Cow Tales O C T O B E R 2 0 0 9 V O L U M E 2 4 . I S S U E 1 0

LONE STAR WINS AT THE

INDIANAPOLIS IFOLG SHOW!

George Hurst is inducted into The

International Federation of

Leather Guilds Hall of Fame

The Lone Star Display wins the traveling

trophy for the Best Guild

Display

Our Guild

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The Lone Star Leather Crafters Guild was established in Fort

Worth, Texas in 1986 by a small group of leather enthusiasts.

Today, our Guild has grown into an international organization with members in the

United States, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden and The

Netherlands. Our skill levels range from novice to master, hobbyist to professional,

with all members willing to share their ideas and skills with other leather enthusiasts.

If you are interested in learning more about our Guild, we invite you to visit a

monthly meeting which is held on the second Tuesday of the month. Membership in

the Guild is $20 for a single membership, $30 for a family membership, or a one-

time $150 for a lifetime membership (U.S. funds). Dues are payable in January.

All submissions for the Newsletter should be submitted to the address or e-mail to

your left. Submissions must be accompanied by the name and address of writer and

are subject to editing for clarity and/or length. The deadline for submission is the

25th of the month prior to publication.

2008 Officers

President Dave Smith

Vice President Waymon Patterson

Secretary/Treasurer Darla Sellers

7936 Camp Bowie West

Fort Worth, TX 76116-6311

817.878.5797

www.lonestarleathercraft.org

Lonestareditor2@sbcglobal.net

Guild Meeting Tuesday October 13, 2009

The meeting starts at 7:00PM

If you would like to join us for dinner, good conversation, and fun

Meet us at Hide Crafters at 6:00PM

We will be handing out the IFOLG award certificates and recognizing

those who competed.

Marlon Freeman will be giving us a lacing demonstration.

In case you don’t know, he teaches lacing for Tandy on Camp Bowie once

a month.

Come and Join US!!

During the sale of Ken Neal’s tools, the question came up about how to remove rust from older tools. Rick Ellenberger had the solution. Put 2 table spoons of Cream of Tar-Tar into water and bring it to a

boil. Drop the rusty tools into the water for about 5 minutes, then remove them. Dry them thoroughly and

they are ready to go.

I guess we should throw in a caution here, just in case. So here ya go ….

CAUTION # 1 - WATER THAT HAS BEEN BOILING FOR 5 MINUTES IT IS HOT. DON’T STICK YOUR FINGERS

IN IT! USE SOME SORT OF THONGS TO REMOVE THE TOOLS.

CAUTION # 2 - THE TOOLS WILL BE HOT TOO!! LET ‘EM COOL BEFORE YOU USE THEM.

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WOW!!

A special "THANK YOU" to all the Lone Star Members and Friends

who helped make the Ken Neal Tool Collection Sale such a success.

You should have seen the smiles on the faces of David Smith and

George Hurst on the days that they did the inventory of my

Husband's Leather Tools.

They were like Kids in Tool Land!

No one would have believed that Ken had such a Collection.

I am truly amazed and very appreciative of the Love and Support

shown to my Family and to myself now and during Ken's illness.

I know you miss him, and his wonderful sense of Humor.

I am glad that his Tools are with his good friends.

Please continue to keep me in your prayers.

Thank you again,

Linda Neal

As you know, we had a special sale of the tools and goods from Ken

Neal’s collection at Hide Crafters the two Saturdays before we left for Indy. Your response was tremendous and overwhelming. I am happy to

say that because of your purchases and the sales at the Indy Show, we exceeded any and all expectations. We received the following letter from Ken’s Wife Linda. To this, I’d like to add my personal thanks to each

one of you.

Dave

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Lone Star has a return visit to The Log Cabin Village

HARVEST HOMECOMING

September 26th, 2009

The front door to the Marine Creek

School House where we were. Jo showing a young man the fine points of

tooling leather.

Mitzi and Dezi

Marshall Pat keeps a watchful

over the proceedings

Pat and Marlon having fun.

