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Horsewright Knives and Leather
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Morning! Nichole just made up a batch of Buckaroo Pouches yesterday. I’m working on belts. Did five yesterday and just received an order for another.
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Great pics David!
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In normal circumstances i'm all over one, but with the delivery being non existent between here and the US, will have to bide my time.
Regards to Nichole.lambertiana
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Did you see me wave as I drove through Tehachapi Wednesday and today?
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Yeah the mails are screwy right now!In normal circumstances i'm all over one, but with the delivery being non existent between here and the US, will have to bide my time.
Nope! Ya have to stop by some time! Heck I didn't even find this till now. My puter has been down for bout a week or so.
Been busy making belts lately. A bunch of em. There's three or four too that we didn't get pics of. Built em all one week.
Got two more waiting to go here on the workbench too. Guy wanted us to wait till payday before getting started. We can do that, All our belts are made to order and we work on your measurements for a good fit not a pant size. Cause guess what? Pants maker lie. I have three brands of jeans in my drawer. Two styles of one brand even. The waist size is all different. Wranglers I'm a 36 except in their 20X models then I'm a 34. Cinch I'm a 35 and Levis a 38. If you actually run a tape through my belt loops I'm 42". See pant makers lie!
Working on a new batch of knives too. Working on sheaths today.
One thing that occurred to me shooting these pics a couple of days ago....was how many knives have passed over that work table over the years to create such a patina?
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Nice belts and knives pardYeah the mails are screwy right now!
Nope! Ya have to stop by some time! Heck I didn't even find this till now. My puter has been down for bout a week or so.
Been busy making belts lately. A bunch of em. There's three or four too that we didn't get pics of. Built em all one week.
Got two more waiting to go here on the workbench too. Guy wanted us to wait till payday before getting started. We can do that, All our belts are made to order and we work on your measurements for a good fit not a pant size. Cause guess what? Pants maker lie. I have three brands of jeans in my drawer. Two styles of one brand even. The waist size is all different. Wranglers I'm a 36 except in their 20X models then I'm a 34. Cinch I'm a 35 and Levis a 38. If you actually run a tape through my belt loops I'm 42". See pant makers lie!
Working on a new batch of knives too. Working on sheaths today.
I'd reckon a whole bunch amigo
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They have been doing it for years. I used to work in the rag trade and they started all this decades ago. That is why buying clothes online is fraught with danger.
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Thanks my friend! Just solid leather goodness as my son calls our belts.Nice belts and knives pard
I'd reckon a whole bunch amigo
Yeah a bunch for sure. A lot of that is drips of glue and shots of WD40. Years and years worth.
For sure. I really got tuned into this making chaps years ago. Guys would try to tell me I wear a size 34 by 36 jean, make the chaps to fit that. I would tell them that tells me nothing.
Some fine work Dave!!!
Thank you!!
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What model and handle material is that purple handled knife, Dave? Looks like a good variety of models and materials this batch.Yeah the mails are screwy right now!
Nope! Ya have to stop by some time! Heck I didn't even find this till now. My puter has been down for bout a week or so.
Been busy making belts lately. A bunch of em. There's three or four too that we didn't get pics of. Built em all one week.
Got two more waiting to go here on the workbench too. Guy wanted us to wait till payday before getting started. We can do that, All our belts are made to order and we work on your measurements for a good fit not a pant size. Cause guess what? Pants maker lie. I have three brands of jeans in my drawer. Two styles of one brand even. The waist size is all different. Wranglers I'm a 36 except in their 20X models then I'm a 34. Cinch I'm a 35 and Levis a 38. If you actually run a tape through my belt loops I'm 42". See pant makers lie!
Working on a new batch of knives too. Working on sheaths today.
One thing that occurred to me shooting these pics a couple of days ago....was how many knives have passed over that work table over the years to create such a patina?
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Thanks. That is a Cowboy Toothpick in red woolcarta. It finishes out as almost a maroon color.
