Saddle Identification, Restoration & Repair
Questions and Answers for restoring and repairing saddles and tack, routine maintenance expected and help with the care of antiques or special saddles. Can't identify the maker's mark? Post it here. Interested in the history of your saddle? Ask.
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Ok, first off I know nothing about saddles. I do small leather craft items and some holsters. I have been contacted by a person to replace the fenders on his wifes saddle. The patterns she wants on them is straight forward. However I do have a few questions: 1-Are there any rules for the construction of the fenders? 2-Do they need to be lined or covered? 3-What weight leather to use? 4-What is the best finish to use? any other advice you experts want to share will be greatly appreciated. Regg
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im restoring a saddle at the moment and it has wool felt instead of sheep skin was this comon and is it done today on modern western saddles?
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A friend of mine is off to Pony Club Rally in a week and a half and needs a quick repair job on her saddle. Unfortunately there are no professionals around here that can get it done by the time she needs it. So, since I've been messing around with leatherwork for the last year and a half, I was elected. (I did warn her that I have no idea what I'm doing and am more likely to mess it up than fix it properly, but she said as long as it was serviceable and Pony Club approved she didn't care what it looked like. The only reason she wants anything done about it in the first place is that the Horse Management judges at Rally Camp told her it was a potential "safety hazard,"…
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As some who know me form other lists are aware, I have an appreciation for the past. I picked up this little cutie last winter, and have some impressions on it, but nothing concrete. The "provenance trail" is cold. I would appreciate any advice on who might have made it, there is no maker's mark to be found. The tooling pattern was not uncommon although many suggest Porters. I have another Porters saddle, but it is maker stamped about everywhere you could stamp one. The front ring riggings hung off the skirts were a Porter deal for a while, but most did not have the small rear dee. Could have been, but that was common for some of the San Francisco shops in the 30s and 40s…
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I have an older A Fork saddle and it has a simple design on the fenders and the seat,kind of like a gourd or something. Just a single ,tooled piece. It kind of gives the impression of a Mexican flavor. I will have to get a picture and post it. But I was wondering if anyone knows how to find this kind of information, the maker. I have looked it over and can not find any hints as to who made it.Thanks Stephanie
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Reproduction of the Early Medieval Knight's Saddle by Sir Armand de Sevigny This well explained and illustrated article is very complete, and tells some history of saddles, their uses and their modifications over the years. Johanna
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