Brettuns Village Trunks & Leather
Old Trunks, New Leather. All from Maine.
December 7, 2000
Hi Everybody on the Leather
List:
For the last couple of months
you’ve heard me whining about how we had
bought a warehouse full
of excess inventory from an out-of-business
harness maker. We
were pretty low on the list of priorities when it came
to packing up and shipping
the stuff to Maine, but it finally arrived. On
the same day we also bought
out a local small shop, so all-in-all we’ve
loaded almost 6 tons of
new hardware into the barn and our warehouse. My
New Year’s resolution is
going to be to get a forklift. My arms are
killing me.
I managed to get a couple
of the new items listed on our parts page. The
stuff that came in is all
high quality, no factory defects or any of that
rot. First quality
hardware from some excellent suppliers. We got
bridle/bit/harness chain
sets (I know which end of the horse these go on
but that’s about it – if
you know anything about this stuff I’d sure
appreciate a little help),
roller/keeper buckles in a couple of sizes,
over a million spikes (apparently
these were some tough looking horses,
probably wore their ballcaps
backwards too), d-rings, post rivets, piping
(decorative trim for leather
seams), slide buckles, conchos, and other
stuff. I only have
a few of the new items listed on the parts page so
far, I’ll get the rest of
them done pronto.
https://brettunsvillage.com/leather/parts/parts.html
I’ll have some more news
before we get much further into December. Sure
did turn cold, didn’t it?
We haven’t seen the upside of 30 in over a
week. Probably won’t
either until May. Looks like we’ll have excellent
ice skating on Brettuns
Pond until the snow buries it, and ice fishing
always promises to be a
good time. If you’re a penguin.
Enjoy your holiday season,
we’ll get back to you next week or so.
Churchill Barton
Brettuns Village
Hi Everybody:
Just a quick note to let
you know that our new trunk handles arrived.
These are the same size
as our common two and three layer handles, but
these have no slots in them.
They’re available in dark brown and black,
$6 per pair, shipping included.
Take a look:
https://brettunsvillage.com/trunks/howto/parts.html
A couple of new trunks are
listed on our For Sale page, Christmas sales
are fast and furious.
Keep in mind that here in the shop “fast and
furious” probably looks
a little different than you might ordinarily
expect. Our version
is something along the lines of “two people awake and
moving around in the barn
at the same time.” At any rate, we’ve been
pitching cinammon into the
coffee pot to get into the spirit of the
season. I’ve heard
some other stuff splashing also, I’m not so sure the
crew isn’t getting more
into the spirits of the season. Oh well,
everybody seems happy.
One of the pickers called
last night, he’s driving in today with 17
trunks. That is, he’ll
be here if his truck is up to the task. It’s a
moody old beast, prone to
leaving large oil stains in the dooryard. I
keep trying to get him to
housebreak that thing. Jenny bites his tire
when he shows up, just for
good measure. I love that dog.
By the way, we started making
our own line of dog collars, just so our
little fashion queen can
change her appearance to suit her mood. If
you’ve ever spent time with
a young lab you know that they really only
have two moods – full tilt
and fast asleep. I’ll let you know more about
these collars later on,
not that they have the first thing to do with old
trunks. Sorry.
Enjoy the season, make the
most of it. Get in the car tonight, go around
the neighborhood checking
out/criticizing everybody’s decorations. Up
here it’s pitch black by
4:15 so we get this done before supper. It’s fun
to look around and
it helps you catch the fever of holiday cheer. Try
it, you’ll see what I mean.
Let me know how it turns out.
We’ll get back with you before
the end of the month-
Churchill Barton
Brettuns Village