To the Makers of Things, Show us what you do!

[Redmeadow Knives]

That color really brings out the tooling and makes it pop.

 

[WValtakis]

Nice work Chip, that really has a nice organic look to it.

Thanks! I did the back side in a vertical orientation so I could show people how it affects the visual proportions.

 

[J. Doyle]

Thanks! I did the back side in a vertical orientation so I could show people how it affects the visual proportions.

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Very cool. I think I like the angled side better.

Just noticed your signature on it too.....very clever.

Question: out of sheer curiosity, was there any rhyme or reason to leaving the bands in one direction plain and cutting the double edge lines on the bands in the opposite direction? Hope that makes sense.

 

[WValtakis]

Very cool. I think I like the angled side better.

Just noticed your signature on it too.....very clever.

Question: out of sheer curiosity, was there any rhyme or reason to leaving the bands in one direction plain and cutting the double edge lines on the bands in the opposite direction? Hope that makes sense.

Just playing around, borders both directions is "super fancy" and this seemed just "kinda fancy" and provided some contrast

 

[WValtakis]

Just got in some more pics by SharpByCoop , stellar work as always!

 

[Horsewright]

Had to fix some fence on our west side. The original fence is well over a hundred years old with brittle wire. Your pony needs to hobble well or it could be a long, long walk back.

Very windy day, gusts up to 40mph.

Everything out of leather except the saddles and the hobble straps we made. The breast collar on the horse on the right as well as the rein connectors. On the horse on the left the headstall, curb strap and split reins:

 

[Pàdruig]

Probably not something you see every day but I made these some years ago. I remember them being a fun, albeit very time consuming project.

Leather bottles, handstitched, lined with brewer's pitch on the inside and beeswax on the outside. If I recall correctly, they hold about 32(ish) ounces of liquid.

Old pic as they were made on commission.

 

[Scott Hanson]

Probably not something you see every day but I made these some years ago. I remember them being a fun, albeit very time consuming project.

Leather bottles, handstitched, lined with brewer's pitch on the inside and beeswax on the outside. If I recall correctly, they hold about 32(ish) ounces of liquid.

Old pic as they were made on commission.

Very cool! That's a lot of stitching, they look like they took a fair amount time to make.

 

[Pàdruig]

Very cool! That's a lot of stitching, they look like they took a fair amount time to make.

Thank you, Scott. They definitely were a labor of love - it was one of the more satisfying projects that I had undertaken. I had no idea what to expect with creating the pattern, the leather forming, sealing, etc. It all worked out though.

 

[Horsewright]

Opposite ends of the chap/legging family:

Extreme duty boarhide AZ Bell Stepins chaps:

They weigh bout a ton and a half! At the opposite end and weighing bout half a feather, this pair of Charmitas:

 

[Richard338]

 

[Horsewright]

I built this damascus Ranchero about 2/3 years ago. The customer had a house fire and lost everything, burnt to the ground. He found this:

I was worried about the hardness being gone but a file still skated.

Lil grinding there. Lil grinding here.

Lil etching:

Stick a handle on it and call er good:

It has a very small crack about an inch ahead of the plunge that I found while testing the sharpness. After sharpening I shave paper and it kept catching right there. I asked the customer if he wanted me to reprofile it and he said no. Leave er be, mostly a momento anyhoo.

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Nice save Dave, an unexpected extra temper cycle!

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Found this weird bottle cap....

 

[jlauffer]

Found this weird bottle cap....
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Looks like it's been shaped to match a piece of stag perhaps?

 

[Horsewright]

Something completely new for us. Finished up this overnight duffel bag. Haven't completely settled on a name yet but am thinking about the Sage Brush Rambler. Sized to fit in an airline overhead at 9"x20", I was surprised at how much it held. Just to fill it up for the pics it took six pairs of jeans, six shirts and two bulky wool sweaters. Developing a new product is always the hard part for us. We'd had this done for some time but hadn't come up with and finished a handle wrap that we liked. Finally did that yesterday. Got three hours (times the both of us), in building a prototype handle wrap, refining it and finally building one and adding it to this bag. Whadya think?

Detachable shoulder strap with sliding pad:

Can be personalized with brand or initials:

Double zipper pulls allow ya to open this bag wide or just as far as ya need to get what you are after:

 

[Dopic1]

Wow, that is gorgeous.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Something completely new for us. Finished up this overnight duffel bag. Haven't completely settled on a name yet but am thinking about the Sage Brush Rambler. Sized to fit in an airline overhead at 9"x20", I was surprised at how much it held. Just to fill it up for the pics it took six pairs of jeans, six shirts and two bulky wool sweaters. Developing a new product is always the hard part for us. We'd had this done for some time but hadn't come up with and finished a handle wrap that we liked. Finally did that yesterday. Got three hours (times the both of us), in building a prototype handle wrap, refining it and finally building one and adding it to this bag. Whadya think?

Detachable shoulder strap with sliding pad:

Can be personalized with brand or initials:

Double zipper pulls allow ya to open this bag wide or just as far as ya need to get what you are after:

Love the idea of You doing bags.......

I've been searching for years, the perfect "messenger" style bag for work/weekends.
Something simple, clean, timeless and durable. Hint Hint

 

[pease]

That bag looks great

 

[Redmeadow Knives]

Looks like a new Hosted Subforum in town- Jason Fry Custom Knives.