Cartie always looks so intense

Each year The Log Cabin Village has their Harvest Homecoming and Lone

Star was invited to participate. Due to the IFOLG Show in Indy being the

same weekend, we had to split our resources but were well represented in

both places. Cartie, Pat, Jo, Marlon, Mitzi, and Dezi did a fantastic job on

behalf of the Guild.

Display of some of our finished

projects.

P A G E 6 Thanks to Lone Star Member John

Karnes, some of us got a special tour of the Indianapolis Motor

Speedway. Jane Hurst, Randy Gustafson, Kathy Flanagan, and Dave Smith got to visit the tower

called the Pagoda and the “Yard of Bricks” on the starting line. A real

thrill for yours truly.

Recognize this logo? Yep, that’s King

Richard. The Petty Team was in town but

due to the weather they weren’t out.

THE Start Finish Line at Indy.

THANKS JOHN!!

Standing at the entrance

to Gasoline Alley

We were on the top floor of the tower, or

the Pagoda as it’s called.

Standing in the pit area with turn # 1 behind us.

On the top floor of the Pagoda with our

host Richard Phillips

Looking down on the Star Finish line

This is Pit Road looking toward Turn # 1

The stage where the winners

are presented. It’s 20’ in the air.

They put the car on a platform

and raise it up to the stage level.

P A G E 7 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2009 IFOLG AWARDS

George Hurst 2nd Place Masters Hollywood Lamp

George Hurst 2nd Place Masters Hollywood Gun Rig

Marcelo Dario 1st Place Masters Western Hat Box

Marcelo Dario 1st Place Masters Braided Horse Breast Collar

Tim Kleffner 1st Place Advanced Chinks

Tim Kleffner 1st Place Advanced Note Book

Randy Gustafson 2nd Place Advanced Two Squirrels in a Pine Tree

Randy Gustafson 3rd place Advanced Two Birds on Barb Wire

Arihiro Inada 1st Place Advanced Lone Star Money Clip

Alessandra Dario 1st Place Open Leather Flowers in a Vase

Alessandria Dario 1st Place Open Leather Flowers on a picture

Alessandria Dario 1st Place Open

Donnie Tullis 2nd Place Open Belt

Donnie Tullis 2nd Place Open Braided Belt

Donnie Tullis 3rd Place Open Clutch Purse

Jo Spencer 2nd Place Open Wallet

Darla Sellers 2nd Place Open Purse

Jean Marcotte 3rd Place Open Bible Case

OTHER AWARDS

Marcelo Dario Best in Category Masters

Marcelo Dario Best in Masters

Tim Kleffner Best in Category Advanced

Arihiro Inada Best in Category Advanced

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Thank you

for supporting our Guild

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The internet is a great thing. I just received an email from our friend Rene Berends, so I thought I’d include

it. I also included a couple of pictures of his beautiful daughter. Rene, keep your shotgun loaded pardner.

You’re going to need in about 14 years.

Hello Dave and Guild members,

Long time no see or hear. What can I say but SORRY !!!!!!!!

Here are some photos of my daughter Bianca, the youngest lady leatherworker and she sure has got the hang of

it. She is two years and two months now. Time just flies. She is tri-lingual, sings in German, Dutch and English.

We do everything singing and I can spend a lot of time with her. Still busy teaching in Germany and Austria, also

to a lot of younger people ( t een-agers ) . Made some nice new projects. There is a lot of interest in Austria.

Hope all is well over there.

Big HUGS, René

L A D Y B I N A C A

FROM THE PRESIDENT

I’m going to spare you a boring President’s Letter this month in

favor of more space devoted to the IFOLG Show in Indy. My hardy

congratulations to everyone the had an entry at Indy. Even if you didn’t win a ribbon or trophy, you are a winner for having competed

at the show. That says that you want to learn and expand your

expertise by allowing your work be scrutinized by your peers in the

craft. None of us should ever want to stop learning because we will

never know it all. While we were registering the contest items, I was

so very proud of every entry that I saw. No matter what the item was, it was a piece of you and an expression of your passion for the

craft. As I see people take their first few cuts with a swivel knife or

the first few strikes of a tool on a piece of leather, I always wonder

where it will lead for them. Will be a passing fancy or become a true

passion for them? We never know and only time will tell. I do know that if we continue to reach out to others with our craft, we will find

more and more people that have the passion for leathercraft.

