#Old bits and spurs full#
#Old bits and spurs free#

Locations: Elko Nevada, Pendleton Oregon, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles CAįor help appraising, authenticating, or identifying Mike Morales spurs, please Contact Us!Ĭlick here for information on Morales Maker’s Marks. old RB Leipzig and Germany striker Timo Werner, who has fallen out of favour. Mike’s earlier work for Hamley and even prior to that was sometimes marked as “MIKE MORALES MAKER” I wouldn’t hesitate to say it works as well or better than a power drill. The rich blue color is born among the coals of an old- time forge. I got my first brace earlier this year and was amazed how well it works. Keith Peters says: 6 December 2014 at 2:10 am.

They do bore OK but not as well as the auger bits. The design for this M was clearly inspired by the squashed H of the Hamley and Co. The spur bits you speak of are the old blacksmithed bits.

#Old bits and spurs free#

Mike Morales marked his work off and on, when he did mark his bits and spurs he used a squashed M, sometimes two of them. Lab-tested 100 lead and heavy metal free This bit is designed for the young horse, and possesses. In 1927 Morales moved his business to Los Angeles where he lived and worked until his death. Garcia (18641933) who was in business from about 1884 (although his company did not start producing bits and spurs until the late 1890s) through the time of his death in 1933 (his sons, Walter and Leslie took over the daily. Morales’ business prospered in Portland as he employed many bit and spur makers to fill orders for his bits and spurs as well as other items such as stirrups, saddle trimmings, belt buckles, conchos and other items. Generally speaking, there are three different Garcia shops whose spurs you most likely will see.

In 1915 Mike moved to Portland to open his own shop and he produced his own line of spurs sold by a catalog he published. During his time at Hamley, Mike supervised several other craftsmen in the production of bits and spurs. Garcia’s shop by 1902 where he worked for four years before moving to Pendleton, Oregon to work for Hamley & Co. We still make all the bits here in Auberry. In 1980 we moved the company here to Auberry, California, which is about 20 miles from Sanger. The Sliester brothers started the company in Sanger, CA.

#Old bits and spurs full#

Mike Morales was born in Mexico in 1888 and was apprenticed in G.S. One of the many fine bits Sliester produces: this engraved snaffle bit features full silver & jeweler’s bronze rings. Handmade and completely custom bits, spurs, and western jewelry and accessories created by Jens Berg.