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Post by paweaver on Mar 8, 2009 21:30:23 GMT -5
Here is a pic of our sleigh ride. We finally manage to get a short one in. It happened on our last snow fall. Yes, the sleigh is set up with a wheel undercarriage. Dad did this for two reasons. 1. They clear the roads so fast that he would never get to use it. 2. At one point he had a business with our team and would do wedding and events. He had to have a way to run the sleigh in town. It would be fun to run it without this, but you take what you can get. It is fun anyway. The sleigh is also well over one hundred years old and it is just one way of taking care of it. Over the fields we go could end up with a real heart break if you hit a soft spot and ruined a hundred plus year old sleigh. Hope you enjoy it. We sure did. paweaver
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Post by hannes on Mar 8, 2009 22:29:37 GMT -5
isa,liza,? beutifull!what kind of horse is it? what is the body of the sledge made from. it looks like fibreglass, but i know it cant be
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Post by paskinner on Mar 9, 2009 23:18:19 GMT -5
The horse is a standard bred. He looks kind of shaggy because he has his winter coat. The sleigh is an older style and was built between 1886-1890. At that time they were using one whole piece of wood, from 3/8"-1/2" inches thick. They would put it in a steam vat and then form it around a mold until they had the shape they wanted. The only straight pieces of wood in the whole sleigh are the seats you sit on and some of the floor boards. They took special care of these sleighs because if they are left out even for one winter it will ruin it. The later sleighs were made of three layers of wood. At one point you could buy the iron and the curved panels and make your own sleigh. There was a carriage shop in almost every town, sometimes more than one. One interesting thing about the buggys and sleighs-they could have as many as 20 coats of paint on them. They would paint it, sand it, and paint it again. If a laborer rubbed all the way through the last layer of paint, he would lose that days wages. Sometimes they would use layers of red lead paint on the iron and white lead paint on the wood and go over that with black paint. Dad's sleigh, when he restored it, had no lead paint on it, but he's restored lots of buggys that did. It's called a pony sleigh and there is not many of this style left. Some magazines from America you might enjoy--"The Driving Digest" www.drivingdigest.com "Carriage Journal" (the Carriage Association of America) info@caaonline.com Another is the "Small Farmers Journal" You can pm us if you want any info on carriage books. Liza
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Post by hannes on Mar 10, 2009 2:21:51 GMT -5
ANTI LIZA MY NAME IS ZUZAAN UNCLE HANNES IS SITTING 2 METERS AWAY FRO ME BIZY WITH THE TEETH THANKS FOR THE QUICK INDETAIL REPLY SURELLY IT IS A NICE SLAY TO BE PROUD OF, I ALSO ENJOYED THE WOLE WEAVING PICS AND LEDCHER THAT WOULD DIVNEDLY BE MY NEXT PRODJEC
BEST REGARDS DONKEY VALLEY FARM
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Post by phoenix1967 on Mar 10, 2009 7:31:13 GMT -5
Hello Zuaan, and welcome. Say hi to your uncle Hannes for us!
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Post by phoenix1967 on Mar 10, 2009 7:32:35 GMT -5
Liza, Y'all have the COOLEST stuff! (and I aint talkin about that white stuff neither!) That's a beautiful horse!
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Post by paweaver on Mar 10, 2009 9:20:16 GMT -5
ZUZAAN,
I am glad that you joined us on here. You all amaze me with all the languages that you can use. At one point in my life I was working with a man from Kenya for a few months. He told me that he knew how to speak over 5 different languages by the time he started school. Wow! I have a hard time sometimes with just one.
If you have any questions when you do the weaving be sure to ask me. O.K. The biggest thing is you need to make it out of hard wood. Mine is made out of oak. It you make it out of soft wood it is easier to make, but it will mess up the yarn or string that you are weaving with. I'm sure that you could teach me many things about weaving too. Maybe you could make something and get your Uncle to post pics of you making it. Than I will get to try to make something African.
Good luck on your project, Liza
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Post by paweaver on Mar 10, 2009 9:25:56 GMT -5
Hannes,
I 've got to ask a dumb question. Do your horse's coats over there change with the seasons like the do here? Do they ever get that winter coat look?
Liza
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Post by hannes on Mar 10, 2009 9:45:57 GMT -5
liza,they do have a wintercoat, but def not as thick as your horses. does not get that cold here.-5 celcius min. had to laugh at phoenix, or at ourselves. here one calls anyone uncle if he is more than 10 years older than you, whether he is related to you or not, or of coarse aunt for a female.i asked suzaan to thank you for weaving pictures and lecture, and i am the one who would like to try my hand at it.
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Post by paskinner on Mar 11, 2009 8:28:29 GMT -5
Hannes, Ah! you are turning her into your secretary. Good luck on the weaving, and yes I will answer your questions also. Here it is very different aunt and uncle are used for family members only. I have a good friend who ask us if her children could call us (Loren and I) aunt and uncle even though we are not related. I told her yes and that I would be honored for them to call me that. But sometimes when we are out together I get the strangest looks from people who know that we are not really related. It might even be different in other places in the USA. I came across these fun little facts of how we are different that no one thinks to tell you when I went to Australia too. Have a great day Uncle ;D
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