Horsewright
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Last weekend we attended a 3 day ranch roping event as a vendor. It was a small show and was by invitation only, both the roping and the vendor space. I was originaly signed up to rope with my son but an injury prevented as I didn't think I would be able to do the groundwork portion. Turned out they had a dedicated groundcrew so I could of stayed horseback and been alright. Oh well, next time. Nichole did compete in the breakaway roping Sunday morning and had a great time.
There were only 5 or 6 vendors and maybe 60 people max at the roping. Despite the small numbers we did extremely well. Thought I'd share a few pics.
Here is our booth. One of the things we fought was windy conditions and dust. You'd have to wipe things down couple of times a day. You can see the wind in the fringe of the red pair of charmitas and the blanket under the saddle. Those things on the grid panel behind the saddle had to be zip tied to the panel.
Both pairs of leggings we had for sale we made the day before the show. Keeping a supply of stock is always difficult for us. The days prior to a show are always crunch time.
Knives and their sheaths for sale. The cord is to keep the phone charged so we can run the Square to charge credit card sales. The saddle maker next door bought a roundknife and a skivver. There's a few of those upper left in the pic.
Close up of one of NIchole's purses. Shes been doing this boot top stitching lately and its pretty cool.
Pair of spur straps. Surprisingly brought these back home. Usually this tooling pattern will sell quickly. Did sell some spur straps but they were all roughout.
"The little blue houses" were right across from us. When a cowboy has got to go, a cowboy has got to go.
One wall of the booth. The other just had a couple of Nichole's wool vests hanging.
One of the holsters.
Some Tally Books. I think one of the reasons we do well at shows like this is that we have a wide variety of items and it seems we sell some of just about everything.
Couple of three shots of Nichole competing. You can tell by the smile she wasn't having any fun. This break away deal is kind of cool. There is a plastic hondo (the eyelet that the rope feeds back through) that snaps apart under pressure. So you rope the head, catch go to the horn and the rope will snap off the cows head. Restring it, rope another. The horse must stay at a walk or trot, no running. The person that catches the most in five minutes wins.
Nichole afterwards at the booth. Some old broken down, crippled up ranchroper/leathersmith/knifemaker there in the background. Sales after the event were brisk and we ended ujp staying several hours after the roping had finished while folks visited. Great weekend. Questions and comments are welcome.
There were only 5 or 6 vendors and maybe 60 people max at the roping. Despite the small numbers we did extremely well. Thought I'd share a few pics.
Here is our booth. One of the things we fought was windy conditions and dust. You'd have to wipe things down couple of times a day. You can see the wind in the fringe of the red pair of charmitas and the blanket under the saddle. Those things on the grid panel behind the saddle had to be zip tied to the panel.
Both pairs of leggings we had for sale we made the day before the show. Keeping a supply of stock is always difficult for us. The days prior to a show are always crunch time.
Knives and their sheaths for sale. The cord is to keep the phone charged so we can run the Square to charge credit card sales. The saddle maker next door bought a roundknife and a skivver. There's a few of those upper left in the pic.
Close up of one of NIchole's purses. Shes been doing this boot top stitching lately and its pretty cool.
Pair of spur straps. Surprisingly brought these back home. Usually this tooling pattern will sell quickly. Did sell some spur straps but they were all roughout.
"The little blue houses" were right across from us. When a cowboy has got to go, a cowboy has got to go.
One wall of the booth. The other just had a couple of Nichole's wool vests hanging.
One of the holsters.
Some Tally Books. I think one of the reasons we do well at shows like this is that we have a wide variety of items and it seems we sell some of just about everything.
Couple of three shots of Nichole competing. You can tell by the smile she wasn't having any fun. This break away deal is kind of cool. There is a plastic hondo (the eyelet that the rope feeds back through) that snaps apart under pressure. So you rope the head, catch go to the horn and the rope will snap off the cows head. Restring it, rope another. The horse must stay at a walk or trot, no running. The person that catches the most in five minutes wins.
Nichole afterwards at the booth. Some old broken down, crippled up ranchroper/leathersmith/knifemaker there in the background. Sales after the event were brisk and we ended ujp staying several hours after the roping had finished while folks visited. Great weekend. Questions and comments are welcome.
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but I also enjoy these photos of yours greatly too !!