Whacha Been Up To......

Wow bunch of cool stuff going on in these pages! Sharp & Fiery Sharp & Fiery thats some eye catching tooling. duramax duramax very cool on the basket stamp. The verticalness of the stamping bothers my eye a little but thats just a taste thingie. Well executed. Lorien Lorien thats down right elegant.

We've been busy too since our branding. Finished off a batch of knives most of which have sold already:

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We're finally getting ready to add belts to our website. We've made many many belts but have never been good at making it easy to get one. Made a new one for me for a cover shot so to speak:

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Nichole was making this canvas and leather tote and got er sold before it was finished.

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Our daughters birthday is coming up in a week or so. She'll be 25. Mom's been working on an quilt for her as Crown Royal is one of their favorites and we've been saving the bags for a LONG time!

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A customer sent us these last two of his IWB holster from horsehide that Nichole made him:

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Horsewright Horsewright Dave, thank you for your kind words. It is very encouraging coming from you, an accomplished leatherworker.

Very nice items you are producing, and happy birthday to your daughter.
 
Sharp & Fiery said:
Horsewright Horsewright Dave, thank you for your kind words. It is very encouraging coming from you, an accomplished leatherworker.

Very nice items you are producing, and happy birthday to your daughter.
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Thank you sir! I'll let her know. She's handy on the ranch:

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Makes a good model when we need to trim fringe:

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Likes to fly fish:

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And just got engaged to this guy!

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They've been together since high school. Both were sports stars and both played in college. He had a 98 mph fast ball and she has the probable (not a stat always collected) world record of the most consecutive free throws in a game of any high school basketball player, boy or girl. She made 24 in one game! There was a NBA player that did 27.

Dang even helps in the shop when she's not at the hospital:

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Does some surgery for us at the ranch:

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Have a friend, a movie star, he looked at her senior pictures handed em back and sighed. I looked at him and he said: " I've worked with the most beautiful women on the planet, and Alyssa is the equal of any of them, don't tell her I said that." I didn't for some years and then I did cause he did.

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Heck the weddings next August I'd better get busy making more knives! Gotta pay for this thing! Even all dolled up she's still got working hands. Look at that knuckle.
 
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the first thing I noticed was the knuckle scab- nice work Mr. and Mrs. Horsewright!
and thank you for the encouragement, Dave:thumbsup:
 
Not every day ya get asked to make something like these. Heck I never have, first pair. I mean I've made lots of wrist cuffs or cowboy cuffs as they are called but never a wooly set before. Buffalo hide wool and water buffalo straps and lacing, body of the cuff is 6/7 oz russet Wicket and Craig.

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A LOT of skivving getting that binding thin enough on all four sides. If ya look real close ya see I had to skive it to paper thin to fold back the edges at the corners.

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Anyhoo pretty pleased with how they came out.

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These were for the same customer that I did the wooly chaps for a while back and the wool is from the same hide. Next up? Wooly saddle bags!
 
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Not every day ya get asked to make something like these. Heck I never have, first pair. I mean I've made lots of wrist cuffs or cowboy cuffs as they are called but never a wooly set before. Buffalo hide wool and water buffalo straps and lacing, body of the cuff is 6/7 oz russet Wicket and Craig.

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A LOT of skivving getting that binding thin enough on all four sides. If ya look real close ya see I had to skive it to paper thin to fold back the edges at the corners.

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Anyhoo pretty pleased with how they came out.

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These were for the same customer that I did the wooly chaps for a while back and the wool is from the same hide. Next up? Wooly saddle bags!
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That is one thing that I've never heard of before now. Nice work!

Your daughter is gorgeous, Dave! She sounds like a good girl too. Well done.
 
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Horsewright Horsewright That would be nice to have. Well, are those cuffs to just protect your wrists from getting scratched?
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I've read that in the old west they were used to help protect shirts from getting frayed. I have worked on ranches that were particularly brushy where guys would wear them to help protect the face when crashing through some brush after a cow. I've had a couple pairs in the past myself but I always trade em off. We made this pair for our ranching partner Steve, many years ago. Some of the first floral carving Nichole ever did:

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He traded em off, too. Made this pair for our a local horse Vet that was getting into cowboy action shooting. Hard to trade off with your initials on em:

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Reality is they are kind of just an old traditional thing from the old west. They aren't super practical, they aren't very comfortable. Lots of guys will have em in their trade bag but ya don't really see em worn much at all. These wooly cuffs would serve no practical purpose at all, unlike wooly chaps. Guy just wanted to scratch an itch. The customer doesn't ride, he just loved watching westerns as a kid and always wanted wooly chaps and cuffs.
 
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I've read that in the old west they were used to help protect shirts from getting frayed. I have worked on ranches that were particularly brushy where guys would wear them to help protect the face when crashing through some brush after a cow. I've had a couple pairs in the past myself but I always trade em off. We made this pair for our ranching partner Steve, many years ago. Some of the first floral carving Nichole ever did:

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He traded em off, too. Made this pair for our a local horse Vet that was getting into cowboy action shooting. Hard to trade off with your initials on em:

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Reality is they are kind of just an old traditional thing from the old west. They aren't super practical, they aren't very comfortable. Lots of guys will have em in their trade bag but ya don't really see em worn much at all. These wooly cuffs would serve no practical purpose at all, unlike wooly chaps. Guy just wanted to scratch an itch. The customer doesn't ride, he just loved watching westerns as a kid and always wanted wooly chaps and cuffs.
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Thanks, Dave. You make some nice looking cuffs!
 
Horsewright said:
I've read that in the old west they were used to help protect shirts from getting frayed. I have worked on ranches that were particularly brushy where guys would wear them to help protect the face when crashing through some brush after a cow. I've had a couple pairs in the past myself but I always trade em off. We made this pair for our ranching partner Steve, many years ago. Some of the first floral carving Nichole ever did:

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He traded em off, too. Made this pair for our a local horse Vet that was getting into cowboy action shooting. Hard to trade off with your initials on em:

gD5tC0R.jpg


Reality is they are kind of just an old traditional thing from the old west. They aren't super practical, they aren't very comfortable. Lots of guys will have em in their trade bag but ya don't really see em worn much at all. These wooly cuffs would serve no practical purpose at all, unlike wooly chaps. Guy just wanted to scratch an itch. The customer doesn't ride, he just loved watching westerns as a kid and always wanted wooly chaps and cuffs.
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the heart wants what the heart wants
 
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