A Carved Lobo Model 5
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muzzleblast
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Aircrewman
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WOW! Nice variation on the main theme of the flowered/carved style. Very elegant. The shine is very nice high-lighting the finish. Well done! I like it!!
bronco45
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I really like the pattern and quality of the carving! Beautiful work!
But...
No offense but I searched all posts from this user and this is a first of its kind so this response is a little premature.
LittleCooner
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Mark, great looking work. Thanks for sharing. I did look at the older posts and think you did a great job by posting to our forum, but then, I am not a moderator.
fiasconva
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dmar, if this helps I ordered a holster not long ago and even though the estimated time was 7 weeks I got it in 4. I was very happy with the holster.
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Lobogunleathers
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For a little background history on the tooling that was used on the holster, it is a form of sheridan style carving. Originally, the concept was designed by saddle maker Don King in the town of Sheridan WY. When done on a larger scale project, the pattern is based off of a continuation of circles. The vines will wrap around each of these circles surrounding a flower. When properly done, you will see no beginning and have no end. On this particular holster, a segment of a larger design was used due to limited space.
We did not mean to offend anyone or break any rules by posting this.
We did not mean to offend anyone or break any rules by posting this.
vigil617
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If you have a close-up of the detail, I'd love to see better the -- would you call it "stippling"? -- between the design elements. That's a really, really nice touch. Maybe it's more commonly used than I realize, but I noticed it first here....
"Beautiful work" doesn't even seem to do this justice....
Oh, and by the way, no one should take offense at what you posted, as it's quite clear that the word "occasional" is operative here.
"Beautiful work" doesn't even seem to do this justice....
Oh, and by the way, no one should take offense at what you posted, as it's quite clear that the word "occasional" is operative here.
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Lobogunleathers
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If you have a close-up of the detail, I'd love to see better the -- would you call it "stippling"? -- between the design elements. That's a really, really nice touch. Maybe it's more commonly used than I realize, but I noticed it first here....
"Beautiful work" doesn't even seem to do this justice....
Oh, and by the way, no one should take offense at what you posted, as it's quite clear that the word "occasional" is operative here.
This is Matt I do all the tooling here at Lobo. The background/ stippling used here is what is called a bar grounder it gives a texture similar to that on a basketball but not quite as flat. The only guys that use this to background a tooling, are the custom guys because it is very time consuming and hard to get to look good, normally done 1, 3, 5 or 7 little dots at a time. The most commonly used tool to fill in the background of carving is a matting tool this a finely checkered teardrop shaped tool.
I was talking with Bob Park a few years ago and he believes that whoever designed the bar grounder had a vendetta against humanity and wanted to get back at the toolers in particular because it will cause a man to drink due to the tediousness of using them.
I have attached a picture of the tools and a close up of the imprints
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Purdy fancy work there! 
vigil617
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Thanks, Matt! That makes me appreciate even more the time, patience, and serenity it must take to do this kind of beautiful, detailed work. Wonderful description of how this is done, and I laughed out loud at what Mr. Park had to say about the bar grounders.
Hats off to you, Matt, and all of you who carve leather so extraordinarily well!
bronco45
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Matt thanks for educating me on the minute attention to detail that's required to produce the pattern as drawn. Appreciate the integrity of craftsmen to stay true to the pattern, takes a lot of discipline, talent and ingenuity.
birdshooter
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Great work! I am very pleased with the holster you guys made me. Fine quality and very functional. Carved holsters simply amaze me.
W-O-W!
I may have a scratched up M19 that would look nice in one of those. A call may be in order!
I may have a scratched up M19 that would look nice in one of those. A call may be in order!
Like 2hawk says: W-O-W that's beauty there, Mark.
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Lobogunleathers
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Thank you all so much for your kind comments!
Do you know when he's having the BBQ?
Beautiful Work!!!!!
Beautiful Work!!!!!
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