My Eureka Jack Got Me Out of a Bind Today

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I was working a mule this afternoon, and to make a long story short, things got western and the saddle got under said mule's belly.

This is not an optimal situation.

I needed to get my saddle off that mule in a hurry, and let's just say it was a moving target. :)

I whipped out my trusty Eureka Jack and that scalpel like coping blade sliced through a thick leather billet strap like a hot biscuit.

My saddle fell free and order was restored pronto. :)

Sometimes a sharp knife comes in handy.
 
You got lucky on that one! But this is exactly why you carry a knife....you don't know when you will need it
 
Dang!! This thread brough back some pleasant memories from my youth (1940s - 1950s) when I used to spend time at my uncle's farm in NC. He had a dozen or more mules and swore that the only saddle suitable for a mule was a McClelland (sp?) saddle - they are the calvary type with the open slot down the middle.

Back on topic. It just goes to show how important a sharp knife blade is and that Eureka Jack is a very suitable knife for such tasks as you were doing.
 
Awesome story! Quick thinking and BEING PREPARED at the moment is what it's all about. Thanks for sharing.
 
I shod horses for a living from '84 til about 3 years ago when my back gave out and I had to start making knives full time. I have lot's of mule stories. Most of them end tragically. Kind of like most horror stories.
 
genewiseman said:
I shod horses for a living from '84 til about 3 years ago when my back gave out and I had to start making knives full time. I have lot's of mule stories. Most of them end tragically. Kind of like most horror stories.
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I'll bet we know some of the same people.

I roped with Floyd and Sam Andrews and the Simmons boys, grew up with the Foreman's.

My grandpa was Doug Carroll.

Me and Johnny Mack Barnett shod horses and cowboyed together back in the day.
 
I know Tars Foreman pretty well. Real nice guy. I don't really know the rest of them any more than to say hi in the grocery store. Most of my business was down around Westville and Stilwell. I did a little work in Tahlequah because Dr. Sheets sent me some business. I worked for his son Mike at the Stilwell sale barn for quite a while so I got a lot of business down there. He had some draft mules that I used to shoe too. I know Nicki Simmons (I think it is Nicki) that is a real good roper. I know Jack Simmons but I am not sure if that is the same family. I know that he is related to the Simmons down around Westville and Stilwell. I have done work for all of them.
 
genewiseman said:
I know Tars Foreman pretty well. Real nice guy. I don't really know the rest of them any more than to say hi in the grocery store. Most of my business was down around Westville and Stilwell. I did a little work in Tahlequah because Dr. Sheets sent me some business. I worked for his son Mike at the Stilwell sale barn for quite a while so I got a lot of business down there. He had some draft mules that I used to shoe too. I know Nicki Simmons (I think it is Nicki) that is a real good roper. I know Jack Simmons but I am not sure if that is the same family. I know that he is related to the Simmons down around Westville and Stilwell. I have done work for all of them.
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Nicky Simmons was there one day when I got in a bad wreck roping and split my shoulder blade down the middle. Jack is his uncle.

I graduated with Tars Foreman's brother Tex.

Small world.

I'd love to see some of your knives.
 
had a runaway train come past me as I was leading a tourist group into Havasupai. Pushed the woman I was with into a gap in the canyon wall. She didn't quite seem to appreciate the danger I'd averted her from!;)
 
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