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One of my trophy buckles, some of my tooling, and my Lambsfoot...
Gorgeous tooling JohnDf just gorgeous. nice buckle too. My oldest one says 1987 on it.
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Gorgeous tooling JohnDf just gorgeous. nice buckle too. My oldest one says 1987 on it.
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My Great Grandfather like his father was a team driver in Minnesota, then Northern California in the Napa Valley, the RJ is our family brand from around 1870.
My Dad was a casual cowboy, it wasn't his profession, but he taught us his ways, the ones taught to him.
Hopalong Cassidy was a family friend of my Dad's Dad, but Tom Mix was my Dad's favorite cowboy of the sliver screen, I bought him that knife, these are his things. He wasn't into fancy stuff too much, his buckle might be the fanciest thing he owned...18 years later and I still miss him so...
The buckles were all made by Skyline in the 1970's and '80's.
My Dad was a casual cowboy, it wasn't his profession, but he taught us his ways, the ones taught to him.
Hopalong Cassidy was a family friend of my Dad's Dad, but Tom Mix was my Dad's favorite cowboy of the sliver screen, I bought him that knife, these are his things. He wasn't into fancy stuff too much, his buckle might be the fanciest thing he owned...18 years later and I still miss him so...
The buckles were all made by Skyline in the 1970's and '80's.
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Great memories and traditions. Thanks for sharing them.My Great Grandfather like his father was a team driver in Minnesota, then Northern California, the RJ is our family brand from around 1870.
My Dad was a casual cowboy, it wasn't his profession, but he taught us his ways, the ones taught to him.
Hopalong Cassidy was a family friend of my Dad's Dad, but Tom Mix was my Dad's favorite cowboy of the sliver screen, I bought him that knife, these are his things. He wasn't into fancy stuff too much, his buckle might be the fanciest thing he owned...18 years later and I still miss him so...
The buckles were all made by Skyline in the 1970's and '80's.
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One of my trophy buckles, some of my tooling, and my Lambsfoot...
That's a nice buckle and tooling John.
My grandpa Leroy used to do some roping, he was a cowboy back in the 50's. Here are some pictures of him roping, he also did rope tricks. I'd like to think he would have enjoyed one of gec's 66 calf ropers, carrying those make me think of him sometimes.
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Those are some fantastic photos. What great memories for you. It's fun to look back and see the fashions, how much they've changed, and how much they've stayed the same. Thanks for sharing those gems.That's a nice buckle and tooling John.
My grandpa Leroy used to do some roping, he was a cowboy back in the 50's. Here are some pictures of him roping, he also did rope tricks. I'd like to think he would have enjoyed one of gec's 66 calf ropers, carrying those make me think of him sometimes.
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Cool stuff guys!
Cali:
Florida:
Horsewright leggings both times.
The wife's Beltless Sheath that can be worn with a belt too, Vince Donally bosal.
Anybody say it had to be a belt buckle?
Custom silver buckles on these spur straps and on the waist a Horsewright Folding Knife sheath out of horsehide:
Cali:
Florida:
Horsewright leggings both times.
The wife's Beltless Sheath that can be worn with a belt too, Vince Donally bosal.
Anybody say it had to be a belt buckle?
Custom silver buckles on these spur straps and on the waist a Horsewright Folding Knife sheath out of horsehide:
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You, Horsewright and TAH were my inspirations...Thank you all.
Maybe the best thing that happened today is my 20 y/o son took those pictures for me, we talked about what those things are and their significance, we had a good moment together. I often wonder about these old cowboy things, I fret over their meaning to the next generation, connections to the past very few seem to have time to care about anymore so having my son participate was great...! The other good thing that happened is that I shinned all those buckles up for the pictures, they really needed it, and sent a picture of them to Judy Johnson, she was very happy to see them looking "all shinned up and purdy", as she said...
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Good deal! The old ways ain't dead, just most of the time ya can't see us from the road. My son, a big loop master:
Course the old man ain't terrible or nothing:
And now we're teaching his wife, (on the heels). Even though she grew up in the middle of buckaroo country, (Burns Or.) she hadn't ridden till they got together, they've been married two years now.
And if ya ain't getting supervised by a good cowdog, named Floyd, its nada.
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Priceless.
