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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Goodykoontz, post: 11686414, member: 82566&quot;]hi everyone.&nbsp; i purchased this at a local antique faire this past weekend.&nbsp; i&#039;ve been googling around and i think i might have found something pretty interesting.&nbsp; the attached tag says it was presented as a gift in May of 1926.&nbsp; i&#039;m now thinking this might have been somewhat old at that time.&nbsp; i&#039;ve managed to find a few examples of a hondo(that knotted apparatus at the end) that is similarly designed, but nothing that is identical.&nbsp; i think it&#039;s the cleanest most elaborate example i&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; also, i&#039;ve read where the &quot;rattlesnake&quot; end is considered earlier and older.&nbsp; i&#039;ve read where California reatas are particularly prized.&nbsp; i&#039;m hoping someone here has some knowledge with these things.&nbsp; I found a reference to Claro Martonelle in Coates Herd Book which establishes him as a definite rancher of some time in the past.&nbsp; Also, I found a J. D. Neales who was a photographer in Southern California at this time.&nbsp; the leather is a bit stiff, but definitely not brittle.&nbsp; i&#039;m thinking this might be 19th century.&nbsp; any help with dating this piece will be greatly appreciated...thanks[ATTACH=full]547277[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547278[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547279[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547280[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547281[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547282[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547283[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547284[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547285[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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