Clock

I have a couple of legal pads on the stamp rock right now, but in the meantime, here's a clock I made a while back for my wife's grandfather.  It is a pattern that I think Bill Gardner did in the Sheridan style carving book.  I liked it and wanted to try it out.  This was a project back before I learned how to antique.  The darker highlights of antique would have made this look really good, but it has aged well on it's own over the years.  Take care, RW

Gunbelt and Bowie Sheath

Here's the latest out of the ol' BR.  The order was for a sheath to hold a Bowie knife that the customer had made and a matching gun belt.  The holster was provided to match the color and style.

We put a dropped slot in the gun belt to allow for more under arm room when drawing the long barrel gun.  The sheath was put at a 30 degree cant for ease of access as well.  All in all I think it turned out well.  Thanks for stopping by, comments and critique always welcome.  Sorry for the less than perfect pictures, this project was a little too big for my light box.  On to building a bigger, better one.  RW

PS I hope this post turns out right.  Google has updated the blog posting world and has officially out ran my old computer.  Hope it all comes out, I can only see about half of the functions I usually can see.  Guess it's time for an upgrade.

More Carvings

Here are a couple more carvings I've been practicing with.  They both still need hats, but I don't have the tools to work on hats yet, so they are sitting in a holding pattern until then.

This was a fella that Lynn has a video of on his website.  He called him Shifty.  He looks a bit like my Paw, back when he used to smoke.

This guy I call Sam.  I sat and did this one on my own and kind of had a Sam Elliott (Quick and the Dead style) guy in mind.  Of course he's bald, but you won't see that once the hat is on.

It still a learning process and I throw away five before I get one, but it's fun.  Hope you like it, RW

Inventory Reduction Sale

I've decided to purge some older work that is sitting around the shop to clear out room for for newer work and some cash flow for new projects.  These are items that I have made in previous years for tradeshow booths.  If you are interested in any of these, please contact me at brsaddles(at)gmail(dot)com or comment under this posting with contact info and I'll get a hold of you.

All sizes listed on the belts are from the fold to the middle hole punched.  Measure a belt you have to see what you need.  All of them are 1 1/2" wide unless noted.  Holes on belts are usually gapped at one inch so you have a couple of inches each way.


35" Tooled belt.  I call this my #5 pattern because I don't know what else to call it.  $85



34" Vine pattern tooled belt.  This one sat at Cattlelacs for awhile and has aged to a very neat color.  $85



36" Vine tooled belt.  $85

37"-38" Vine tooled belt.  This one only has four holes punched in it so the middle ones are 37&38.  $85

35"-36" tapered end belt.  Four holes again.  This belt is 1 1/4" wide tapered to 3/4" on the ends.  $90

30" tapered belt.  This one is also 1 1/4" wide tapered to 3/4".  It also has aged well.  $50

On to some checkbook covers.  I have two floral tooled ones and a barbwire border tooled one.  These are just checkbook covers, not wallets, they only have a pocket for the checks and for your record book.  They fit normal size checks, not the top stub kind.  I'm letting the tooled ones go for $60 each and the barbwire one for $40.  These were made out of a thicker leather and will take a little while to break in but should last a long time.  My father has had his for around eight years and it's still going strong.

That's all for now.  I will update this post as things are gone and you should be able to find this post on the sidebar under "sale" when it leaves the front page.  Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon.

Two Tone Basketstamp

Here is the classic basketstamped belt dressed up a little.  The customer's brand is on the other hip, but I didn't get a good picture of it.  RW 

One for the kids

This was made for a little girl we met at the cowboy gather.  It is twenty inches or so to the center hole.  I punched a lot more holes than normal so it will hopefully grow with her.  It is only 1" wide so that it will fit through the smaller belt loops.  Hope you like it.  As always comments and critique are welcome.  Till next time, RW

La Grange Cowboy Gathering 2012

I did this same show three years ago and the week of the show a cold front blew in with rain and sleet and it stayed throughout the show.  Well two for two for us, the week was beautiful leading up to the show and then the rain came, and came, and came....  We still had a few troopers come out and swing by the booth and we managed to strum up a little business and meet some new folks.  Not many pictures taken but here's a few.

This was taken while packing up items in the shop.

Here is part of the booth. 

The booth next to me was none other than George Boutwell, the Texas artist.

This is my new chink stand that Doug did for me in exchange for the chainsaw chink work.  It worked out perfect and is a great addition to the booth.  Thanks again Doug.

We had some guys from Israel (they were from Houston but were raised in Israel) next to us selling fresh made crepes and orange juice.  Not exactly what I expected at a cowboy gathering but neat guys none the less.  Dutch oven cobbler outside and crepes inside, you don't get to see that hanging out in the mall.

That's all for now.  I'll be getting the orders taken at the show out soon as possible.  Thanks, RW