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I’d buy it !!!!
Well of course you have
Time for a new chapter!
G2
Only sometimes!! Those sheaths are sweet! Very nice indeed!!I think he must sleep standing up ??? Lol
The stitching is STRONG as the opening was just a bit tight to fit the knife so with much prying and stretching it's still very tight but the stitches never gave way, which amazed me!
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Wow that is just cool, my friend. Great braiding! Ya gonna try a reata next? The slaughter service was just at the ranch taking care of two steers. Could of saved the hides for ya!after snakewhips and bullwhips I made some cossacs whips nagayka with two different construction
so I have this also in my fingers. Its fun but its way to much time consuming...
Figure carving is tough! Takes lots of practice, I'm sure not very good at it.
Very classy G2, just classy!Just got in some different stitching prongs, 3mm and 4mm, tried out the 3mm ones on this small slip sheath. The leather I think is buffalo and fairly thick/spongy but strong stuff. I glued down the edges, used the stitching prongs and then used the two needle saddle stitch method to sew this up, the thread is 1.2 Tiger thread used red for a stark contrast. The leather I got from someone/somewhere it was just a tiny bit of folded leather that was JUST enough for this sheath, yes, I'm a pack rat
Knife is a 1970's vintage Browning, unique and well made small folder a little over 3" closed
G2
Those were a bit before my time.
Don't remember that one!
after snakewhips and bullwhips I made some cossacs whips nagayka with two different construction
so I have this also in my fingers. Its fun but its way to much time consuming...
First thanks Dave. For reata I will wait for winter like You said, and those rains areDon't remember that one!
Macan I thought ya might like to see these pics.We were taking some pics of some wooly chaps we'd just finished. Our daughter was modeling them for the pics (in 95 degree weather and these things are warm), I thought ya'd like to see a couple pics of her reins:
Here's the woolies themselves:
Nichole is marking the fringe to be trimmed so the owner is walking on them. On shotgun style chaps I always leave long and then trim later like this.
Just a beautiful hide I got from a small tannery in Wyoming.
The yokes have Carlos border stamp with initials:
Which matches Alyssa's belt well:
That holster looks great Chris. Glad to see ya back around. Been busy with home improvements too.Been a while since I posted, just thought I'd let everyone know I'm still kicking!
First couple projects not house related in a year.
After having it 3 months I finally put together some nice sharkskin accented pants for my p365xl.
Made my wife a dreamcatcher for her birthday last week.
Thanks for looking!
Chris
Thanks Macan. Yeah good deal that is the time to braid a reata. Lot of work keeping track of those 90 foot long strings! Yeah thats a relatively plain pair of working reins. Not too fancy. I like the square braid on them. They work good on a smaller horse cause they are relatively short. We have eight pair of different lengths and complexity.
It's raining, so I made a few (very simple) pocket slips for my babies.
