He always meant to make me a strap, but he never got around to it. For a while, he was having too much fun and then he was too sick. The last Christmas I was there before he died, I slept on the sofa in the basement. When I re-arranged the pillows to make room, I found a strap. The next day, I told him, and he gave that to me. It had been on his Gibson mandolin, and he said he thought it was the first strap he'd made.

Some of his leather work is pictured at the Rick memorial on the Banjo Mute pages. There are links to memories, recordings and other things.

Acoustic Workshop is available for download in multiple places. Mick, you're gonna love this one!