Blind Bob Mills 5/8 X 22 Ft Chestnut Mane Hair Mecate Mccarty Hackamore Bosal

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BLIND BOB MILLS 5/8 x 22 FT CHESTNUT MANE HAIR MECATE MCCARTY HACKAMORE BOSAL
This is a barely used 5/8 inch diameter 6 strand authentic BLIND BOB mane hair Mecate in dark and light brown chestnut hair. This collectible Mecate was sold by Gail Hought to match the brandy/black/cream bosal I have listed.  The total length is a little over 22 feet and the core is also hair.
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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