Family is so important. Always make time to spend time together to keep the bonds that tie you together strong. This weekend we spent time with Ron's cousins and had a ball. Time to catch up with everyone and their kids, share stories from days of our childhood... and complain a little bit. (HAHAH ) a lot of talk about Obama.
I am reminded what a blessing it is to be apart of a family who ALL love the Lord and each other. Is it perfect? No but there is forgiveness when things go wrong and pick up where we left off.

Thank you Lord for a wonderful weekend.

The Man behind it all

 When Ron was just a little boy he fell in love with the Cowboy Way and leather. From a very young age he picked up the art. He still uses many of the tools he bought when he was a young man. To this day Ron is creating and designing new items for the shop to make from Chaps to Saddles and everything in between. RANCHco Started off as Rodeo Specialties with Ron's Dad RW Eaton just off the Rankin Hwy in Midland Texas. Although things have grown and moved to a little different zip code in West Texas things are still very much the same. Quality Hand Tooled Workmanship in the USA on USA tanned leather

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OK so you know when you reach that time in your like you need a little help with your boots?

We all come to a point in our life when we need a little help putting on our boots. You maybe young and have a injury or sore from riding some wide animal, or maybe you have lived a good life and just reached a point that you need a little help getting your boots on and off.
DON'T Stop wearing your boots! We have just what you need!

We have found the perfect thing to help you out.

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Did you think you could not wear boots anymore because they are to hard to put on and take off? This is your answer to getting your boots back on.

This is very well made from steel and painted black. This is adjustable so if you need this higher or shorter to help hold your boots you can do this with ease.

This is perfect to help get your boots off and on without sitting down.

 We all need a little help from time to time.

24" Wide x 32" Tall 

Watch a video on how easy this is to use:

http://youtu.be/Gnk5tgAdeIo

  

Chuys Chicken Tortilla Soup

Ingredients 2 lbs chicken (split chicken breasts with ribs) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 chopped medium white onion 1 chopped carrot 1 chopped celery 16 cups chicken broth (99% fat free) 1 tbsp habanero powder (optional) 4 diced Roma tomatoes 1 cup corn 1 tbsp lime juice 1 tsp pepper 4 oz can diced green chilies (Hatch) 2 cups chopped cilantro 1 avocado chopped 1 cup chopped sweet potato (optional) shredded jack cheese tortilla strips (optional, but way better with) Preparation Boil chicken and remove meat from bones. Cook onion, carrot, celery in oil until onion starts turning golden.Add chicken br oth and bring to a slow boil and turn heat to medium. Add chicken meat, green chilies, corn, Roma tomatoes, lime juice, cilantro, avocado, sweet potato, habanero powder and pepper. Allow to cook for 20 to 30 minute on medium heat. When serving add about ¼ cup of jack cheese to bottom of bowl, add soup, and top with tortilla strips.

What is the difference between Sterling Silver, Overlay Silver and German / Nickle Silver

Several times a week I have someone ask me about the difference between Sterling Silve, overlay silver and German or Nickle Silver. Here is what I know:

 

 

Sterling Silver:

Fine silver is 99.9 percent pure or more, but it is very soft and unsuitable for most uses. Sterling silver is defined as 92.5 percent pure or higher. Sometimes, as you note, 95 percent pure silver is sold; this has more silver than the minimum it needs to be called sterling but its still sterling.

The remaining 5 to 7-1/2 percent is usually copper because this has been found to be the best metal to alloy with the silver to not discolor it, while making it hard.

Silver Overlay:

Silver overlay is a process of taking nickel silver and applying a layer of solid sterling silver....it is many times thicker than "Plated". The overlay is then engraved, etc....whereas plated items are engraved and then plated with a very thin electro plate of silver.

The process of using sterling silver overlay is done by the finest silversmith. It has the great appearance of solid sterling at a reduced cost but will far out last plated products.

Of course there are good quality plated items and cheap quality plated items. Not all plated items are cheap....for instance some of the finest dinnerware (forks, spoons, etc) are plated.

Sterling overlay is much better and more expensive than plated but not as high a solid sterling silver.

German silver or Nickel Silver:

German silver also known as Nickel Silver is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but it contains no elemental silver unless plated. The name "German silver" refers to its development by 19th-century German metalworkers. This is NOT Mexico silver.

How to I know what size rodeo glove to buy?

 

Measure the width of open palm without a glove on - fingers together and thumb sticking out.

 

BULL RIDING (Deer Skin) Gloves:

 

NOTE: Average measurements accross your palm:

 

3"-3 1/8"  - 7 glove

3 1/4" - - - 7 1/2 glove

3 1/4" - - - 8 glove

3 3/8" - - - 8 1/2 glove

3 1/2" - - - 9 glove

3 5/8" - - - 9 1/2 glove

3 3/4" - - - 10 glove

4"     - - - 10 1/2 glove (Not available in many styles)

 

Typically if you measure around the thickest part of your palm (measuring around it) a person with a palm that measures approx 9 inches or so will wear a size 8 to 8 1/2 glove. This is for a fairly tight fit. If you prefer a looser fit order a larger size. Of course a lot just depends on how tight you like your glove? Some folks wear their glove very tight and some wear it loose and all degrees between.

 

For a BAREBACK (Steer Hide) Glove, the sizing is as follows Measuring accross your palm:

 

3 1/4" - - - 8 1/2 glove

3 1/2" - - - 9 glove

3 3/4" - - - 9 1/2 glove

4"     - - - 10 glove

4 1/4" - - - 10 1/2 glove (not avilable in all styles)

 

Bare in mind that these are averages and NOT exact measurements. Rodeo Gloves are hand made and as a result each is not the same as the next. In other words if you have 3 gloves all size 8 they may vary in size from glove to glove just depending.

How to install Dee's for Rope Lariat

For installation we suggest taking to your authorized saddle repair shop. When we install these in our own professional shop we first use a 1/2 inch "Oblong Punch" . We customarily punch thru the saddle leather but only deep enough to go through the top layer of the leather BUT not thru the Rawhide tree covering the tree or into the saddle tree per say. These are normally installed on the top are (In General) of the swells aka pomel) of the saddle. Then we use a leather fid or a flat screw driver to open the hole up a little so the clip portion can slip into the hole you just punched. Once this is done then we slide the clip into the hole and using a "saddle screw and washer" attach it to the saddle. We normally face the dee and clip facing forward. The screw seldom needs to be more than 1 1/4 inches long. We use special saddle screws and washers but in a pinch any wood screw with a small flat washer will work. Your done!    If at any point you have questions or concerns we strongly suggest you stop and ask your local saddle repair shop so not to risk potentially damaging your saddle.

Thanks for checking us out and if you are looking for more info just let me know.

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