http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1987809
this is a test to see if the pics will show up. i made both pair the blueed pair was the first pair and the polished ones are the second pair. both are steel , the blued ones were patterned after a pair of crocketts i had and the polished ones are my design. i know the pics aren't very good but it was the best i could do and me and the wife like to never figgered out how to do this. the spurs arent near the quality of most of the makers on here but i thought they were okay for a first and second effort.
let me know what ya think
hogshooter ( roger barbee)

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Impressive,please tell me about the rowels. Chad

howdy mr cunningham
the rowels are something i came up with, i just wanted something different than plain points and clovers. i drew up a bunch of different ones that i thought would work and tried them . the one thing about this rowel if a guy was of a mind to lock them down all ya got to do is put another pin in the shanks . my wife took these pics and the camera we have aint very good so ya really cant see the engraving very good , sorry about that.
have a good one
hogshooter

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Looks like you have a good start on the steel engraving. You are also doing
some file work. The designs are different and everyone is looking for
different. Keep going.
Rod

Sure look good to me. I really like the rowels on that one pair. The shanks are really cool-a pattern like that lends itself to lots of different ways they could be finished(different overlays,engraving,file work,etc.) without having to start from scratch every time-it's sometimes tough to come up with something unique, but still functional(which these sure appear to be)-your steel engraving looks good (whats visible!-real tough to get good pics on shiny stuff!)

ps Knives look great too!

gentlemen
i thank you for the kind words and support. these spurs were made from 1 1/4" cold roll strap and a chunk of some unkown grade of 7/16 plate , and the rowels were cut from cold roll ,they are 2 3/8 " in dia. the spurs are pretty light because i had tried to solder some brass on to the heel and shanks but couldn't seem to get it right. so the heel were repolished which made them thinner than normal , which isn't a good thing
but it does make them lighter.
again thank you for your support
hogshooter

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navy seabees
viet nam vet. 1968
ranch hand when not working construction