[PDF] Bit And Spur eBook

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Bits (Bridles)
ISBN : 9780965994743

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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.

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 29,95 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Bits (Bridles)
ISBN : 9780965994729

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This is the definitive book on all the old bit and spur makers of the Texas region who were working between 1870 and 1970. There are 63 makers featured with stunning photographs of their work, their maker's mark and a biography of each maker. The origins of the Texas style are traced in the history of bits and spurs brought to the New World from England, France and Spain.

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,30 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Bits (Bridles)
ISBN : 9780965994705

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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 : Joice I. Overton
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Bits (Bridles)
ISBN : 9780764301049

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Here is a comprehensive collector's guide to bits and spurs, which combines "Working Cowboy" knowledge with "Cowboy Collectibles," providing the reader with the actual usage, background, and value information. Dozens of styles of bits and spurs, dating back to the mid-1800s, are illustrated and described in over 400 color photographs, detailed text, and diagrams. There are also chapters devoted to additional cowboy accessories, such as leather bridles, and the repair, care, and maintenance of the spurs and bits. This book is an excellent reference guide for both the beginning and serious collector, and provides valuable information for antique dealers, traders, and the modern day cowboy. 432 colour photographs

Author : Ned Martin
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Bits (Bridles)
ISBN : 9780965994736

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A handy reference guide to 65 Texas-style bit and spur makers working between 1870 and 1970 in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico and a few other states. It includes an indication of collectibility, value and scarcity for each maker's work, as well as portraits of the maker, time lines of when and where they worked and photographs of their pieces and how they marked them.