WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Taking a detour off the dusty old trail today. The Missus

promises more on the bovine hide in the next post.

Some of you varmints may be wondering how we, here

in the Legendary Leather household, come up with some of

the alias names we use in our blog. Others may not realize

how mind-boggling it can be to identify a person by their

personality and presence in a western sort of way.

I must admit that the easiest ones by far are those who have

a SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) alias already established.

Jed Irons, Tupelo Flash, Sinistral Kid, and Blademan (Mr. Legendary

Leather himself) have all made an appearance here in the blog.

But how about those friends, family members, neighbors, and kindly

customers who have no connection to the old west? How do

we go about giving them an alias here in our blog?

Take "Mr. Wild Game Hunter" for instance. He's an uncle to the

Missus and an avid deer hunter . . . hence the name.

How about "The Dakota Kid"? Kindly neighbor who generously

donated to Mr. Legendary Leather's antler stash . . .

originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

"Mr. Hot Tamale" from New Mexico was a stretch, but

still well loved. He can never get enough of the family's

homemade tamales every Christmas.

And how about "Frontier Rose"? Special friend and coworker

of the Missus from her Disneyland days working in Frontierland.

That one came a bit easier than others.

I'm supposin' that some of you varmints can now put your minds at ease

knowing that if you should someday make an appearance in the

Legendary Leather blog, your name will be changed to protect

the guilty . . . . uhm . . . er . . . I mean, the innocent.



ANOTHER MYSTERY PROJECT REVEALED . . .

Remember this?

Crazy, huh? Well, Mr. Legendary Leather has teased you long enough.

Final adjustments have been made and the final photos are in . . .

Leapin' lizrds! By golly, it's a plant/pot holder! Now which one

of you varmints could have ever guessed that one?

Frontier Rose made a special request of Mr. Legendary Leather.

Her and hubby, Travelin' SIC, new that their old beloved

plant hanger wouldn't last much longer.

So the call went out to Mr. Legendary Leather to create a replacement.

A mighty fine thanks to Frontier Rose and Travelin' SIC for their

encouraging faith in the creative qualities of Mr. Legendary Leather!



MINOR GLITCHES . . .

Even Mr. Legendary Leather comes upon a 'glitch' in the

process here and there. Seems as though you folks

will have to wait for the final pictures involving the

latest mystery project until Mr. Legendary Leather

can meet up with Frontier Rose and make the final fittings.

No worries, the mystery will be revealed

as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the Missus would like to share a

project that Mr. Legendary Leather has been

contemplatin' since last September. The Missus

was helping a very dear couple pack up for a big

move to Oregon. Mr. Al Truistic and Mrs.

Ami Able Truistic are the kindliest two people

you would ever want to encounter. In the process,

Al came upon an old knife in their belongings.

Having no clue as to where the knife came from

and knowing that Mr. Legendary Leather loves

dabbling in the bovine hide, they decided to pass

the knife along to him.

Mr. Legendary Leather took off the handle and contemplated

a mighty long time on what to do with the blade.

Some times the mind needs to clear and make way for new

and exciting things . . . and then the inspirations

 can flow. Mr. Legendary Leather cleaned up the

blade and was then inspired to add an elk bone handle

and leather/brass embellishments.

He created a western style stamped sheath to compliment

the newly fashioned blade and handle. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs.

Truistic for their mighty fine generosity and encouraging thoughts

allowing Mr. Legendary Leather to provide another clever

creation for all you collectors out there. The Legendary

Leather Clan wishes them happiness in all they do!