Whacha Been Up To......

Horsewright said:
Finished off another batch of knives the other day:

Not all goes as planned. This one was too tight and I couldn't get the knife, not one of mine, back out.

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I have a dental pick that I use on such occasions and I'll put that thought he lanyard hole. Then with fingers around the pick on top of and below the knife handle I can usually pull it out. Not so this time. Plan B?

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Start over.

After dunking. The edges have been trimmed, sanded, and bevelled and rounded on the finisher and they are ready for wet molding.

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After wet molding, baking and oiling the sheaths are allowed to rest over night as the oil is setting. They'll get finished the next morning:

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Finished off:

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I always love the way your work flows together. 🤩 Your craftsmanship blows me away. Every. Single. Time!!
Thanks for so generously sharing the beauty of it with us
 
RokJok said:
I always love the way your work flows together. 🤩 Your craftsmanship blows me away. Every. Single. Time!!
Thanks for so generously sharing the beauty of it with us
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Thank you for the kind words and you are very welcome!
 
Sharp & Fiery said:
A few others finished up…
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This one is maybe few years old by now. Douk-douk neck sheath. It has stamped logo I designed and had made but I haven’t used it much because you really need a press and I haven’t gotten one yet.
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navman said:
finished this one today:

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Wow guys! Some absoulutely great work going on here! Very cool!

We were gone for about a week. Went to a horse show, The Skills of the Early Californio Ranchos. Kinda a mouthful so everybody calls it just The Skills. Nichole and I both competed in it and did alright. We were both entered in the Stockhorse class. Three parts to the class, a dry pattern, headwork and roping. Nichole was riding a green horse that wasn't quite ready to do the roping yet. She was competing in the intermediate and I was in the advanced class. Her poor horse fell apart in the dry work and then massacred it the next day winning the herd work. It was pretty cool. She came in fourth overall and I came in third in the roping and fourth overall in mydivision. It was the dry work that killed me too. In some respects in this deal you really are competing against yourself. I'm going back next year and kick that guys butt! Anyhoo. It was held in a lil itty bitty town called Parkfield. Population,18! This is all on the historic V6 ranch and what a great place. Cool camping spot under a huge oak tree:

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Town consisted of the cafe on one side of the street:

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Our kinda place, they had about three hundred branding irons hanging from the ceiling and the food was fantastic!

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The Lodge was cool too:

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The signs on the gates reminded you to shut the gate to keep the wild hogs out!

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The old water tower was converted into hotel rooms too. Just a cool place:

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They held a meet and greet Thursday evening at the pavilion next to the lodge. It was great to run into old friends and meet some new ones. I was introduced to Dave who'd driven down from BC to compete; Next morning, in the arena I notice he has one of my knives in a pancake sheath on the belt of his chaps. There in the black vest:

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So I ride over to him and ask him how he likes his knife. He loves it, had it for 15 to 20 years. Saw an ad in the back of Western Horseman all those years ago and ordered it. I told him I made it and I don't think he believed me at first:

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Just kinda a funny look on his face. Anyhoo he says he did. A great guy! He did well too. Took a lot of prizes back to Canada with him.

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Since we were both riding we didn't have a booth or anything but did take nine knives. Sold them all and probably could have sold more. This our friend Dwight and he was my partner in the herdwork and the roping. Shopping off the Horsewright tailgate:

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Caught up with some good friends that were vendors too, Vince Donley's booth. He's a master rawhide braider and his wife Judy with her Horsewright knife:

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More a lil later.
 
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Wyo Coyote said:
Similar to a working cow horse class with roping thrown (pun intended) in?
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No not really. I did some working cow horse when I was younger so I know that deal too. The dry pattern is not a reining pattern per se it's more like a ranch riding pattern where there are a lot of precise transitions. A few obstacles too. It was very complicated and the hardest part was keeping the pattern in your head. Since they aren't selling anything I believe its ok to link the pattern:


The herd work you had to (in my advanced class) sort off a specific ten head out of a herd of twenty and then drive them around two obstacles in the center of the arena and bring them back to the rest of the herd. Here you did have the assistance of your assigned Pro/coach. There was a three minute time limit to do this, with a two minute warning. I decided to take the seven head I did have sorted and go with them at the warning. 20/20 hindsight I'd of probably been better off finishing my sort but hey, next time.

The roping was a rodear style roping. Twenty numbered head at the end of the arena two of each number. You with the assistance of your pro ride in and this is all at a walk as spilling the herd is BAD. In fact how all this is done is worth more than actually catching. You have two shots to neck one of your number. A missed shot is a half point deduction. Your pro is mostly holding the herd and spotting your number for ya. So ya ride in at the walk and try and sort enough so that you have a clean shot without upsetting the other nineteen head. Rope ( I used a hoolihan cause that's my shot, one of my nicknames is The Hoolihan Man), your head and dally off. Now, Lots of judging on how you do what you did after the shot and the handling of the horse and the steer after the shot, while still maintaining the herd. Here was one thing though. We were supposed to be judged on how well we then set up the pro for a heel shot but before we got going they decided to use breakaways in order to save the cattle and particularly the groundcrew as they were big steers. Didn't have a breakaway but was given one by a friend. So ya couldn't set up for a heel shot. No time on this btw. How well it was done was more important than how fast.