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Dave hope you and Nichole had a good time at the Horse Show this weekend! 
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Dave hope you and Nichole had a good time at the Horse Show this weekend!
Early Californios Skills of the Rancho — V6 Ranch - Authentic California Ranch Experiences
An event to preserve and educate people to the beauty and efficiency of the Californio style of horsemanship and stockmanship. A family affair with friendly competition and fiesta attitude. Held at the Parkfield Rodeo grounds.
Howdy guys. Been back a day or two and got finished unpacking, decompressing and just sitting on the couch for a moment. We had a great time. Nichole was competing and I was set to as well but about 10 days prior they asked if I would be one of the three judges, which I agreed to do. Heck I agreed to do it before I even knew it was a paying gig. It also came with a room in the lodge (a very, very, nice room), so no camping for Dave and Nichole this year.At least we know who to go to for a real cowboy knife!
This outfit is just plain organized and I mean down to the very small details. No winging it. So for instance, Nichole was in the Intermediate (L2), Division. I never judged an Intermediate class whether Nichole was in it or not. I judged the Advanced and Novice classes as well as the Junior classes. Each judge had an assigned scribe and these gals were magicians. Not only were they making sure we had coffee but they handled the score sheets as we told them what to write. My scribe Ryan could write in the right box both a numerical score and then comments too and not even be looking at the sheet! I often asked her how she could do that. She didn't know she just did.
Got there on Thursday last week and got set up and unhooked. We did take our living quarters trailer even though we weren't camping. It was handy for making breakfast and lunch and so we kinda circled the wagons with some friends and had a pretty nice place under some huge oaks. The Lodge was about a quarter a mile away so we'd drive back and forth. After getting set up and settling in Nichole's horse Josie to her pen, I went over to help number the cattle. Ray was near me helping out and I noticed he had one of my Ranchero knives in a sheath he'd made himself.
There was a young gal there that was kinda running the number deal as she was assigning the numbers to the cattle and putting the glue on the numbers. The numbers are a strong paper and the glue is an especial stock glue so it doesn't pull the hair off the cattle when the numbers are removed. Most of the events/classes started with an assigned number that the contestant had to work. So that was why we were numbering. This gal was wearing one of my knives a Cowboy Toothpick, with historic oak for the handle. She had it on the back of her belt for a left hand SOB draw. She told me later that her father had given her the knife and it was her favorite. She didn't know the story of the Historic Oak and thought it was pretty cool when I told her the deal. Her grandmother also competes in this deal and also wears one of my knives. Her mom Nichole was in charge of the office and kept us judges lined out.
Nichole and I headed over to the cafe from the Lodge. She'd stopped here to answer a text. Another step on and no service. Parkfield is a little itty bitty town up in the middle of the mountains of California's coastal range. We saw two herds of elk, one of antelope and one of deer while driving in to this metropolis of 18!
Didn't see any pigs but they were very evident as the sign implies. Nichole has her Horsewright belt, sheath, knife and purse on. The cafe there has extremely great food. We'd eaten there (dinner) exclusively last year and this year too. It was quiet Thursday night:
Parkfield is the earthquake capital of the world and sits right on top of the famed San Andreas fault.
Makes a guy wonder about the wisdom of sitting under a bunch of branding irons in the earth quake capital of the world! After dinner we headed back over to the Pavilion next to the Lodge. This was for a meet and greet deal where the contestentants could meet their "Pro" and also we, the judges, were introduced. While a competition, this is also an educational event and so each contestant has a pro that can assist, teach, coach the contestant while they are in competing. In fact each pro is kinda a team member with the contestant and except for the Drywork Pattern ( a series of maneuvers, in a specific order ridden by the contestant), the pro is horseback in the arena with the contestant. As a judge we tried to give the contestant some written comments anytime we scored more than an average. For instance if a deal was scored between 0 and 10 with 5 being just right and they score a 6 or 7 I'd tell them what they did well to get the better score. If they scored a 3 or a 4 I'd tell them what they could do to improve. Lil more later, time to feed.
