Horsewright
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Recently we've been involved in a lot of leather projects other than sheaths. Wanted to share these with you. Many of these projects involved extensive tooling.
First up is Nichole's belt, holster and mag carrier. She was taking a handgun class put on by members of the local SWAT team and needed some good range gear. Her gear worked well and we have orders from one of the instructors too. Pistol is a Smith Shield in 9mm with 7 and 8 round mags in the carrier. This is a final prototype of our mag carrier. It worked well.
Made two pair of chinks for a couple. Her's had their brand tooled into the yoke and also some unique Nordic conchos. She had the conchos custom made in Switzerland.
The husbands pair were the Marine ones pictured briefly in another thread. The right yoke had the Marine Anchor and Globe symbol and the left yoke had their brand. 6 USMC conchos were used too,
Then we have two martingales. In cowboy vernacular this style of martingale is often referred to as a "choker". The one on the left is roughout with 7 Silver Dollar conchos. The one on the right has a 3 inch silver concho in the center. These chokers attach loosely over the neck of the horse with a single strap and then to the cinch between the horse's front legs. While providing some stability to the saddle they are mostly for "going to town."
Then finally three rifle scabbards. The first is roughout with basketstamping and intials. For those of you that follow us on Instagram this pic is our most popular post ever. 330 likes in one day and still rising. Our average is a hundred and change. So something special about this pic I guess. This scabbard is made for a Rossi lever action .410 shotgun with a 24" barrel. Shown here in the pic with an absolutely extremely cool, brass framed original Henry belonging to our ranching partner.
Second one was similar. It is for a Winchester 73 with a 24 inch barrel. Shown again with the Henry. Smoothout with basket stamping and initials. Shown here with the stirrup and rope over the seat of the saddle.
Finally the largest scabbard I have ever made. This one is my flap style scabbard for a scoped rifle. It was made for a Weatherby .30-338 magnum with a 27" barrel. Shown here with my Winchester Mod 70 Featherweight XTR with a 22" barrel. This scabbard is fully lined. Here's the acres and acres of tooling.
All tooled veg tan is Wicket and Craig 8-10 oz russet saddle leather. The martingales are lined with Wicket and Craig chestnut English bridle leather and all straps on the scabbards are the same. All flower carving is by Nichole and I did all the other stamping. Thanks for putting up with my morning musings. Comments and questions are welcome of course.
First up is Nichole's belt, holster and mag carrier. She was taking a handgun class put on by members of the local SWAT team and needed some good range gear. Her gear worked well and we have orders from one of the instructors too. Pistol is a Smith Shield in 9mm with 7 and 8 round mags in the carrier. This is a final prototype of our mag carrier. It worked well.
Made two pair of chinks for a couple. Her's had their brand tooled into the yoke and also some unique Nordic conchos. She had the conchos custom made in Switzerland.
The husbands pair were the Marine ones pictured briefly in another thread. The right yoke had the Marine Anchor and Globe symbol and the left yoke had their brand. 6 USMC conchos were used too,
Then we have two martingales. In cowboy vernacular this style of martingale is often referred to as a "choker". The one on the left is roughout with 7 Silver Dollar conchos. The one on the right has a 3 inch silver concho in the center. These chokers attach loosely over the neck of the horse with a single strap and then to the cinch between the horse's front legs. While providing some stability to the saddle they are mostly for "going to town."
Then finally three rifle scabbards. The first is roughout with basketstamping and intials. For those of you that follow us on Instagram this pic is our most popular post ever. 330 likes in one day and still rising. Our average is a hundred and change. So something special about this pic I guess. This scabbard is made for a Rossi lever action .410 shotgun with a 24" barrel. Shown here in the pic with an absolutely extremely cool, brass framed original Henry belonging to our ranching partner.
Second one was similar. It is for a Winchester 73 with a 24 inch barrel. Shown again with the Henry. Smoothout with basket stamping and initials. Shown here with the stirrup and rope over the seat of the saddle.
Finally the largest scabbard I have ever made. This one is my flap style scabbard for a scoped rifle. It was made for a Weatherby .30-338 magnum with a 27" barrel. Shown here with my Winchester Mod 70 Featherweight XTR with a 22" barrel. This scabbard is fully lined. Here's the acres and acres of tooling.
All tooled veg tan is Wicket and Craig 8-10 oz russet saddle leather. The martingales are lined with Wicket and Craig chestnut English bridle leather and all straps on the scabbards are the same. All flower carving is by Nichole and I did all the other stamping. Thanks for putting up with my morning musings. Comments and questions are welcome of course.
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