BUNKHOUSE RAMBLINGS

[Ned Buckshot]

Thanks Johnny!

I'll buy the next round or three!

Ned

[GunClick Rick]

I'm not here,i'm at the museum... Was there a game on???

[Dalton Masterson]

Well someone must have grown up playing Cowboys and Vikings growing up, not cowboys and indians!!!
DM

[FEATHERS]

G'Day Pards,Thought I'd ask this question here,so any help or advice will be great.Last year I bought a 30 ft rope in Elfrida in Arizona,& I am hoping someone can tell me the right way to soften it up,at the moment it is as stiff as all get up,like a coating of resin on it,thanks in advance.Feathers

[GunClick Rick]

Find a fence post and beat he** out of it.Always go for the right horn too.

[GunClick Rick]

Hey Ned~~~Told ya i was at the museum today.I worked with the curator there and got some oakies represented in the new farm museum.Say howdy to my family,granparents and my mom and two cousins.My mom at two,then 16 and my granpaerents and cousin Bobby and sister Margret.I guess this is how i got here.Moms old house

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/31508160acf9b02f3210c63c2c19542b/video/9389212

[Dr. Bob]

WOW!!  Thanks for sharing your family with us!!  Quite a story.  I can see that you are proud of your grandpa and Mon and what the went through!  Man, what a story!

[FEATHERS]

Rick,Not the sort of help I was looking for. I did hope for some real advice Feathers

[JD Alan]

Howdy Feathers, believe it or not Rick gave you some pretty good advice. As a teen growing up in the Mojave Desert and riding horses I got a chance to work around some experienced cowhands. There were quite a few ranches in the area, and these experienced cowhands would take a new rope and work it over real good, sort of like what Rick was talking about.

It takes a while to break in a new rope, so most of them had one they were breaking in while they used their older ones to do the work. I was always amazed to watch these guys rope, something I never could do, being left handed when it comes to throwing. Ropes are made with a twist for throwing with the right hand. I've heard there are ropes for lefties, but I no longer have the interest in throwing. 

[GunClick Rick]

I was born in Mojave,i wouldn't lie to ya..I tried ropin and kept missin till the pold roper told me to aim for the right horn,first time i snaged that plastic booger..That old roper lives around Bend Oregon,his son is real big in ropin now.

[Ned Buckshot]

Here's my newest boot knife, I think it turned out pretty OK.

Please critique away, I can use some improvement for sure.

Ned

[GunClick Rick]

Your kiddin right? Friggin gor,gourg,gore,bueatiful !!:)

[cowboy316]

Ned
ole friend ole pal you can just send that knife my way ill put it to good use LOL
Cowboy316

[Dalton Masterson]

Looks darn good to me, Ned! Did you get your utensils in the mail?
DM

[Johnny McCrae]

Howdy Ned,
Great looking Knife and Sheath! The Sheath really compliments that fine knife. Excellent job of lacing. Thank you for showing it to us.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

      Another beautiful job there Ned, thanks for the look see
        There's nothing to critique, it's perfect as I see it 
                     tEN wOLVES  

[cowboywc]

Howdy Ned
I really like your knives and sheaths.
The only thing that my eye has a problem with is the spacing of the boarder stamp. I would use that stamp side by side with no gap.
Just my opinion.
WC

[Dave Cole]

The only thing I see wrong is your name isn't on it.Fine work.Dave

Did you use hidden pins on that?

[Dave Cole]

I thought I would show this to you fellars.My friend Alan Folts is a knifemaker in North Carolina, and he was in Florida this weekend and stopped in. He dropped off this beast of a blade for me to sheath.It's certainly not cowboy, but is a very neat blade.He calls it the "Weapon of Mass Destruction". It measures 18" for the blade and 30" for the Carbon Fiber handle.Going to be a heck of a carry knife lol.Dave

[Forty Rod]

That oughta be really handy if kudzu ever gets that far north.