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Dave, had to search the forum to see what you meant by historic oak. Beautiful character to that wood! Sounds like a fun week.Howdy guys. Been back a day or two and got finished unpacking, decompressing and just sitting on the couch for a moment. We had a great time. Nichole was competing and I was set to as well but about 10 days prior they asked if I would be one of the three judges, which I agreed to do. Heck I agreed to do it before I even knew it was a paying gig. It also came with a room in the lodge (a very, very, nice room), so no camping for Dave and Nichole this year.
This outfit is just plain organized and I mean down to the very small details. No winging it. So for instance, Nichole was in the Intermediate (L2), Division. I never judged an Intermediate class whether Nichole was in it or not. I judged the Advanced and Novice classes as well as the Junior classes. Each judge had an assigned scribe and these gals were magicians. Not only were they making sure we had coffee but they handled the score sheets as we told them what to write. My scribe Ryan could write in the right box both a numerical score and then comments too and not even be looking at the sheet! I often asked her how she could do that. She didn't know she just did.
Got there on Thursday last week and got set up and unhooked. We did take our living quarters trailer even though we weren't camping. It was handy for making breakfast and lunch and so we kinda circled the wagons with some friends and had a pretty nice place under some huge oaks. The Lodge was about a quarter a mile away so we'd drive back and forth. After getting set up and settling in Nichole's horse Josie to her pen, I went over to help number the cattle. Ray was near me helping out and I noticed he had one of my Ranchero knives in a sheath he'd made himself.
There was a young gal there that was kinda running the number deal as she was assigning the numbers to the cattle and putting the glue on the numbers. The numbers are a strong paper and the glue is an especial stock glue so it doesn't pull the hair off the cattle when the numbers are removed. Most of the events/classes started with an assigned number that the contestant had to work. So that was why we were numbering. This gal was wearing one of my knives a Cowboy Toothpick, with historic oak for the handle. She had it on the back of her belt for a left hand SOB draw. She told me later that her father had given her the knife and it was her favorite. She didn't know the story of the Historic Oak and thought it was pretty cool when I told her the deal. Her grandmother also competes in this deal and also wears one of my knives. Her mom Nichole was in charge of the office and kept us judges lined out.
Nichole and I headed over to the cafe from the Lodge. She'd stopped here to answer a text. Another step on and no service. Parkfield is a little itty bitty town up in the middle of the mountains of California's coastal range. We saw two herds of elk, one of antelope and one of deer while driving in to this metropolis of 18!
Didn't see any pigs but they were very evident as the sign implies. Nichole has her Horsewright belt, sheath, knife and purse on. The cafe there has extremely great food. We'd eaten there (dinner) exclusively last year and this year too. It was quiet Thursday night:
Parkfield is the earthquake capital of the world and sits right on top of the famed San Andreas fault.
Makes a guy wonder about the wisdom of sitting under a bunch of branding irons in the earth quake capital of the world! After dinner we headed back over to the Pavilion next to the Lodge. This was for a meet and greet deal where the contestentants could meet their "Pro" and also we, the judges, were introduced. While a competition, this is also an educational event and so each contestant has a pro that can assist, teach, coach the contestant while they are in competing. In fact each pro is kinda a team member with the contestant and except for the Drywork Pattern ( a series of maneuvers, in a specific order ridden by the contestant), the pro is horseback in the arena with the contestant. As a judge we tried to give the contestant some written comments anytime we scored more than an average. For instance if a deal was scored between 0 and 10 with 5 being just right and they score a 6 or 7 I'd tell them what they did well to get the better score. If they scored a 3 or a 4 I'd tell them what they could do to improve. Lil more later, time to feed.
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I’ve never been in Parkfield proper but I’ve been a stone’s throw away several times. Parkfield is on a slippery section of the San Andreas. Very frequent small quakes instead of building up to a large one every generation or two. It is my understanding that the Parkfield section is covered with seismometers.