Hats & Knives

[Fodderwing]

Airborne !

Thank you for your service sir.

 

[Ripcord 82]

My Appaloosa #81 with my Beavers. I think my wife is going to hold up the stage to get this knife. She loves the Smooth Appaloosa Bone.

 

[Ripcord 82]

Thank you for your service sir.

Many thanks.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

That is a great looking hat,looks nice with its English accent piece. And the blue man speaks volumes

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

My Appaloosa #81 with my Beavers. I think my wife is going to hold up the stage to get this knife. She loves the Smooth Appaloosa Bone.

Those are some great looking beaver hats, and an appaloosa bone goes well with them. My only felt is a 4x but the western store near me just got in some nice 7x gus pinch (my favorite crown)in pecan I got my eye on might pick one up this weekend.

 

[Prester John]

My Appaloosa #81 with my Beavers. I think my wife is going to hold up the stage to get this knife. She loves the Smooth Appaloosa Bone.

Very nice. I should get a black one, too.

 

[Prester John]

That is a great looking hat,looks nice with its English accent piece. And the blue man speaks volumes

Thanks, David. Was sitting in my office at lunch time and thought I'd post something in this thread again.

 

[Ripcord 82]

Those are some great looking beaver hats, and an appaloosa bone goes well with them. My only felt is a 4x but the western store near me just got in some nice 7x gus pinch (my favorite crown)in pecan I got my eye on might pick one up this weekend.

Thanks David and John,
The hat on the right has a Gus crease, have a picture with it and a knife somewhere,my favorite too. All are 100 % Beaver The black and the Gus was made by Montana Peaks Hat Company and the buckskin,in the middle, was made by Jaxonbilt Hat Company.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

R Ripcord 82 ,Thanks for the info, I'll be looking into those companies

 

[Ripcord 82]

Here is my Case Barlow with my 100% Beaver ( Gus ) from Montana Peaks.

 

[mitch13]

Some great hats

The Canadians.
Biltmore & 2 grohmann's, although the ulu is not really mine anymore. The wife's favourite pizza cutter

 

[Pomsbz]

 

[herder]

Thank you for your service sir.

I'll echo those words and add, great picture!!!

 

[Ripcord 82]

I'll echo those words and add, great picture!!!

Thank you very much and I am happy you enjoy the photos. This is a fun topic. Everybody is getting really creative.it was a great idea.

 

[Horsewright]

Apprenticeship? Very cool to see a young lady taking an interest in traditional craftsmanship!

Kinda. Emma is a very motivated, self sufficient and capable 16 year old. She drives an hour each way to come up here and half the time is hauling a horse with her too. I help her with her horsemanship and am teaching her how to do leather work too. That pair of charmitas she is working on is her own. She came up here and worked, swept the shop, cut this, did that, glued this etc. First time she came up she helped me buff a batch of knives. There's a stage where its wax on wax off, tape on tape off kinda deal and so she was doing all that on a batch of about 60 knives while I was doing the buffing. We got done, went inside and I told the wife to pay the lady and Emma said no, can we trade? So she worked until she'd earned this pair of charmitas (they'd of sold for close to $600) and then we bought the leather. So I showed her how to adjust the pattern to fit her measurements and laid out the first leg. She did all the rest and my wife did the sewing. They came out stunning but I don't have any pics yet as we finished them about 10pm and then she drove home through all those earthquakes, hauling her BLM mustang. Next project she wants the wife to teach her how to floral carve a belt. She just won a cool buckle at one of those BLM Trainer's challenge deals. We'll see her at this, this weekend:

http://www.californiobridlehorseassociation.com/code-7/code-20/index.html

I'll get some pics there of the finished charmitas.

With her BLM mustang Notch:

Horsewright knife, sheath and water buffalo belt, Sunbody Reata hat:

 

[JohnDF]

My last remaining cowboy hat... Resistol!!!
Shown with one of my heeling ropes and a bag I won team roping. GEC #71 for knife content.

 

[Ripcord 82]

My last remaining cowboy hat... Resistol!!!
Shown with one of my heeling ropes and a bag I won team roping. GEC #71 for knife content.

Looking good!

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Horsewright
Very cool, good to see a young person with such great work ethic. And kudos to her for adopting a BLM mustang,that's allot of work and dedication. As this thread pertains to hats, do you know if her feather has a meaning? I wear a feather on mine, I found out when I was 18 that who I'd been led to believe was my grandfather was not. That my Dads real father was full blood Apache. Though not raised with any native beliefs, I wear a feather to honor that a part of me carries that blood.

 

[Prester John]

Horsewright
Very cool, good to see a young person with such great work ethic. And kudos to her for adopting a BLM mustang,that's allot of work and dedication. As this thread pertains to hats, do you know if her feather has a meaning? I wear a feather on mine, I found out when I was 18 that who I'd been led to believe was my grandfather was not. That my Dads real father was full blood Apache. Though not raised with any native beliefs, I wear a feather to honor that a part of me carries that blood.

Cool, David. Maybe I should add a feather to my hat. I've heard that I am part Apache on my father's side. DNA test shows about 20% American Indian, but the tests don't specify tribes.

 

[Henry Beige]

Stormy Kromer, Green River fish knife, and a mapcase full of DeLorme atlases.