Cowboy Spur Maker

Author : Jane Pattie
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 160344050X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Spur Maker written by Jane Pattie and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Blanchard was best known for making spurs that fit a cowboy's boots. Yet Blanchard was known to family and friends as a wild, reckless cowboy long before horsemen of the West recognized him as a master maker of cowboy spurs. It was his years spent herding cattle and cinching his saddle on broncs that taught him his trade as both a cowboy and a spur maker. This lively, illustrated story of the man and his craft relies heavily on the memories of Blanchard's cousin, New Mexico rancher Tom Kelly of Water Canyon, who grew up with Ed and his friends. Co-author Jane Pattie has researched the times and added historical background, and she has also drawn on interviews she did with Blanchard for her earlier book, Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers. But it is from Kelly that she has uncovered Blanchard's work in the cattle business and how he learned from a neighboring rancher the art of hammering hot steel into the shape of spurs. Kelly's ranch life as well as his own spurs are also pictured in this attractive and inviting little volume. Together, Pattie and Kelly tell a dual tale of old times and of change: the story of spur making as experienced by one of its more prolific practitioners and the story of cowboys in the early part of the twentieth century. Through Blanchard's experiences, the authors trace the changes of western life, from horse to pickup truck, from hand-forged spurs to those of commercial manufacture. Ranch life, cowboying, and metalworking in the American West are interwoven through the book, as they were in the real life of Ed Blanchard, who emerges from these pages as a humorous, down-home regional character readers will be glad to get to know.

Author : Jane Pattie
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781603440509
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Spur Maker written by Jane Pattie and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Blanchard was best known for making spurs that fit a cowboy's boots. Yet Blanchard was known to family and friends as a wild, reckless cowboy long before horsemen of the West recognized him as a master maker of cowboy spurs. It was his years spent herding cattle and cinching his saddle on broncs that taught him his trade as both a cowboy and a spur maker. This lively, illustrated story of the man and his craft relies heavily on the memories of Blanchard's cousin, New Mexico rancher Tom Kelly of Water Canyon, who grew up with Ed and his friends. Co-author Jane Pattie has researched the times and added historical background, and she has also drawn on interviews she did with Blanchard for her earlier book, Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers. But it is from Kelly that she has uncovered Blanchard's work in the cattle business and how he learned from a neighboring rancher the art of hammering hot steel into the shape of spurs. Kelly's ranch life as well as his own spurs are also pictured in this attractive and inviting little volume. Together, Pattie and Kelly tell a dual tale of old times and of change: the story of spur making as experienced by one of its more prolific practitioners and the story of cowboys in the early part of the twentieth century. Through Blanchard's experiences, the authors trace the changes of western life, from horse to pickup truck, from hand-forged spurs to those of commercial manufacture. Ranch life, cowboying, and metalworking in the American West are interwoven through the book, as they were in the real life of Ed Blanchard, who emerges from these pages as a humorous, down-home regional character readers will be glad to get to know.

Author : Jane Pattie
Publisher : TAMU Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers written by Jane Pattie and published by TAMU Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes material on August Buermann, North & Judd, John Robert McChesney and the Texas-style spur, P.M. Kelly, Oscar Crockett and the Crockett Bit & Spur Company, Bischoff and Shipley, Robert Lincoln Causey, Joe Bianchi and the Victoria Shank, the Boone family, J.O. Bass, Jess Hodge, E.F. Blanchard, Adolph Bayers.

Author : Jane Pattie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781603443906
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Spur Maker: As Tom Kelly remembers written by Jane Pattie and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Blanchard was known to family and friends as a wild, reckless cowboy long before horsemen of the West recognized him as a noted maker of cowboy spurs. Together, Pattie and Kelly tell the story of spur making as experienced by one of its more prolific practitioners in the early part of the twentieth century.

Author : Jane Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Spur Maker written by Jane Kelly and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joice I. Overton
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764317187
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Bits and Spurs written by Joice I. Overton and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines "Working Cowboy" knowledge with "Cowboy Collectibles," describing the actual usage, background, and value of cowboy bits and spurs. It contains photos, diagrams, and detailed text describing the various bits, spurs, leather bridles, and other related accessories, dating back to the mid-1800s. This book is a great resource for both the collector and the modern day cowboy.

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965994705
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bit and Spur Makers in the Vaquero Tradition written by Ned Martin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsome book covers bit-and-spur makers through all of the Western states as well as Mexico and the Northeast. Detailed timelines and maps of each region locate makers and saddleries. A valuable research tool for anyone interested in cowboy gear, Bit and Spur Makers In the Vaquero Tradition gives one a glimpse of life in the West when horses were the primary means of transportation.

Author : Liz Ford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615724386
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book RF Ford Spurmaker written by Liz Ford and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965994712
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bit and Spur Makers in the Vaquero Tradition written by Ned Martin and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965994743
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bits and Spurs written by Ned Martin and published by . This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated book describes techniques used in working metal over 300 years as well as the motifs used by bit and spur makers over many centuries. There are biographies of 121 contemporary bit and spur makers.