Branding iron

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I came upon this iron and can't seem to find its origin, anybody seen this one?
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Thank you remchester, but Texas doesn't have a statewide registry, and I have reason to believe it was a Texas mark. Came off an old homestead in central TX. Hoping one of the old hands here had seen it. Might be a horse brand...
 
I can ask one of the Livestock Inspectors I know out in New Mexico...but if it is Texican, they won't likely know.
 
I think that would be called a "Running H" in the part of Texas I grew up in. In Texas the brands are registered with the County Clerk in each county.

If you google "Running H Ranch" your will find several in different states.

Bob
 
May not be but if you turn that iron 90 degrees it looks like the Zunino Ranch brand out of Elko, NV. The rancher, Delbert Zunino, passed this past April at the age of 77.

 
It's an old Texas brand. It was originally registered by Bill Cruze from Hayes County in 1840. Some people might read that as the "C Bar C," and that would be correct, but Cruze called it the "Lazy Wrench."

Hope that helps. Of course, the same brand can be used by different people in different states and referred to by different names.

Also, the same brand can be used by different people in the same state if it is placed on different parts of the animal.

For example, our brand, the E Bar C, is registered to be placed on the left hip of the animal. Another person in a different part of the state has the same brand and calls it the EC Connected and it is designated to be placed on the right front shoulder.
Here's a picture of ours on a holster that Dave Keith crafted for me.
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Nice story about the brands, but I am not sure what is prettier in that picture, the leather rig Dave made or that scratched up 1911 with the tusks for grips peeking out of it. Or maybe it is just the whole thing together because it looks so right. ;)

bob
 
Reading brands is a language in itself. As has been said, different areas and users described their marks differently and the position on the animal was also critical. My family brands were a C/B (C slash B) and a >B (lazy VB). My brand as a boy was a Rocking B. All on the left hip.

A note: If a cowboy was caught with a "running iron" (used to modify a brand) it would be like catching a crook with a set of burglar tools today but the punishment would have been more severe and more swift.

An even more obscure marking are ear marks. They can look like hieroglyphics to the uninitiated and their positioning is also important in the description. They were used primarily on smaller animals but also on cattle. The rancher could do it quickly with his pocket knife. Now days numbered tags have replaced them in many areas.

Bob
 
It's an old Texas brand. It was originally registered by Bill Cruze from Hayes County in 1840. Some people might read that as the "C Bar C," and that would be correct, but Cruze called it the "Lazy Wrench."

Hope that helps. Of course, the same brand can be used by different people in different states and referred to by different names.

Also, the same brand can be used by different people in the same state if it is placed on different parts of the animal.

For example, our brand, the E Bar C, is registered to be placed on the left hip of the animal. Another person in a different part of the state has the same brand and calls it the EC Connected and it is designated to be placed on the right front shoulder.
Here's a picture of ours on a holster that Dave Keith crafted for me.
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Thank you sir for that. CbarC might be the simplest and best answer.
 
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