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No real need to tan it - Split it half, clean All the fat and crap off the inside, wash in hot soapy water to get rid of the excess grease. Then tack to a board to stretch and salt (you can also add some boraxo to the mix) well and let dry completely. If it's real thick after cleaning you can...

from a mixed blood (Choctaw, Tuscarora, and "White eyes" - but not registered) - thank you!

Thansk all! As of this year I've been working leather for 50 years and have done just about all types including tactical leather, both LEO and military, medieval, modern etc, but my first love has been and always will be I reckon the frontier stuff. And now that my old bod is as good as it used...

Thanks All! This was one of those special out of the box pieces for a special person that took a lot of thinking to get "right"...........

In addition to what Cliff said maybe this will help.... Price reflects quality in two ways - where it was tanned (generally either USA or South American/Mexican - there are European tanned hides as well and they are normally premium quality) and the grade. Of the two most commonly tanned hides...

Nicely Done sir - this is IMO one of the "harder" pieces to get right, especially this particular style of the type. For those who might be interested in these here's a couple of links with scale drawings of originals: http://www.fholder.com/Blacksmithing/article2.htm...

Cliff - I've been re-miss about commenting on your work which IMO is some of the best period stuff out there these days - a big two thumbs up. AS KT noted it's the details that help set it apart..... Yep the skinny ones are the nice ones, but my average for belts is around 42-44" waist size...

Howdy Cliff - First thanks - not sure about "the master" since there are lots of us out there doing good beadwork actually, but it's nice to get called that! As for beadwork if you're interested in learning more, either how-to or history, let me know and I can offer some advice/resources -...

As many if not most know who visit here, my first "love" is the American Frontier West of the 1800's - while guns knives and other sharp things and their leather gear is top of the list, I also do other types of frontier gear such as the following pipe bag and breastplate and thought I ya'll...

A collaboration piece - East meets west - a wild and crazy E-nep with blade by Tai Goo the rest by me...

Chuck Burrows #1 - aged gunrig

A collaboration piece - An eastern pipehawk goes west - handforged head by Stuart Willis - the rest by me.......

This one is from a couple of years ago but this style of M1911 rig is becoming more popular so.......... The Bowie is by the late Gib Guignard and is a fancier version of the knife carried by the owner on his second tour of Afghanistan. The owner is from Pennsylvania and wanted an early 1900'...

You can always call, PM, or email if need be - I'm glad to help when and where I can..........

Woosie! you quit after JUST 9,000 LOL - just a kidding - counting beads will make you go big time crazy............ VERY VERY nicely done Randy - I love seeing folks "rescue" old knives and turn them into something so nice - IMO there a need a place for such and it sure its "historically...

I've always loved that description and it helped inspire this piece that is just in time for Christmas :D - this one was styled after daggers and sheaths made along the American Frontier from the late 1700's through the late 1800's. The sheath has a bark tan leather core, deer rawhide cover...

I've always loved that description and it helped inspire this piece that is just in time for Christmas :D - this one was styled after daggers made along the American Frontier from the late 1700's through the late 1800's. The 7 1/2" blade of 1084 steel was hand forged by the late Gib Guignard of...

Rich Slaughter started a thread in remembrance of Gib elsewhere and he's been on my mind all week since it's his birthday this week and I was working on a piece using one of his blades. Here's a few CactusRose (the name for our collaborations) pieces with blades by Mr. Gib - who is sorely...

If you need any help or advice let me know via PM.................I've got the Hartsler and Knowles book that has some good side view pics along with measurements that could scale well for patterns. When Gib made his he tapere the eye just slightly for a better set up but a lot of originals...

I don't have one in hand but originals generally have about a 1-1 1/4" diameter haft at the head and the blades (not including bowls) are generally between 7-10" with most around 8". The blades were also normally about 1-1.5" wide at the haft and anywhere from 3-6 inches wide at the cutting...