Out this week

A scrap damascus buckle. I cram leftovers from other projects into a piece of  square tubing, fill the voids with steel powder, then forge weld it all together. Thanks Garrett.

D rings for a breast collar, and 1 1/4" conchos for the saddle.

The damascus is made with 1018 and pure nickel. The steel will rust over time, but the nickel will not corrode. 

A WARNING

TO CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND CYCLISTS

She's off.... pulling a trailer.... by her self.... god help us all.

Poor horse

Some last minute instructions from me

The roads will never be safe again

Bridle buckles

I had a billet of steel that was supposed to be a large buckle blank for a buckle builder in California. As I was cutting the blank out, I came upon some bad welds in the damascus steel that I could not, in good conscious, send out. I started cutting out the bad places and this is what I came up with.

So goes making damascus steel. if you are not prepared for a few failures, your going to spend a lot of time being disappointed around the shop.

Weigh day

We shipped 4 more loads of cattle this morning. This grazing season is winding down quick.

Heading out

The easy ones

The hard ones

To the pens

On the scales

843

Kyle, outstanding in his field

Overseas bound

Carisa the helicopter pilot is headed back to Afghanistan today sporting one of my knives. I hope she doesn't have to use it for anything but cleaning her fingernails.

D rings

These D's will go on a saddle. The rest of the saddle hardware will be damascus too. It should be a one of a kind.

A jig I built to bend the steel around.

Clay came by and thought my jig wasn't heavy enough so he built me another.

Ready to finish.

Finished!

This has turned out to be a fun project. It's out of the ordinary, and breaks the monotony. Plus it's going to be one fine looking saddle. I'm going to be jealous Ben.

Knives

A couple of new ones back from the sheath maker.

This one is sold.

This one is for sale. 1095/15n20/nickel damascus steel, mesquite and stainless handle. 225.00$ plus shipping.SOLD!