Gail Hought Blind Bob Mills 22 Ft Chestnut Mane Hair Mecate McCarty Rope Reins

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GAIL HOUGHT / BLIND BOB MILLS 5/8 x 22 FT CHESTNUT MANE HAIR MECATE MCCARTY
This is an unused 5/8 inch diameter 6 strand authentic GAIL HOUGHT / BLIND BOB mane hair Mecate in a gorgeous light golden flaxen color. This collectible Mecate features a braided rawhide/brandy kangaroo knot  above the tassel by Gail Hought and her logo is stamped on the her trademark slit braided latigo tails.  This rope matches the brandy and rawhide bosal I have listed.  The total length is a little over 22 feet and the core is also hair
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Robert Mills was also legally blind, and he was known in the business as Blind Bob.  He purchased much of the equipment from Sam Chaplin and continued the business himself side by side with his wife Pauline.  In the beginning he had some sight and most of his hearing, but he suffered from numerous brain tumors, and as his disease progressed, the resulting surgeries eventually left him completely blind as well as deaf.
Towards the end of his career, when he had lost all of his sight and hearing,  Robert would wash the fiber, and Pauline would sort it into different shades.  Then he would run it all through the picker and Pauline would spin it into bobbins of singles, to be used later.  When they got an order, Pauline would sign the color combinations and requirements into his hand, and he would create the final rope according to those specifications. In a world of darkness, and silence this man continued to create beautiful examples of spinning expertise that most of us will never be able to match.  Bob sold his business in 1995.
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