Bolo Ties
Batch 2 of the wildly popular bolo ties that debuted for holiday 2022 are finally available in limited quantity online.
Batch 3 (holiday 2024) will ideally be uploaded within the next few days, including the latest leather-cord iterations.
The look of gemstone cabochons, but made with marbled enamel, I’m amusing myself by calling them AGATE-ESQUE. (My long teaching career says that if you’re unsure of the name of a mystery gemstone, if you call it an agate, you’re approximately 50% likely to be correct.)
36” nylon cord with gold or silver-plated hardware. Enamel pendants are counter-enameled for durability, so bolo back is epoxied to the enamel pendant. (Track record is excellent so far, but free repairs if you have any issue with the epoxy.)
Why bolos? My great uncle Paul Hutchinson (1928-2008) lived in Butler all his life. He was an early adopter of the internet, if for no other reason than to print out corny jokes from emails so as to read them out loud at family gatherings. When not golfing or volunteering at the VA, he and his pal Bob were woodworking buddies and together, made me an absurdly beautiful cabinet to hold my jars of enamels. I inherited his small collection of bolo ties (classics with cabochons and one with a carved image of a buck), which I wear sometimes, but mainly they hang in my studio from the doors of my enamel cabinet. Much of my tools and workbenches came from his garage wood shop, so anytime I make a bolo, I feel like I’m honoring his memory. He was a science teacher for 30 years, and I think he’d be pleased and a little amused that I’m still using his tools, and have also become an educator of sorts myself.
Batch 2 of the wildly popular bolo ties that debuted for holiday 2022 are finally available in limited quantity online.
Batch 3 (holiday 2024) will ideally be uploaded within the next few days, including the latest leather-cord iterations.
The look of gemstone cabochons, but made with marbled enamel, I’m amusing myself by calling them AGATE-ESQUE. (My long teaching career says that if you’re unsure of the name of a mystery gemstone, if you call it an agate, you’re approximately 50% likely to be correct.)
36” nylon cord with gold or silver-plated hardware. Enamel pendants are counter-enameled for durability, so bolo back is epoxied to the enamel pendant. (Track record is excellent so far, but free repairs if you have any issue with the epoxy.)
Why bolos? My great uncle Paul Hutchinson (1928-2008) lived in Butler all his life. He was an early adopter of the internet, if for no other reason than to print out corny jokes from emails so as to read them out loud at family gatherings. When not golfing or volunteering at the VA, he and his pal Bob were woodworking buddies and together, made me an absurdly beautiful cabinet to hold my jars of enamels. I inherited his small collection of bolo ties (classics with cabochons and one with a carved image of a buck), which I wear sometimes, but mainly they hang in my studio from the doors of my enamel cabinet. Much of my tools and workbenches came from his garage wood shop, so anytime I make a bolo, I feel like I’m honoring his memory. He was a science teacher for 30 years, and I think he’d be pleased and a little amused that I’m still using his tools, and have also become an educator of sorts myself.
Batch 2 of the wildly popular bolo ties that debuted for holiday 2022 are finally available in limited quantity online.
Batch 3 (holiday 2024) will ideally be uploaded within the next few days, including the latest leather-cord iterations.
The look of gemstone cabochons, but made with marbled enamel, I’m amusing myself by calling them AGATE-ESQUE. (My long teaching career says that if you’re unsure of the name of a mystery gemstone, if you call it an agate, you’re approximately 50% likely to be correct.)
36” nylon cord with gold or silver-plated hardware. Enamel pendants are counter-enameled for durability, so bolo back is epoxied to the enamel pendant. (Track record is excellent so far, but free repairs if you have any issue with the epoxy.)
Why bolos? My great uncle Paul Hutchinson (1928-2008) lived in Butler all his life. He was an early adopter of the internet, if for no other reason than to print out corny jokes from emails so as to read them out loud at family gatherings. When not golfing or volunteering at the VA, he and his pal Bob were woodworking buddies and together, made me an absurdly beautiful cabinet to hold my jars of enamels. I inherited his small collection of bolo ties (classics with cabochons and one with a carved image of a buck), which I wear sometimes, but mainly they hang in my studio from the doors of my enamel cabinet. Much of my tools and workbenches came from his garage wood shop, so anytime I make a bolo, I feel like I’m honoring his memory. He was a science teacher for 30 years, and I think he’d be pleased and a little amused that I’m still using his tools, and have also become an educator of sorts myself.