New Native American Chief Bolo Tie

Winston's Native American Chief is a project that's been on going for over 9 years, it will be finished this month. The carving incorporates real feathers with hand carved feathers just like a real chief's war bonnet which is  made of feathers he received for good deeds to his community.

 Winston's Native American Chief Bolo Tie

The Face is carved from Turquoise, the White Feather is Mother of Pearl and the tips are carved from Picasso Marble. Winston has designed it to be a bolo tie but this hand made bolo will not use the "standard" leather cord.  It will be hanging from silver rope with custom made bullet's tips hanging from the war chief bolo tie. 

The Making of Gold Pirate Belt Buckle Hand Carved by Winston

It's one of Winston's more unusual custom orders and a lot of pre productions was involved to get the buckle to look so unique. The outline face is sketched into the mother of pearl carving.

Time elapse this impressive belt buckle took Winston 8months to make by hand 100%. This is a roughed carved, ready to be detailed stage of the hand carved mother of pearl skull face and coral bandanna.

At this stage Winston's skull buckle carving has had it's eyes set, bandanna finished, earring and gold doubloon added. The hand drawn treasure map behind the face is pre-drawn so the gold work and buckle design will go smoothly.

Hand made gold coin doubloons are individually made one at a time by the artist, all uniquely stamped with ancient pirate symbols. You can see the 22k and 14k gold buckle is also a treasure map rolled up in the corner

The finished buckle is a wonder to look at. The other blog post about this buckle let you see the back side of the hand made pirate skull gold belt buckle signed by the artist Winston. Everything is hand made on the back of the buckle as well and it's solid 22k gold as well. Also you can view Winston's website