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Tutorial: How to cut out a corner

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Beaver News #40 – October 17, 2016

In this week’s Video, we are talking about how to cut out a corner when doing leather work – not to confuse with How to cut a corner when doing leather work 😉

This tutorial will even be valuable to you if you are not doing leather work yourself but you are (or might be in the future) a customer that wants to buy an item hand made from leather. After watching this video you know what to look for to see if the artist knows his craft and went the extra mile to ensure he produces a beautiful and high-quality item.

If you are doing leather work yourself you might have struggled with this task in the past and have ended up with that unwanted cut that Mark shows at 2:55. Then you probably tried to fix it but ended up messing it up even more. Let Mark show you this simple trick so in the future cutting out a corner will not be any trouble at all.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

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Specialty Project Trapeze

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Beaver News #39 – October 3, 2016

In this week’s Newsletter and Video we would like to remind you, that we don’t just manufacture Holsters, Belts, Briefcases etc but that we stand by our motto:

You dream it – we make it!

Mark was working on a project for a client who is into acrobatics like they do in circuses. He made a padded leather lace-up cover over a shackle on a trapeze hoop. Check out the video below and don’t miss the hint of the Day at 3:18.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

Back to work after the Summer Break

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Beaver News #38 – September 19, 2016

Well after a long unintentional Summer Break we are back with our Beaver News…. did you miss us?

Of course, we also have a new video for you, to start the new season we give you a quick look behind the scenes and show you how hard we work here at Beaver Mountain Works. Enjoy.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

We have been very busy all summer long with a steady stream of custom leather work. At the end of September, we moved our workshop for 10 days to the Heffley Creek Black Powder Rendezvous. Here two impressions:

2016 Heffley Creek Rendezvous https://beavermountainworks.com You dream it - we make it!

2016 Heffley Creek Rendezvous. As you can see this is a primitive Rendezvous so our Shop and Trading Post were housed in a tent.

2016 Heffley Creek Rendezvous https://beavermountainworks.com You dream it - we make it!

2016 Heffley Creek Rendezvous. Here you see the Shop and Trading Post from the side and a customer busy working on his moccasins

Molded and lined Mare’s Leg Rig

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Beaver News #37 – May 30, 2016

In this episode, Mark introduced ‘the big brother’ of our famous Mare’s Leg Holster

This holster comes fully lined and form fitted to the rifle. We can manufacture the following variation of the regular Mare’s Leg also in this higher end version such as:

– border tooling only
– with Keeper/Concho
– Last Bullet

We can build it as a slide-on holster that you can wear with any gun belt (i.e. our unlined Prospector Belt or our lined Drifter Belt) or with a holster backing to wear “cowboy Style” on a Buscadero belt.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

Firearm Covers

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Beaver News #36 – May 16, 2016

In this little episode Mark talks about covers for your firearms.

We manufacture a broad variety of different cases, socks, and covers for your precious rifles and shotguns.As you will see in the video, we can use

  • Hudson Bay Blankets
  • Deerskin
  • Canvas
  • Witney Blankets
  • Civil War Blankets

We can also make it out of cowhide leather and we make wooden cases lined in and/or covered in leather although we don’t show any of these in this video.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

Butt sleeve & Sling with cartridges

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Beaver News #35 – May 6, 2016

Mark shows you a butt sleeve/sling combo that has been in big demand here at Beaver Mountain Works.

Both the butt sleeve and the rifle sling have cartridge loops, the length of the sling is easily adjustable and the cartridges readily accessible.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

Action Ready Sling

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Beaver News #34 – April 11, 2016

In this week’s video, Mark demonstrates our action-ready Sling. 

This unit is perfect if you don’t want to carry a holster with you. It’s the unit Mark uses when he goes out in the bush to work, bushwhacking, gold panning or simply enjoy himself.

This sling is very versatile and attaches easily to your rifle. It’s fully adjustable and we make it to the thickness and width you want.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

Briefcase

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Beaver News #33 – March 28, 2016

In this week’s video, you will see, that we are not only manufacturing cowboy action, hunting, fishing and outdoors gear. We can make you anything you want – as we say, you dream it – we make it.

Mark shows you one of our briefcase designs, a nice heavy duty bag that is practical and stylish at the same time. The briefcase you see in the video has the following attributes:

  • approx. overall size 16” x 13” x 3.5″ closed
  • made of high-quality cowhide leather
  • Hand cut, sewn and dyed
  • closure flap lined with suede
  • double gusset, center divider serving as inside pocket
  • two adjustable closure straps embossed, with tuck catch-locks
  • adjustable 1″ wide shoulder strap, lined with suede and
    movable shoulder pad for extra comfort
  • sewn and riveted at stress points
  • heavy duty hardware
  • horse carving

This one was custom made and yours can be too! You can pick and choose from a list of add-ons and inside pockets and/or key lanyards, embossings or carvings and also a variety of different hardware. The basic bag starts at $550.00, add-ons and embossings and carvings are at extra cost.

Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.

Belts & Buckles

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Beaver News #32 – March 14, 2016

You can find all kinds of belts everywhere almost in every store you walk into, and you find all kinds of quality of belts…

Here at Beaver Mountain Works we manufacture belts that are high quality, durable, look good, and do the job you want it to do.

A good quality leather belt can last you a long time even a lifetime. 

In this week’s video Mark shows you all kinds of different belts that he manufactured over the years. You will be surprised to learn how old certain belts are already. He also explains the different types of buckles and explains why we don’t use snaps for certain belts.

Are you looking for a unique knife sheath?

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Beaver News #30 – February 15, 2016

A knife sheath, pancake holster style

This particular knife sheath is really Mark’s favourite design for out in the bush or for horseback riding because it is slim-line, it sits flat right up against your body and does not protrude out.

You slide it on your belt like you would a pancake holster, the knife is easy to access, and the sheath can be worn on the left or right side of your body or even in the back.

The most important tool in the bush

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Beaver News #29 – February 1, 2016

Axes, Hatchets and knives

Tools like axes, hatchets and knives take the most abuse and the last thing you want to do is have it either become dull or injure yourself or somebody in your party. That’s why you want a sheath or a cover for it. Unfortunately a lot of the sheaths and covers that come with your axe, hatchet or knife are very flimsy and are not made for the bush.

In this video Mark explains, how and why we here at Beaver Mountain Work build the sheaths for axes, hatchets, tomahawks and knives the way we do. They are all robust and high quality and they last as long as your tool will.