Braiders and braided gear-

[Brady Davis]

Any guys on here braid rawhide or leather? I used to make a bunch of gear and have since started to get back into braiding a bit. I'd be curious to chat with guys about what they're making and discuss ideas and see some pics....

Anyone?

[Mr.pacojack]

Glad to see you doing it, that is a lost art. My buddy Roger Rees still does a little and is very good at it. Hope to see some pictures.

[Brady Davis]

Glad to see you doing it, that is a lost art. My buddy Roger Rees still does a little and is very good at it. Hope to see some pictures.

Is that Roger Rees the vet or Roger rees jr the farrier in UT? Just curious

[Mr.pacojack]

That would be Jr. The Vet would be his Dad

[Mike Leonard]

I don't but I have a room full of it. I have a good friend here that is realy good on the rawhide, and has built me many bosals and reins for my string. Hair men are hard to find but occasioanly one will get parolled or break out. LOL! Hard to beat it. I have a lot of nice McCarty's from real skinny for my bosalitas all the way up to some rougher than a wood hauler's ass for colts. LOL!



Fellow asked me today why I was riding plain reins and just a plain old Greg Darnell bit. I said you will know in about five minutes so pull your hat down and get ready to dive into some thick crap after them mutts. Lord that super thick oak and mansinita can be tough on braided reins with chains but not as bad as some guys claim.

Just point to for the frackus and give em some steel! Kiii Yaaw!

[Brady Davis]

That would be Jr. The Vet would be his Dad

Booger is a good farrier. When I was in high school I interned at South Valley Large Animal Clinic with his dad back when I wanted to be a vet.....Man I'm glad I didn't go that route! LOL

The Rees' are solid people..

[Brady Davis]

I don't but I have a room full of it. I have a good friend here that is realy good on the rawhide, and has built me many bosals and reins for my string. Hair men are hard to find but occasioanly one will get parolled or break out. LOL! Hard to beat it. I have a lot of nice McCarty's from real skinny for my bosalitas all the way up to some rougher than a wood hauler's ass for colts. LOL!



Fellow asked me today why I was riding plain reins and just a plain old Greg Darnell bit. I said you will know in about five minutes so pull your hat down and get ready to dive into some thick crap after them mutts. Lord that super thick oak and mansinita can be tough on braided reins with chains but not as bad as some guys claim.

Just point to for the frackus and give em some steel! Kiii Yaaw!

Hard to beat the braided gear! There is a real good hair hitcher in Lehi, UT I know well who taught me some braiding when I was a kid. He has won many awards in Elko and other cowboy art gatherings. I like going to real ranch rodeos and man oh man do those boys show up with some nice gear! Only group of guys you'll meet who show up in a $500 truck and a $100 trailer riding well over $10,000 in gear on a horse! I've had the chance to hang around some real good buckaroos and hopefully will have more chances but they are some good hands with the rawhide. To get back at it I've been braiding stuff with parachute cord but I just built me a new hide stretcher and I called the kill house to buy some hides....Should be a fun summer, I like to make my own strings.

[Mr.pacojack]

Booger is a good farrier. When I was in high school I interned at South Valley Large

The Rees' are solid people..

Boog isn't shoeing much anymore. He is working at Kenecot.
Might have saw you down at the clinic. Boog, Doug and I did alot of shoeing down there.

[Brady Davis]

Booger is a good farrier. When I was in high school I interned at South Valley Large

The Rees' are solid people..

Boog isn't shoeing much anymore. He is working at Kenecot.
Might have saw you down at the clinic. Boog, Doug and I did alot of shoeing down there.

We really gotta hook up sometime and shoot the bull...We probably have a lot of the same aquaintances.

[Mr.pacojack]

Hey, I have tried and tried, Even came up in your neck of the woods and the only people that would come and visit is Dean and Jake. I have even invited you down here to go hunting.

[Brady Davis]

Hey, I have tried and tried, Even came up in your neck of the woods and the only people that would come and visit is Dean and Jake. I have even invited you down here to go hunting.

Yeah, when you came up here work got crazy in a hurry...I'll come down or over there and hunt...It'd be good

[R Severe]

Brady
I do a little braiding, used to do alot. I learned from my dad and uncle.
I'm not sure I have many pictures but I'll see if I can find a few.
RS

[R Severe]

Here's a picture I found of a hatband I did a few years back. A buddy in Montana built two of the little damascas blades with lion claws on them. I tied a button on the claws and then sent his back with his blade as the feather in this band. Some of the rawhide is dyed and I think the leather knots were kangaroo.
I never got around to building mine, still have my little blade for the feather in mine when I find the time. The blade is pretty secure due to a rare earth magnet sewn in the sheath.
I have a 12 strand bosal started of horse rawhide, I wanted some contrasting hide for the noseband and heel knot but havn't lost a dark colored horse yet

[Mr.pacojack]

Man that is some nice work. Hope to see more pictures. That is a real talent

[Brady Davis]

That is really neat. Good looking knot work...

I'm trying to pull up some pics. All my pics (rawhide, lions, etc) were on a desktop that ate crap and i'm trying to fix it Hopefully soon...

keep the pics comin