Great pictures as always, Dave. Good lookin' dog.Good deal! The old ways ain't dead, just most of the time ya can't see us from the road. My son, a big loop master:
Course the old man ain't terrible or nothing:
And now we're teaching his wife, (on the heels). Even though she grew up in the middle of buckaroo country, (Burns Or.) she hadn't ridden till they got together, they've been married two years now.
And if ya ain't getting supervised by a good cowdog, named Floyd, its nada.
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Pretty much retired now, a New Zealand Header. He'd work at half a mile off and get it done.
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KnifeRep, most cowboys don't have fancy stuff. Being a cowboy comes from the heart, not fancy belongings. Your father was a true cowboy and he had all the basics covered - knife, spurs, bandana, watch, compass, jacket, hat, etc. Glad to hear you still miss him after 18 years. Tells me he was a great dad.
Best post in this thread!
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KnifeRep, most cowboys don't have fancy stuff. Being a cowboy comes from the heart, not fancy belongings. Your father was a true cowboy and he had all the basics covered - knife, spurs, bandana, watch, compass, jacket, hat, etc. Glad to hear you still miss him after 18 years. Tells me he was a great dad.
Thank you, I was fortunate to work for him for 9-years, he taught me a lot.
Here we are together in 1979 helping out at my Uncle's cattle ranch in Humboldt County/Northern California.
I'm on the left, Dad's on the right with our cousins, Dad's got his buckle on and I know he has his fixed blade on his right hip, I would receive my family buckle the next year on my 16th birthday.
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Thank you, I was fortunate to work for him for 9-years, he taught me a lot.
Here we are together in 1979 helping out at my Uncle's cattle ranch in Humboldt County/Northern California.
I'm on the left, Dad's on the right with our cousins, Dad's got his buckle on and I know he has his fixed blade on his right hip, I would receive my family buckle the next year on my 16th birthday.
Ya might find this interesting. A thread I did in Sheaths and Such about cowboying up there in the Emerald Triangle:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/cowboying-up-north.1584993/
Finished the knife yesterday:
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Cattle penning... Organized chaos at it's fastest.
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Cattle penning... Organized chaos at it's fastest.
28 seconds for that one. I was mounted, whooee was I mounted!
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Thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you for the link.
My Great Uncle's ranch is a 640 acre Stock-Raising Homestead Act ranch established by my Great Grandfather's brother in 1917, he was the first one to come out to California from Minnesota, it's situated between the Kinsey and the old Tooby cattle ranches in southern Humboldt County east of Garberville off Bell Springs Road, the old stage coach route to Eureka. My Great Uncle doesn't run cattle anymore but leases his land to the Kinsey outfit, the old Tooby ranch was parted-up and sold-off about 15-years ago, mostly dope growers in there now. Between my Great Uncle's place and the Kinsey's, which we have full access to, there's over 3000 acres to roam, hunt and fish in the south fork of the south branch of the Eel River that flows through the Kinsey's property to Benbow/Garberville; the ranch is 5-gates in and still very wild.
I've successfully taken black tail, pigs, bear, cougar, coyote, quail and a couple of lame cows out of this slide, this is my hunting/glassing hole on the ranch...
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Thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you for the link.
My Great Uncle's ranch is a 640 acre Stock-Raising Homestead Act ranch established by my Great Grandfather's brother in 1917, he was the first one to come out to California from Minnesota, it's situated between the Kinsey and the old Tooby cattle ranches in southern Humboldt County east of Garberville off Bell Springs Road, the old stage coach route to Eureka. My Great Uncle doesn't run cattle anymore but leases his land to the Kinsey outfit, the old Tooby ranch was parted-up and sold-off about 15-years ago, mostly dope growers in there now. Between my Great Uncle's place and the Kinsey's, which we have full access to, there's over 3000 acres to roam, hunt and fish in the south fork of the south branch of the Eel River that flows through the Kinsey's property to Benbow/Garberville; the ranch is 5-gates in and still very wild.
I've successfully taken black tail, pigs, bear, cougar, coyote, quail and a couple of lame cows out of this slide, this is my hunting/glassing hole on the ranch...
Beautiful country! You having any problems with the flooding. My friend's in the link home is fine but their stock trailers floated away.
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Great Uncle's place is high up so no flooding, but the Kinsey's place is down by the river next to a pasture, they had problems with flooding the Monday night before last, they moved all the livestock up the hill through the night into the morning, one of my cousins was helping them all night. That Monday night's storm on 2/29 last week was a real whopper for everyone north of the Golden Gate bridge in low lying areas...