General Saddlery Discussion
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Accidents will happen and we had one today. There was a saddle on the fence rail that took a tumble into a horse trough. The upside to this is that all the dust came off. The downside is that it is soaked through. I dried it with a towel and have it setting on a rack in a breezy shaded spot. So these are the questions I need advice with. 1) How can I tell when its completely dry, including the tree? 2) Once it is dry, what would the best steps be to bring it back. Fortunately the leather is good and well cared for. How would you proceed? Thank you
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Iam a new member working on my first saddle,how do i make pattern for cantle back.
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I purchased a saddle recently with a Broken tree. Even with a broken tree, this is a valuable saddle. I'm looking for advice on repairing. I will consider replacing the tree, but would rather repair it if possible. Replacing the tree seems to be a pretty huge task. I will also be asking the original saddle maker for his advice and will be taking it to the local tack shop. I am an amateur leatherworker and would really like to learn from this process and not just pay someone else to do it. This saddle is a Fallis Balanced Ride, if it really matters. The tree is patented. I know that much.
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We wanted to let people know that our new, improved website is up! We have redone all our old information articles and have a whole section on pictures of trees as well, plus a few more things. We have plans to add pictures of our shop and building a tree, but they will have to wait till after the Sheridan show at least. We have our seminar we are doing at Sheridan on Understanding Saddle Trees planned out but have to do the details on it yet, so that is the priority. Citizen Kate is the brains behind getting our website up and running (she's very tolerant of non-computer people's questions!), but we did the content, so please let us know if you see any glitches, lin…
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I am new to the forum and leather work in general, i have tooled a bit of things for fun, I have a horse and have spend thousands of hours and miles in a saddle and would like to build my own eventually. I once saw a saddle that has "hand holes" in the seat... Not sure, i thought it was refered to as a mountain man saddle or santa fe saddle... I was wondering if anybody has had any experience with these and if so where a good place to order a tree would be... I would like to build my own tree but think the first saddle I will try somebody elses tree... Any info would be greatly appreciated, like I said I am completely and totally new to this... I was also wondering if y…
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The problem: The western saddle "slick" seat usually becomes very slick with use and some riders complain and seek a more secure seat. Besides sanding or finger carving, has anyone tried anything else with any degree of success? Is there a product, that can be applied to the seat after construction to reduce the slipperiness that does not alter the appearance too much?
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Back ground, Yesterday a saddle was brought in for repair to me with one stirrup leather and fender missing. It was a smaller size saddle, and the person said that the saddle is used for teaching children to ride. Not a very expensive saddle when it was new I would guess. This one had seen quite a bit of use , or abuse. I checked the saddle out and the tree originally was fiber glassed covered wood, the tree appeared old and dry with quite a bit of the fiberglass in the stirrup leather slot missing but in ok condition I'd say usable for soft riding.The saddle was missing the off side fender and leather. Upon inspection I found that the fiber glass had either worn or c…
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Howdy Folks, I was hoping some of you saddlers here might give me some information or opinions on the quality and or construction of Crest Ridge Saddles. They seem to be geared to the gaited horse market and I saw a few of them on eBay at reasonable prices. Can anyone give me their experiences or opinions on Crest Ridge? Thanks
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I have some, not so much fun to use, rivet setters. I am looking for some suggestions of some nice high quality setters. Any suggestions? Thank you, Rob
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We have been asked if we would build a western side saddle tree, and we haven't done one before. We would appreciate it if anyone would share pictures of western side saddles, and especially trees, or any information they have about side saddles.
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