  
Works include cast buckles of solid sterling silver and hand-formed hollow buckles and trophy buckles. All buckles feature the detail and engraving for which Orms is known. The most time-intensive buckles are embellished with exquisitely worked overlay. A cast sterling set of buckle, keepers, and tip is simple yet elegant, with a smooth surface, graceful curves, and a band of gold with rose details. A trophy buckle might have a raised concho, rope detail, and silver overlay. A heart-shaped buckle with a central raised heart is intricately engraved in a sinuous scroll pattern with overlaid edges. One buckle might feature a Longhorn with horns of gold, another the classic oak leaf pattern with acorns in contrasting colors, the next a bucking bronco with horseshoe details. Orms designs every buckle himself, and the names—Travis, Blanco, Galveston, Pecos—ring with the spirit of Texas. BY CHASE REYNOLDS EWALD "AMERICAN COWBOY"
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