This beautiful big coffee table book features 123 skilled modern makers of bits and spurs. It also includes descriptions and images of motifs and techniques used in building and embellishing these pieces over many centuries. There are 900 stunning color photographs of the beautifully crafted silver bits and spurs made by modern day craftsmen and women throughout the country and Canada.
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Anyone interested in the cowboy crafts will crave this book. -- Cowboys & Indians, December 2003
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This is the fifth book by acknowledged bit and spur experts, Jody and Ned Martin. Their previous volumes were Bit and Spur Makers in the Vaquero Tradition (out of print) with its small paperback Pocket Guide also,followed by Bit and Spur Makers in the Texas Tradition, also followed by a Texas Pocket Guide.
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Metal inlay-Damascene,
By James (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bits & Spurs: Motifs, Techniques and Modern Makers (Hardcover)
Just viewed the Eilteljorg Museum's wonderful exhibit on the equestrian art of Mexico. I am a printmaker working with copper plate etching and have worked as a metal smith in the past. I was especially intrigued by the exquisite and intricate inlay designs (damascene) on bits and spurs. This book is the only one I found on Amazon which covers the topic in depth. If you want to know HOW to do damascene, I suggest Ray Cover's "Precious Metal Inlay" DVD.
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My husband is a silversmith so I gave him this book for Christmas. He loved it! Lots of pictures and lots of history.
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