March 22/2016 Weather sunny, nice 82, night 48.
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| Clint Orms Belt Buckle |
This area is such a surprising area for artistic talent. In a little tiny town called Ingram there is a very unique Silversmith named Clint Orms. Cowboys have been part of the Texas heritage for half a century. They don their jeans, cowboy hats, boots and one of their most cherished items.... their belt buckles. These finely crafted belt buckles are passed down from generation to generation. Clint grew up being a cowboy, his Dad retired from Rodeos. He hand tooled his first belt when he was 13 and his first belt buckle when he was 15. A Clint Orms belt buckle is a work of art and each one is named after a county in Texas. Celebrities that have been seen wearing his very distinctive buckles are George W. Bush, Mark Harmon, Cindy Crawford, Susan Sarandon, Lyle Lovette,
George Strait, Billy Bob Thornton, Tommy Lee Jones, Tiger
Woods and Hal Sutton - they have all been customers.
We went into the store to peek around after our rv neighbour told us about this shop. The day we were there the fellow working the front was just an incredibly nice guy and so proud of the product they make and sell.
No price tags of course. The filigree detail is absolutely incredible. Just for fun we asked the price of this one,,,,, Wow. It costs a lot of money to be a real cowboy!!!!!
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| this one was about $4200.00 - just the buckle... you need the belt now..... |
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| Billy looked at the far belt without the fancy buckle,,, $2700 |
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| Stunning work,,, this briefcase |
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| the top one is salt water alligator - ready to be made into a belt of your choice |
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