Scalding an elk cow hide after a days work. A great 8pm to 1 am job! Had to get it fleshed, de-haired, stretched, scudded, rinsed, and dried before the big freeze!
Checking, and replacing some tie strings on a few work headstalls. Although these strings are intended to break in case of an accident, they do need replaced periodically to keep them from breaking during a normal ride. I'll post some pictures of some faulty string, the replacement strings and the finished result.
Here's a video we took for a customer wanting to see me put my style of twist hobbles on, and see them taken off. This was in a stall on a Metallic Rebel yearling for the sake of a video, but the same applies when I use them to saddle colts in the round pen. ***Note: I almost always lead colts/horses alike by all 4 feet in the round pen to teach them to yield to pressure on each leg prior to hobbling!
This is how I keep my twist hobbles on my saddle, but so they don't catch on brush in the pasture or so your spurs wouldn't hang up while dismounting.
Overtime processing hides at night before the freezing weather! A fallow deer hide, 2 elk hides, and 2 cow hides.
