More of the process of creating a honda for a reata (throw rope). It’s a long, long process, and anywhere around 30 hours goes into creating one reata.
Wow, that’s some dedication, I’d give up after an hour or two LOL! Good job in BW too.
LOL – I’m not sure I’d have the patience or dedication either, Eric. It would be QUITE a learning curve, and I’m not sure I’d last that long. lol Then again, we have the dedication when it comes to photography, don’t we? : ) Guess it just depends on what’s biggest in your heart!
Good rawhide work is very hard to find. Quality work is very low in production numbers for obvious reasons: it takes time and effort and most people don’t have or are unwilling to spend what $$$ it takes to acquire the ‘good stuff’.
My brother ‘was’ one of the top horsehair hitchers in the States; back when he,…‘had the time’. If you anything about ‘horsehair hitching’ then you would realize he was not saddened to have less time to continue the art. The dedication needed to become good at hitching horsehair is immense. To become fast is excruciating. But, to become good and fast – is actually unbelievable. For this reason horsehair hitching is very rarely entered into and even rarer, found to be continued. A top quality belt, will require over 200 hours of hitching and should bring $5,000 at the minimum. But who will pay that for a belt? Most don’t even want to know how much a full headstall would cost! There are maybe a dozen good hitchers in the States, with the top 6 of them being really good. The top two hitchers are absolutely remarkable. There are also some fabulous hitchers in Germany and China (not mass producers either!). Mexico has several very talented hitchers. Unfortunately, the only work most people see from Mexico are the cheap – trabajo rápido de la mierda – work.
Tell Randy, that we certainly appreciate and applaud his keeping the craft going. If even on a limited basis.
I started a Horeshair Hitching Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/horsehairs ) several years ago to promote Hitching and my brother’s work. It’s been an interesting effort, but it’s also difficult to keep going; so few are truly dedicated to the art. But a few of those on this group are some of the top hitchers in the world.
More photos of Randy’s work will be much admired and appreciated Ann. Nice touch. Keep it coming.
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Wow, that’s some dedication, I’d give up after an hour or two LOL! Good job in BW too.
LOL – I’m not sure I’d have the patience or dedication either, Eric. It would be QUITE a learning curve, and I’m not sure I’d last that long. lol Then again, we have the dedication when it comes to photography, don’t we? : ) Guess it just depends on what’s biggest in your heart!
– Ann Rodriquez
Good rawhide work is very hard to find. Quality work is very low in production numbers for obvious reasons: it takes time and effort and most people don’t have or are unwilling to spend what $$$ it takes to acquire the ‘good stuff’.
My brother ‘was’ one of the top horsehair hitchers in the States; back when he,…‘had the time’. If you anything about ‘horsehair hitching’ then you would realize he was not saddened to have less time to continue the art. The dedication needed to become good at hitching horsehair is immense. To become fast is excruciating. But, to become good and fast – is actually unbelievable. For this reason horsehair hitching is very rarely entered into and even rarer, found to be continued. A top quality belt, will require over 200 hours of hitching and should bring $5,000 at the minimum. But who will pay that for a belt? Most don’t even want to know how much a full headstall would cost! There are maybe a dozen good hitchers in the States, with the top 6 of them being really good. The top two hitchers are absolutely remarkable. There are also some fabulous hitchers in Germany and China (not mass producers either!). Mexico has several very talented hitchers. Unfortunately, the only work most people see from Mexico are the cheap – trabajo rápido de la mierda – work.
Tell Randy, that we certainly appreciate and applaud his keeping the craft going. If even on a limited basis.
I started a Horeshair Hitching Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/horsehairs ) several years ago to promote Hitching and my brother’s work. It’s been an interesting effort, but it’s also difficult to keep going; so few are truly dedicated to the art. But a few of those on this group are some of the top hitchers in the world.
More photos of Randy’s work will be much admired and appreciated Ann. Nice touch. Keep it coming.
well done Ann…. I love the layout and the tones are perfect…