Let's Dance!

Marshal Will Wingam · January 03, 2021, 12:12:19 PM

Quote from: Cliff Fendley on January 03, 2021, 12:02:37 PM
What I find most satisfying is making things with tools that you also made.

You have that right. It really lets you express yourself in your work.

Skeeter Lewis · January 04, 2021, 08:34:44 AM

Good tip about putting the maker's mark at a slight angle. I'd noticed it never seemed straight . . .

Marshal Will Wingam · January 04, 2021, 09:04:54 AM

Yeah, it only has to be off 3 or 4 degrees to look straight when it's folded back and stitched.

Rube Burrows · January 05, 2021, 12:05:57 PM

On a side note, have you seen the photographs of Geronimo with a Dance Revolver?

Marshal Will Wingam · January 05, 2021, 04:50:43 PM

Yes, I've seen those before. They're pretty cool photos. Thanks for posting them again. With only +-350 Dances ever made, finding a photo of someone recognizable with one is not common.

Cliff Fendley · January 05, 2021, 09:34:32 PM

Hey Marshall, what flower stamp is that if you don't mind me asking? I like it and it looks different than any I have.

Marshal Will Wingam · January 05, 2021, 11:45:34 PM

It's the larger one of the LT54 stamp from Steel Stamps, Inc. There's no rounding of the petals like the Barry King 12 Petal Flower stamp but it's less than half the cost. It also is a little crisper than the Barry King one because there is just the 2-dimensional line around the petals. The center is detailed like a seeder. I tried beveling the petals to see if it could be improved on but that just smashed them flat. For the border purposes, it's perfect.

Rube Burrows · January 06, 2021, 08:05:30 AM

Quote from: Marshal Will Wingam on January 05, 2021, 04:50:43 PM
Yes, I've seen those before. They're pretty cool photos. Thanks for posting them again. With only +-350 Dances ever made, finding a photo of someone recognizable with one is not common.

For sure. I don't know that I have seen one in any other "famous" person photo. Could be overlooking someone but I sure can't remember seeing another famous person with one. Geronimo's stood out because I have studied him pretty heavily on several occasions.

Coffinmaker · January 06, 2021, 09:57:26 AM

Commentary

Really swell Dance Replicant. Really swell Leather. I am not a Leather Worker, but I too have been described as 2 or 3 degrees "off"

Stay Safe

Marshal Will Wingam · January 06, 2021, 11:16:56 AM

Quote from: Coffinmaker on January 06, 2021, 09:57:26 AM
Commentary

Really swell Dance Replicant. Really swell Leather. I am not a Leather Worker, but I too have been described as 2 or 3 degrees "off"

Stay Safe

Thanks for that. Thanks also for the chuckle.

Quote from: Rube Burrows on January 06, 2021, 08:05:30 AM
For sure. I don't know that I have seen one in any other "famous" person photo. Could be overlooking someone but I sure can't remember seeing another famous person with one. Geronimo's stood out because I have studied him pretty heavily on several occasions.

The only other one I know who used a Dance was Bloody Bill Longley, the murderer. This photo may be of him but it doesn't really look like he's holding a Dance.

EDIT: Rube Burrows has clarified that this photo is not a photo of Langley. Thanks for that, Rube.

Major 2 · January 06, 2021, 11:58:34 AM

posted for Coffinmaker

Marshal Will Wingam · January 06, 2021, 12:03:58 PM

Thanks for posting those, Major. Mike did a spectacular job on them.

Rube Burrows · January 06, 2021, 12:29:50 PM

Quote from: Marshal Will Wingam on January 06, 2021, 11:16:56 AM
Thanks for that. Thanks also for the chuckle.
The only other one I know who used a Dance was Bloody Bill Longley, the murderer. This photo may be of him but it doesn't really look like he's holding a Dance.

That photo is of Bloody Bill Anderson the Confederate Guerilla, not Longley. After being killed Bloody Bill Anderson's body was taken back to Richmond and photographed.

That revolver looks to have an octagonal barrel on it though I have read that there are some Dance revolvers that did not have round barrels.

Marshal Will Wingam · January 06, 2021, 12:51:38 PM

Thanks for clarifying that, Rube. That pistol also looks to have a recoil shield.

Evidently there are three known Dances with octagonal barrels. One of those inspired my octagonal barreled one. That the one will get the next holster (this forum is about leather, after all

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Rube Burrows · January 06, 2021, 12:58:09 PM

Quote from: Marshal Will Wingam on January 06, 2021, 12:51:38 PM
Thanks for clarifying that, Rube. That pistol also looks to have a recoil shield.

Evidently there are three known Dances with octagonal barrels. One of those inspired my octagonal barreled one. That the one will get the next holster (this forum is about leather, after all )

Yeah, Its easy to get off topic.

Looking forward to seeing your progress on the holster.

Marshal Will Wingam · January 06, 2021, 01:00:55 PM

Quote from: Rube Burrows on January 06, 2021, 12:58:09 PM
Looking forward to seeing your progress on the holster.

That will get done after I finish the first one in this thread.

Long Johns Wolf · January 07, 2021, 02:31:08 AM

Pics of my J.H. Dance & Brothers Navy, a 2020 project.
Long Johns Wolf

Rube Burrows · January 07, 2021, 08:09:49 AM

Quote from: Long Johns Wolf on January 07, 2021, 02:31:08 AM
Pics of my J.H. Dance & Brothers Navy, a 2020 project.
Long Johns Wolf

You made that one yourself?

Long Johns Wolf · January 07, 2021, 08:45:38 AM

Unfortunately, I am not talented to do such work.
An Austrian smith made two of them, one for a pard of mine and one for me.
These Dance Navies started life as the barrel/cylinder assembly of a C.O.M. made 1862 Griswold & Gunnison and the frame/grip assembly of a Uberti Colt 1851 Navy.
Long Johns Wolf

Marshal Will Wingam · January 07, 2021, 10:33:38 AM

That's a fine looking Dance, there. The guy did a great job.