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Al Stohlman was born in Olive, California.While young, he loved to draw and spend his spare time sketching animals of the Pacific Northwest.He hoped to one day become an illustrator of western books and magazines, like authors Zane Grey and Bret Harte. [1]
Leather painting differs from leather dyeing in that paint remains only on the surface while dyes are absorbed into the leather. Due to this difference, leather painting techniques are generally not used on items that can or must bend nor on items that receive friction, such as belts and wallets because under these conditions, the paint may crack or wear off.
The only type of leather suitable for carving is vegetable tanned, full grain leather. [citation needed] This is because the vegetable tanning process allows the leather to absorb water, which is used to soften the leather before the carving process, and the grain of the leather is necessary to allow the leather to hold the shape after the carving process is complete.
Al Shelton's interest in leather carving began while working as a cowboy in his teens during the tail end of the depression. The parade saddles he would come across featured intricate designs [ 2 ] and Shelton attempted to decorate his own saddle in an attempt he said was “ever so humble, hopeless!” [ 5 ]
Very tight and graceful curves may be produced. In the early American West, much of the "tooled" designs on saddles, saddle bags ("cantenas",many with pistol holsters under the tooled flap), and the early "California" pattern revolver belt holsters, were ornamented solely with designs made with the swivel knife.
Cowboy boots are normally made from cowhide leather, which may be decoratively hand-tooled, but are also sometimes made from "exotic" skins like alligator, snake, ostrich, lizard, eel, elephant, stingray, elk, buffalo, and so on. There are two basic styles of cowboy boots, western (or classic), and roper.
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