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Shown is the latest saddle out of my shop. It was made for a 13 year old that shows an Arab. Since this young lady has some growing to do, I made the stirrups with a lot of adjustment, starting with where she is now, to about 8 additional inches of leg growth. that necessitated a slightly lower seat jockey than usual to allow that adjustment without having the fender hanging out below the jockey in a couple of years. This is a 14 1/2" seat, as she is an will likely continue to be a slender girl even after she finishes growth. It is made on a bowman tree with Arab bars, and a youth horn. It has an insert padded, std cantle with exposed stitching on the binding. In-skirt rigging, skirts are cut-out to facilitated closer leg contact and full tooling. Please feel free to critique.

Bob

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Damn!!! That's impressive, Nice work.

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Wow! That is a beauty!!!!

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Man that is impressive. How long does something like that take?

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The rider should be delighted to ride in this saddle, Bob.

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I think it is just awesome, . . . especially since I prefer a seat like it.

May God bless,

Dwight

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Great job, Bob! I really like the color. What is it? Your tooling looks nice as well. What leather did you use and is that real sheep skin? I think your customer will be delighted with the way it turned out.

Great work!

Tom

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Gorgeous. Nuff said.

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Looks great Bob! There's a lot I like about it.

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Thank You to all for the kind comments! To answer the questions, it actually took about 4 mos to make, once the tree was here, and we actually started. Tom, the actual color is black background and the detail is dark brown (feiblings pro oil die) all done on Wicket & Craig leather and yes it is real sheep skin.

Once again, thanks to those who took the time to comment.

Bob

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Lovely! I love the seat and the color, and well, everything.

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that is impressive , just Beautiful, thanks for sharing your talent !!

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Thanks again for the kind comments. I was particularly pleased with how the tooling turned out, since I used a lot of the tips I got from Bob Park's book, and also I used a specific flower that he uses and didn't want to "bugger it up". It was mentioned that it was hard to see the tooling because of the color and the overall pics. Here are some better pics, still trying to get this picture taking thing down.

Thanks Again for looking!

Bob

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Thats beautiful work. the details are amazing.

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WOW , Beautiful work !

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MAGNIFICENT! That is what I call high end leather furniture. Can't imagine what your customer will feel like trotting around on that... probably like the queen of all she surveys. Holy mackrel! Great job, Bob.

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Thanks again for the kind words. Paul you mentioned about the girl that I made the saddle for. Attached is a pic of the young lady and the horse that the saddle was built for. Can't wait to see them in a show this year, if it will ever warm up!

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Pardon the pun, . . . but the saddle looks like it was made for them, . . .

Good job, again, . . .

May God bless,

Dwight

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you are a Craftsmen... beautiful work

Edited by needles

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Bob, I love the color on that one!

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Just saw this one Bob.

Very nice work. That padding looks real soft.

All that tooling makes my head hurt just thinking about the tension to not make a mistake.

Lots of bling too I see.

Very nice!

Joel

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Just got our DSL line back up and running, been off line for about 6 days. Wow, leatherworker withdrawal !!! Thanks again to all for looking. Joel, it never entered my mine that I should have tension because of that. Damn! another thing to worry about!! LOL

Bob

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ONe of the nicest Saddles I have ever seen EVER. Nice job !

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