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| Title | : | Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0890963436 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
About the AuthorJANE PATTIE is a freelance writer and photographer specializing in Western topics. From her home in Aledo, Texas, she has traveled extensively throughout the United States to interview many of the oldtime spur makers(all now deceased) and today’s collectors.
JANE PATTIE is a freelance writer and photographer specializing in Western topics. From her home in Aledo, Texas, she has traveled extensively throughout the United States to interview many of the oldtime spur makers(all now deceased) and today’s collectors.
Cowboy Spurs gets an A- Well the book is an in depth look at the famous spur makers and some not so famous and the history of Spurs in the New World. Some minor inconsistencies in information about when a maker or company marked their products. I enjoyed the extensive list of little known makers and their style points in the back of the book. If your lo. great gift My Dad is a huge western spur collector and the book was a hit gift! He loved the author and said the book had some great info in it. If its your thing, the book will be a hit.. "Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers" according to zulucookie. This book is outstanding for anyone who is interested in cowboy culture. It has color pictures and elaborate descriptions of each spur and its maker
A visit with contemporary spur maker Jerry Lindley, with pictures of him at work, traces the process and mechanics of hand forging spurs and decorating them by the overlay method. This book will become a standard reference for students, historians, and general readers alikefor everyone who values the important contribution of the cowboy to our cultural heritage and of the blacksmith who shaped the cowboy’s badge of honor, his spurs.. Cowboy spurs are a pure form of American folk art. An appendix lists many other artisans, past and present, with the locations of their shops and the identifying characteristics of their products. Like the cowboy himself, the way spurs developed was molded by their use and the environment of the range, along with a generous dose of individualism and pride. In lively detail their histories unfold, along with helpful descriptions of their techniques and most representative spurs. Eighty-five black-and-white photographs and twelve color plates lavishly illustrate the spurs and their makers. Individual chapters are devoted to the most prominent makers of cowboy spursmanufacturers Buermann and North & Judd, the spur and bit companies of Crockett, Shipley, and Kelly, and hometown blacksmiths such as Bianchi, Causey, and the Boone clan. Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers tells for the first time the fascinating story of this western art and the artisans who professional historians, and westerners and valuab
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