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Custom Coin Guitar Pick made by Rusty Knuckles from a Half Dollar Following the paths least traveled is always a mantra that we do our best to adhere against. Finding a unique spin on an idea or seeking out an idea that maybe goes against the grain just a bit more than something else is always where inspiration comes knocking. When creating all that exists within this whole "Rusty Knuckles" approach, it's easy to say "we" as there are folks who work within the music label and help out on varying projects, but day in and day out, it's primarily yours truly that is working up all the designs and getting things done to keep refining our approach. Many days are simply a labor of love and other days are just purely spent grinding through orders to get done to keep the lights on. Would I trade it for anything? Nope, not in the least. Do I get pissy about certain things when they just don't seem to work, but of course. But, first and foremost in our custom shop...

Custom Motorcycle Seat from Rusty Knuckles As of late we have been primarily focusing much of our efforts towards Instagram for our posting and to connect with everyone. The only issue with that format is the lack of depth and overall, we have more to say and our projects tend to have many layers of content to them, which that service just lacks in promotions for and is forgotten within hours. It is officially time to get back to our blog news feed and create more updates for all of our work and the great bands we are able to work with. Hopefully the time away will help to reinvigorate our site and add some fresh content. So lets start rolling out some new projects. Here is a recent custom leather motorcycle seat that shipped out to a client in Tennessee. They happened to run across an old seat we made as a portfolio piece that we keep for shows and to promote our work and asked if we could do it in light tones and primarily in black. Sure we can. After some long hours of tooling and s...

"Soundtrack to the Second Civil War" is the first full length album by Stump Tail Dolly which has been produced by Jack Gibson of metal titans Exodus and is out September 1, 2017 Order this great album now Vinyl Records in the pre-order package deal will come with Translucent Gold color record and will be shipping the third to fourth week of October in the following colors available. Vinyl Record Colors: 100 - Translucent Gold 200 - Translucent Green 200 - Black Recorded December 2016 in Pacheco, CA Engineered by Juan Urteaga at Trident Studios Mastered by Colin Davis at Imperial Mastering Mixed and produced by Jack Gibson Artwork by Kelley Wills/ Brainflower Designs Photo by TheOtherChrisScruggs All songs written/arranged by Ryan Clackner and Stump Tail Dolly excluding traditionals Ryan Clackner and Lucy Cochran (sometimes separately, sometimes together) have toured, performed or recorded with Bob Wayne,  Fifth on the Floor, Shooter Jennings, JD Wilkes, The Legendar...

Rusty Knuckles custom leather saddle bags with acid etched and hand stitched Harley Davidson emblems Creating a set of saddle bags from raw materials and building to fit a bike can be quite the challenge. For a good while now, ideas have been inked on a well thumbed page in the sketchbook as a project to get done. Luckily for us, the years of hard work and showcasing our capabilities allow for customers to spring up that want unique custom items.  One such customer out of Pennsylvania just so happened to want a set of narrow saddle bags that would fit their softail and to be in a deep cherry color to match their bike. I presented my sketches to them for a style of bag and we hatched a plan. These bolt on saddle bags can easily be built to fit onto any bike, its just a matter of what mounting bracket that is intended to be used. We asked the customer to pick up a set of their choosing and would attach the support slot for the bracket accordingly. They chose to pick up these Saddleme...

Billy Don Burns Tour Dates! BDB is open for booking! Contact him on Facebook or email directly  at catiedo52@gmail.com  6/10 House Concert for John Bowers - Fayetteville, Arkansas / Richard Burnett Sun 6/11 Jimmy Driftwood Tribute Concert - Mountain View, AR. / Tim Crouch, Pam Setser, Josh Morningstar and The Tallent Brothers 7/1 House Concert for Jim Ross - Mountain View, Arkansa 7/6 Friends of Camilla's Acoustic Gazebo Sessions Nashville, Tennessee 7/8 Castle Bridge Event Center, St.Joseph, MO. / Josh Morningstar  7/21-22 Lincoln Caverns - Huntingdon, PA. / Josh Morningstar  7/23 Silver Maple House - New Eagle, PA  7/28 Ruckus in the Boonies - Heppner, OR. / Urban Pioneers / Husky Burnette, and many others 7/30 The Volcanic Theater Pub - Bend, Oregon Mon, 7/31 Down Town Ale House - Red Bluff, California Tues 8/1 House Concert / Sheana Davis - Sonoma, California Thurs 8/3 The Waterwheel Pizza Saloon - Sonora, California / JonEmery Dodds 8/5 House Concer...

The Ditchrunners Embark On Summer 2017 Tour The timber punx from the wild north of Wisconsin are hitting the road and bringing their style of rootsy honky tonk punk down the Mississippi River and to the dirty south. Be prepared as they bring one hell of a live show and will soon have some of the catchiest new songs stuck in your head for months upon end. 6/3 Outlaw MC Annual Ripper - Madison WI 6/6 Livewire Lounge - Chicago IL 6/7 Gabe's - Iowa City IA 6/8 Pondstock - Trenton NE 6/9 Pondstock - Trenton NE 6/10 Lindberg's Tavern - Springfield MO 6/14 Blackbird on the Pearl - Tulsa OK 6/15 Depot Obar - Lubbock TX 6/16 Ray Genes It'll do - Longview TX 6/17 The Grotto - Fort Worth TX 6/18 Blackthorn - Joplin MO 6/20 Hightone Cafe - Memphis TN 6/22 Best Friends Bar - Lexington KY 6/23 Highland Taproom - Louisville KY 6/24 Motorcycle Collective - Chattanooga TN 6/27 The Thirsty Devil - Tupelo MS 6/29 Capone's - Johnson City TN 6/30 Ground Zero - Spartanburg SC 7/1 Heavy Rebel...

Custom chopper seat for Pale Horse Kustoms, by Rusty Knuckles Leather Making a custom seat is something that our small shop has grown to appreciate and enjoy. Much of our leather work focuses around music gear, but motorcycles have always been a true passion. Over the last year, more and more seat projects started to come through the door and we are now offering more expansive of an approach to handle custom needs. Our custom work focuses more on an illustrative style rather than a stylistic upholstery approach.  Have a look at more of our leather work on Flickr Custom chopper seat for Pale Horse Kustoms, by Rusty Knuckles Leather Custom chopper seat for Pale Horse Kustoms, by Rusty Knuckles Leather Custom chopper seat for Pale Horse Kustoms, by Rusty Knuckles Leather Silver Dollar Concho for details