BUNKHOUSE RAMBLINGS

TwoWalks Baldridge · June 13, 2011, 09:25:26 AM

Thanks EE, that rig is amazingly beautiful.

Marshal Will Wingam · June 13, 2011, 09:38:10 AM

Lucky, that rig is beautiful. Very good work. Thanks for the pics.

Marshal Will Wingam · June 13, 2011, 09:48:35 AM

Very good sheaths, Rossmaker. They're quite attractive. Good work.

Bob, those Slimjims are beautiful. Very good work on both. I'd be hard pressed to choose which I like better.

EE, that rig is really nice. You did a bang-up job on that. Very cool.

Dave, that knife is another masterpiece. KT, you scored again.

Marshal Will Wingam · June 13, 2011, 09:51:42 AM

Wow, Dave. Great work on this one.

Thanks for the pic.

GunClick Rick · June 13, 2011, 10:37:21 AM

That's an award winner right there!

Holy bageeebers!

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · June 13, 2011, 11:25:58 AM

Dave, that is a beauty for sure, the scales look like they could be a brain wave

, and we all know who's brain they came from

, nice design KT, and great work putting KT's brain wave together Dave.

tEN wOLVES

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · June 13, 2011, 11:31:51 AM

Nice work all around pards, thanks for the look see

tEN wOLVES

KidTerico · June 13, 2011, 02:21:16 PM

TW my friend. you are a hoot. You have been around GCR to long. KT

GunClick Rick · June 13, 2011, 02:35:29 PM

KT waved goodbye to his brain years ago~~~

Baaa haa ha "oh my sides are hurting"

EE Taft · June 13, 2011, 04:40:58 PM

Thanks y'all

Lucky, that Slim jim rig is beautiful! Love the tooling and carving! Very crisp and clean!

~EE Taft~

Cliff Fendley · June 13, 2011, 08:38:35 PM

Some great work showing here pards, keep up the good work.

Johnny McCrae · June 14, 2011, 07:02:22 AM

Was at the 2011 NCOWS National's last week. Lots of great Leather work has been posted lately. Many thanks to everyone for sharing their fine work with us.

By the way Cliff Fendley was in my Posse. We had a good time chatting about leather. Cliff is a dern good shot!

Irish Dave · June 16, 2011, 04:22:50 PM

Good work all around, pards.

Lucky: Really like the holster style and the carving. Very traditional and a very nice job.

JD Alan · June 17, 2011, 01:44:36 PM

I'm not going for the two tone look here, they are seprate projects. I'll build a belt for the person who buys the holsters in whatever style and size needed. These holsters are some I've had partially finished for some time. I put them together, forgetting I was suppose to metal line them, so I made another set and did it right. We've got quite a number of left handed cross draw shooters, and I'm hoping one of them will want a set of long drop holsters. I'll put Conchos on the holsters if requested.

I'm working on a couple of Mexican Loop holsters to go with the belt. This one is a straight 2 inches. The buckle is from Ohio Travel Bag. I bought a couple in 2 inch a couple in 2 1/4 inch just to see what they were like. That's as large as they go, at least for this style of buckle. They seem sturdy and well made. It seems like my requests are mostly entry level (read inexpensive) belts & holsters. A straight unlined belt and Mexican loop holsters seem the least time consuming way to go, which is what's important to me.

I suppose if I was better at cutting taper belts I would go that way, since the buckles are quite a bit cheaper. Ranger belts take too long to build cheap, as do lined belts. You pays yer money and you gets yer choices.

I try to make enough to support my ammo addiction.

I need to take a look at what everyone else is doing soon. I just haven't had the time lately. Thanks for looking. The next project (hopefully) is a set of stingray inlaid holsters and Buscdero belt for me. We'll see

Ten Wolves Fiveshooter · June 17, 2011, 03:00:07 PM

JD, nicely done Pard, they look great.

tEN wOLVES

KidTerico · June 17, 2011, 07:46:16 PM

JD good job, you really have gotten the hang of it. KT

Marshal Will Wingam · June 17, 2011, 09:19:17 PM

JD, those look nice. Clean and crisp. Good work, there.

I like the tapered belts over a ranger belt. The ranger is to much monkey motion for my tastes. I made a plastic pattern for the billet end and it serves to mark the pattern for both ends. Cutting is easy with my small curved blade (the bottom one in the photo). also, I cut one curve where the belt narrows, leaving corners which I like and is easier to lay out. One pattern fits numerous belt widths (see the second photo.

Rossmaker · June 17, 2011, 09:34:19 PM

JD and Marshal Will very nice work!!

Gun Butcher · June 17, 2011, 09:40:14 PM

Well here is one that is a little different. This is what the guy wanted and a lot different than what I usually do but it I think it turned out pretty nice.
GB

KidTerico · June 17, 2011, 09:40:39 PM

Marshal sharp looking rig. Its one to be proud of. It would look even better around my waist. KT