So all in all kind of a unique event and like I mentioned you really are in some respects competing against your self.
 
Horsewright said:
No not really. I did some working cow horse when I was younger so I know that deal too. The dry pattern is not a reining pattern per se it's more like a ranch riding pattern where there are a lot of precise transitions. A few obstacles too. It was very complicated and the hardest part was keeping the pattern in your head. Since they aren't selling anything I believe its ok to link the pattern:


The herd work you had to (in my advanced class) sort off a specific ten head out of a herd of twenty and then drive them around two obstacles in the center of the arena and bring them back to the rest of the herd. Here you did have the assistance of your assigned Pro/coach. There was a three minute time limit to do this, with a two minute warning. I decided to take the seven head I did have sorted and go with them at the warning. 20/20 hindsight I'd of probably been better off finishing my sort but hey, next time.

The roping was a rodear style roping. Twenty numbered head at the end of the arena two of each number. You with the assistance of your pro ride in and this is all at a walk as spilling the herd is BAD. In fact how all this is done is worth more than actually catching. You have two shots to neck one of your number. A missed shot is a half point deduction. Your pro is mostly holding the herd and spotting your number for ya. So ya ride in at the walk and try and sort enough so that you have a clean shot without upsetting the other nineteen head. Rope ( I used a hoolihan cause that's my shot, one of my nicknames is The Hoolihan Man), your head and dally off. Now, Lots of judging on how you do what you did after the shot and the handling of the horse and the steer after the shot, while still maintaining the herd. Here was one thing though. We were supposed to be judged on how well we then set up the pro for a heel shot but before we got going they decided to use breakaways in order to save the cattle and particularly the groundcrew as they were big steers. Didn't have a breakaway but was given one by a friend. So ya couldn't set up for a heel shot. No time on this btw. How well it was done was more important than how fast.

So all in all kind of a unique event and like I mentioned you really are in some respects competing against your self.
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Dang! That is a long and complicated pattern. Sorta Reining with Trail Class thrown in. Not typical horse show classes, but possibly more practical skills? I've never been able to throw a decent loop standing on the ground at a plastic head on a hay bale. Throwing a hoolihan is impressive. Glad that you had a bunch of fun.
 
New addition to my shop. Picked it up at the Pendleton show. Working on resolving a few small issues and dialing it in. First thing I learned is make sure the blade is sharp or forget being able to get a good setup, especially with softer leather.
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Robber58 said:
New addition to my shop. Picked it up at the Pendleton show. Working on resolving a few small issues and dialing it in. First thing I learned is make sure the blade is sharp or forget being able to get a good setup, especially with softer leather.
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Congrats! You get er dialed in and you are gonna love that thing. Ya probably talked to Vince at the show? He is your friend! Give him a call. He can get ya lined out and he'll talk ya through the sharpening. First few times I had to call him every time. Even took notes and still ended up calling Vince. I also fourd one of the videos from Aaron at Maker's Leather Supply very useful.
 
Wyo Coyote said:
Dang! That is a long and complicated pattern. Sorta Reining with Trail Class thrown in. Not typical horse show classes, but possibly more practical skills? I've never been able to throw a decent loop standing on the ground at a plastic head on a hay bale. Throwing a hoolihan is impressive. Glad that you had a bunch of fun.
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Next time you're passing through Tehachapi stop in. We'll get ya hooked up on that roping deal!

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Horsewright said:
Congrats! You get er dialed in and you are gonna love that thing. Ya probably talked to Vince at the show? He is your friend! Give him a call. He can get ya lined out and he'll talk ya through the sharpening. First few times I had to call him every time. Even took notes and still ended up calling Vince. I also fourd one of the videos from Aaron at Maker's Leather Supply very useful.
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Unfortunately they were very busy every time I went by to ask questions so no answers there. They did load it for me. I have reached out since then to Dave with a few questions but no response yet and don't have Vince's number so figuring it out by myself with You Tube videos for the moment. Got it sharp and getting good skives so using on my first bag now so we will see how it goes.
 
Robber58 said:
Unfortunately they were very busy every time I went by to ask questions so no answers there. They did load it for me. I have reached out since then to Dave with a few questions but no response yet and don't have Vince's number so figuring it out by myself with You Tube videos for the moment. Got it sharp and getting good skives so using on my first bag now so we will see how it goes.
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I had Vince's personal number but didn't keep it. I didn't feel right calling him at home but did the one time. I always call Heather, she runs the front desk and ask for Vince. Glad ya got er up and going. You are gonna wonder where that thing has been all these years!
 
yep. It is a pain in the rear, but I hope it will add some length to the life of the thread from potential abrasion (though unlikely) I marl the stitch holes on the front following a groove with the prick punch. Then using a awl needle in my drill press, follow those holes. Then stitch groove the back side following those holes. Finally I use a carbide scribe and/or awl to clear the holes from the back.
 
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