Hello;
I am new to this site, actually, I was checking out craigslist lastnight, and ended up talking with a person about a possible trade for a saddle I have on some stock panels, I have decided not to trade my saddle off, as I ended up googling the saddle and was shocked at how much the value of it has gone up. It is a Crates saddle. But, the reason I am talking to you is because I got to thinking about the people I met at that time in my life when I was really into roping and horses, one of them was Bill Bacon, I googled his name, to see if I could find him and what he's up to nowadays. I found your post about his leather work. I also have a saddle I commissioned Bill to build for me. It is the best saddle I own. Bill Bacon made some chinks for me too, but I had a house fire some years back losing everthing. I am going to get back in touch with Bill to have him make me another pair if he still does that sort of work.
Bill is the real deal, he has worked in the woods for a good part of his life, and rodeo'd (sp?) extensively. He also, broke two of my horses, they are such great horses now, he not only broke them to ride, he taught them to trailer properly. I used to visit he and Betty, I loved their house. Thanks, for putting up the info about Bill, he could actually have had a book written about him, he is that interesting.
ThankYou, Lois
