. Looks like a proper way to transport that beauty. I've got a C. Sharps 1885 Highwall that deserves that scabbard. I'll send you my address and you can just send it on over! Quote
Members Josh Ashman Posted November 19, 2020 Author Members Report Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/18/2020 at 2:49 AM, toxo said: I'm a bit of a philistine when it comes to tooling but that rifle absolutely deserves it. Well done. Expand Thanks Toxo! On 11/18/2020 at 10:29 PM, Joon1911 said: Very superb work as usual. Expand Thank you Joon! On 11/18/2020 at 11:09 PM, Chris623 said: WOW, that's plumb purdy, Josh. Looks like a proper way to transport that beauty. I've got a C. Sharps 1885 Highwall that deserves that scabbard. I'll send you my address and you can just send it on over! Expand Thanks Chris! Building them is half the fun of owning them, I'd hate to take that fun away from you All the best guys! Josh Quote
Members AzShooter Posted November 20, 2020 Members Report Posted November 20, 2020 What a magnificent scabbard. Taking your time really paid off on this project and everyone that sees it will be impressed. I've played with a lot of Sharps rifles over the years. Yours looks great. It deserves the quality of leather your produced. Quote
Members Josh Ashman Posted November 20, 2020 Author Members Report Posted November 20, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 4:17 AM, AzShooter said: What a magnificent scabbard. Taking your time really paid off on this project and everyone that sees it will be impressed. I've played with a lot of Sharps rifles over the years. Yours looks great. It deserves the quality of leather your produced. Expand Thank you sir! All the best, Josh Quote
Members Rylando Posted November 20, 2020 Members Report Posted November 20, 2020 Wow, this is incredible! Quote
Members RickHodges Posted November 22, 2020 Members Report Posted November 22, 2020 That is a fitting scabbard for an outstanding rifle. Perfect match, outstanding work. Quote
Members PhilDimashq Posted November 26, 2020 Members Report Posted November 26, 2020 That is an outstanding piece of work. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted November 27, 2020 CFM Report Posted November 27, 2020 wow I love both, my dream gun and that's remarkable tooling you are an awesome craftsman Josh. Quote
Members Josh Ashman Posted December 1, 2020 Author Members Report Posted December 1, 2020 Thanks everybody, I appreciate the kind words! Hope all is well with all of you! Chuck, you sir are an awesome craftsman! I'm loving the elk grips you made me! All the best folks, Josh Quote
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