Bridle Leather For A Full Western Saddle?

[GrampaJoel]

Has or does anyone here used bridle leather for a western saddle?

I have some nice English bridle leather that I like the feel of.

Will it hold up under the use of a saddle?

Thoughts?

Joel

[gary]

I did it a few years ago. The leather seems to have held up well but I didn't do any hard riding or roping in the saddle. The two most difficult areas to do were the swells and the back of the cantle as the leather is quite thick and needs skiving down and I had no skiver wide enough so I had to do it all by hand which was time-consuming.

[GrampaJoel]

True not much stretch to the bridle leather.

I didn't think about the stretching part.

So that gives me strong reason to rethink the idea.

Thanks for the tip!