Jake,
Howdy man, that`s a compliment. know you like this kind of stuff, and if I remember well, the first pics I came across when joining this site were yours, hope to be right, and were all these various vegetation species growing together, rusty finish... excellent and will always remember them. Actually Jake, the finish was a third of the work, do it,redo it, till I was finally satisfied. Thanks! nelson.

Chuck,
I thought I`d give it a sort of natural look by rapping with those straps, that give it a native and rustic look. They could be a flat vine they use here in the country side to tie food stuffs here in the farms, the old native way, or could relate to leather straps, maybe this is a more of a cowboy concept, which is used here too
thanks for compliment, and that being the caes, let`s put it under the Bat window, nope, it could drip on table!LOL. nelson.