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Jay Adcock
Rawhide Braider

Jay Adcock

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Artwork by Jay Adcock

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Quirt

Rawhide Quirt

$5,900

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This Californio-style quirt is braided over a tapered rawhide core that is shot loaded in the handle end. The body of the quirt is braided out of heavy, brown dyed rawhide. The decorative knots are fashioned using fine calf-hide strings with a touch of interwoven accents. The wrist loop and popper are constructed using waxed leather.

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Quirt

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Headstall

Rawhide Headstall

$4,095

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This single-ear rawhide headstall is a unique combination of flat braids and Spanish edge lacing using calf rawhide. The leather poll adjustment features a finely inlaid and engraved steel buckle crafted by Troy Flaharty.

Headstall

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Hobbles

Rawhide Hobbles

$3,900

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These early West Coast-style hobbles are designed using one continuous and doubled piece of waxed leather. A 16-strand braid in the middle of the hobbles supports the fastening buttons. The two layers of leather are stitched together using Spanish edge lacing and appliqué work. These durable and unique hobbles offer classic Americana style with a touch of Argentine.

Hobbles

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Jewelry Set

Rawhide Jewelry Set

$3,850

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Braided from very fine stillborn calf rawhide, this necklace, bracelet and miniature quirt earring set are inspired by some earlier work of Leland Hensley.

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Jewelry Set
Jewelry Set
Jewelry Set
Jewelry Set

Jay Adcock

Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Jay Adcock grew up amongst a ranching family in Oklahoma. He was inspired by his grandfather to work with rawhide and leather at an early age. He spent some time with Oregon rawhide braider Frank Hansen and honed his craft while working on various ranches across the Western United States. Adcock went through the Texas Christian University Ranch Management Program in 1992 and was awarded the Academy of Western Artists Braider of the Year Award in 2006. He braids rawhide full time and lives with his daughter, Ella, on a cow-calf operation outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. He also has a son, Hayden, who resides in Butte, Montana.