BUNKHOUSE RAMBLINGS

[GunClick Rick]

Hey you forgot to stop,i'm still outside with my suitcase Wy i never!

if your gonna sleep 12 hours that's the place to do it..

[TwoWalks Baldridge]

    Thanks pards, I'm in Oregon now, my girl drove for twelve hours straight through, it is so peaceful here, I slept for twelve hours the first day here , I'm a very lucky guy to have her in my life again.

                    tEN wOLVES

And it is a wise man that recognizes that fact.

Get better quick ... but make sure full recovery is sloooooooow, no need to rush home.

[Doc Hawkins]

Howdy folks!
Don't post much on this board, but I want to show off the new WB-rig I made for a friend.

[Bill LOGAN]

very nice rig Doc

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Very cool, TW. Sleep is good. Got any pics of the property up there? It might make me homesick, though... OK, I guess that'll make a trip up there necessary.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Beautiful rig, Doc. The wings look great on the strap. Thanks for the pic.

[Boothill Bob]

Very nice work Doc, thanx for the look see.

[Doc Hawkins]

Thanks pards!
BTW, many thanks to Boothill Bob who inspired me when I was making the pattern for the mag pouches. Credit where credit's due

[GunClick Rick]

You should call that The Bad to your Bone rig.. :)Sort of says,i'm already pissed off ,anything else is gravy...

[Boothill Bob]

You are welcome Doc, glad I could help 

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

   Looking good Doc, well done pard

   tEN wOLVES 

[KidTerico]

Doc very nice looking rig. KT

[ChurchandSon]

Dag Trade Knife or Bayonet knife or Beavertail knife. About all the same, depends on who you talk to.
NDN's also called them "stabbers". I think the Beavertail was full tang and the Bayonet or Dag was stick.
This one is a stick tang.
Imported by Hudson Bay Trading Company by the thousands in the 1700′ and 1800′s from makers
such as Sorby, Jukes and Coulson.

This one I done from memory, I saw the original in a private collection and didn't get a picture.
The sheath was rawhide with a tanned wrap with a small tail added to the bottom.
The beads were large pound size and the smaller seed beads in a "zippered" effect around the edges
appeared to be added later.  Also a rawhide braided hanger. The hardwood handle was split and been
wrapped up with rawhide strips.

My rendition, 12″ overall with half sharp x 2″1/4″. Blade is from a crosscut saw.
Handle was a chunk of Walnut. Forged on charcoal, hot cut and filed. No electricity used.
My rawhide and leather, usual finish of grease, dirt and shellac.





The last one is on my "cactus stump"
Thanks for looking....Randy

[KidTerico]

Randy nice job , thanks for showing. KT

[GunClick Rick]

  Dang i hate to over pay but i guess 20 bucks would be ok


  Very nice

[GunClick Rick]

Hey Randy here's an old ax head find from 1960 or so,it was found while searching for arrowheads and beads by my late father in law.I bet you could make a nice relic rig from it,i have had this thing for years in a drawer,you can have it if ya want it.It was found here.It's about a mile down the road,years ago (late 1800s) they had a little indian raid there against some local farmers.I still have the beads and arrow heads.You could probably even put somewhat of an edge on it.Looks crusty but still firm..

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/photo_gallery.htm

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Howdy ChurchandSon


      Great looking knife and sheath, thanks for sharing with us.

        tEN wOLVES 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

C&S, good looking set. Well done.

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Church,

Beautiful job! Looks like it is right out of a museum.

Many thanks for sharing it with us.

[ChurchandSon]

Thanks Gentlemen for all the kind words..

Rick, roll that $20 up in the barrel of a .36 Navy and you got a deal.

Here's another I'm just finishing and a first for me. .   A 'hawk for a tiny Lady.
Usually I start with the 'hawk head and finish down. This one I had to work from a max. of 14" length haft
and work everything out proportionately from there.( Using all my Collage edumacated words today.)
That's a 11"  head on my Banjo. They look good together, maybe it will improve my picking....Randy