ANOTHER BELT REPAIR . . .

Some of you may recall back in March Mr. Legendary Leather had just finished up a special request project from someone in Michigan who wanted a cartridge belt made to replace his old worn out one. That was quite the project for Mr. Legendary Leather, however it turned out right fine and the gentleman was quite happy with the result.

Well, Mr. Legendary Leather has another belt-related request. Fur Tradin' Bob, situated in Georgia, has a belt that has mysteriously shrunk six inches in size since he last wore it right around 7 years ago. Fur Tradin' Bob wants to know if there is any possible way to splice in those extra six inches he lost. Mr. Legendary Leather has sent these photos of just one way anyone might be able to add some inches to any well-loved belt that they aren't quite willing to part with.

This second photo shows the "decorative" possibilities for those 'reenactors' in the crowd who sometimes require a bit of 'authenticity' added to their garb.

Stay tuned to see of Fur Tradin' Bob will hire Mr. Legendary Leather to reclaim those lost belt inches!

WEST END OUTLAWS COWBOY SHOOT . . .

Well folks, here's your chance to take a look at Mr. Legendary Leather in action. He and his shootin' buddy, Mr. Irons, headed out early Saturday morning, dressed in western gear, for a day of competitive cowboy shootin'.
A fun time was had by all.

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Take a peek at Mr. Irons . . . you can tell that this varmint loves his shootin'!

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The Missus is proud to mention that match winner/clean match, Fredrick Jackson Turner (alias), brought special attentiion to Mr. Legendary Leather's hand crafted leather recoil pad (mentioned in the previous post) with some mighty fine kind words . . . you're a good kind of varmint, Mr. Jackson!

RE-ACTION & RE-ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RE-COIL . . .

How many of you varmints have had to deal with bruising from the recoil on your rifles? Ouch! Those of you with a little sense up in yer "cowboy shootin' pea-brains" have probably adjusted to the problem by adding a recoil pad to your rifle. Well, Mr. Legendary Leather has designed one for his Marlin 1894.

This one is more decorative than resourseful, however it does include a nice leather piece at the butt end that can be fitted with extra padding to serve its purpose.

Now that he has completed his prototype, Mr. Legendary Leather hopes to create a design that will fit the more commonly used Winchester 97.

BELLY UP you varmints! It's almost like "dressing up" yer rifles for playtime!

THIS HERE'S ONE UNIQUE KNIFE!

Now here's a project that you varmints will definitely get a joyful hoot out of. Mr. Legendary Leather got wind of a very unique type of knife and thought he'd take a gander at tryin' to put one together. First off, he got a hold of a cheap pair of sheep shears . . .yup, you heard me correct!

 Nice patina that can be "steel wooled" later on if needed. He then cut one blade of the shears off, leaving approximately an inch and a half of the shaft above the blade itself. He used a hack saw to do this and assures the missus that it was not an easy feat.

Mr. Legendary Leather then drilled a hole into the shaft and soldered a copper rivet into that hole. He then drilled a corresponding hole in the stag antler that would become the handle. Upon glueing the riveted shaft of the blade into the hole of the antler, he then clamped them together to let them dry.

He then fashioned a sheath with a primitively carved floral design (no stamping or tooling) . . . keeping the sheath relatively simply as to compliment the primitive nature of the newly fashioned knife blade.

Historically, this was actually done in bygone days . . . there are a few (very few) originals floating about. They are generally from the late 1800's (this was referred to as the Reservation period and Indian Wars era). Don't let anyone tell ya that them thar vintage varmints didn't know anything about recyclin'.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

Happy Fourth of July to all you "freedom lovin' varmints"

BE SAFE!

MR. WILD GAME HUNTER PROJECT REVEALED

Howdy folks! The time has come for Mr. Legendary Leather to show off his mighty fine creation for Mr. Wild Game Hunter situated in Wisconsin. You see, Mr. Wild Game Hunter is a kindly soul who has very generously handed over some of his bettermost craftin' supplies to Mr. Legendary Leather for use in his uppin' comin' projects. For this kindly deed, Mr. Legendary Leather felt obliged to show Mr. Wild Game Hunter his appreciatives and did so by craftin' this "fine as cream gravy" knife and sheath set.

Yup! Mr. Legendary Leather crafted the whole kit and caboodle on this one. He specific-like picked the blade he believed would best fit Mr. Wild Game Hunter's needs. He then cut the most precious piece of stag antler, highly sought after by many crafters, for the handle. He cleverly attached the antler to the blade and guard with "stacked leather" (a slick lookin' process that Mr. Legendary Leather hopes to document on his blog at a later time).

Next came the craftin' of the sheath. This was a no-brainer for Mr. Legendary Leather. He wanted to create nothing but the finest crafted/tooled sheath for Mr. Wild Game Hunter. In addition to his ace-high carving, he added a bit of Mr. Top Brass's buckskin (dating back to 1965) as fringe along the edge of the sheath.

The missus likes to claim this project as one of respect, gratitudes from the heart, and mighty fine craftsmanship!