Keep on Toolin, Dave

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A SALUTE OF THE SWIVEL KNIFE TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON THE HAD A PART IN THE DESIGN AND BUILDING OF THE GUILD

DISPLAY. WE TOTALLY BLEW EVERYONE AWAY. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE TRYINMG TO GET ONE OF THE LOCAL TV

STATIONS OUT TO DO A STORY ON IT.

A Third place win for first time

competitor Jean Marcotte.

Excellent! Super picture by Randy Gustafson

Notebook by Jo Spencer

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This hot box made by Lone Star Member Marcelo Dario of San

Palo Brazil created quite a stir. It won First Place in it’s

category. It won Best in Category, AND Best in Masters. It

Marcelo and Alessandra with the Best of Category and Best of Masters Trophy.

Marcelo isn’t the only one in the family that can tool. Pictured on the right are

Lone Star member Tim Kleffner of Corpus Christi Texas also won a First Place (Blue Ribbon) in Advanced for his Chinks. Tim also won a best in

Category (Black Ribbon).

George Hurst’s Hollywood Gun Rig won a Second Place in Masters. He was bested by Marcelo’s hat

box. George is not going to let us forget that Marcelo was one of his students. Actually that’s one of

the greatest rewards for a teacher.

Right George?

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Lone Star Member Arihiro Inada of Japan was very kind and sent us this

money clip for the guild display. When we opened the box we all had the

same reaction. This ain’t going on no display. It’s going into competition. He won First Place in his Advanced category and Best in Category. We

took some extra pictures so you could see some of the detail work on this

piece. Unbelievable!

Lone Star Member Clyde Gilliland receives his Best in

Category trophy.

George with Marcelo and his Best in

Masters Trophy.

If you have never met Johanna

from Leather Worker . net, you

have missed an experience. That’s her behind the flag

Ernie Wayman, past Executive

Director of the Federation and

wide Bea.

George Hurst Winner of the International Federation of Leather Guilds

Hall of Fame Award

One of the true highlights of the Indy show was seeing

George Hurst presented with the IFoLG Hall of Fame Award. He is only the eight person to receive this award. George has also received the IFoLG Life Time Achievement Ward and the Al Stohlman Award. As far as we can determine, George is the only person to have won all three of these awards.

In order to receive this award, a person has to nominated and that nomination be presented to a review board for evaluation. The nomination is then sent to all the guilds to be voted on by the president of each guild. A majority vote is required. It’s not easy to even qualify for this award much less pass the review and votes. I was fortunate enough to be sitting beside George when the award was announced and if you can believe it, George was stunned and truly speechless. Yes, George, speechless. A well deserved award to a fantastic person.

It is said that behind every good man is a good woman. That woman is Jane Hurst. Congratulations to Jane for putting up with George.

M o r e A w a r d s a t I n d y

Kathy Flannigan of the Columbine Leather Guild in Colorado and Dave Smith with

Lone Star Leather Crafters Guild of Texas received special awards during the banquet

at the IFoLG show in Indianapolis.

Kathy received the “Pathway to Masters” award from George Grabb. It is presented to

a Master Crafter “that exhibits the personal traits of goal sitting, training, and applica-

tion of energy toward our craft.”

Dave Smith received the “Heart and Spirit in Leather Craft Award” from Jim Linnell.

The award is given “for outstanding demonstration and combination of disciplines in

leather craft.”

Calendar of Events

Guild Meetings

7:00 PM October 13, 2009

There will be special recognition for

those who won awards and those

who competed at the Indy Show.

We will also have a lacing Demo by

Marlon Freeman

Join us at 6:00 pm if you would like

to

go to dinner prior to the meeting.

7936 Camp Bowie West

Fort Worth, TX 76116-6311

Lone Star Leather Crafters Guild