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Happy BDay Clay

nice work, what the hell did you use on the stockings to get such fine detail, Don

very very nice to boath blade and sheath, lovely workmanship, is there a frog or some sort of attatchment strap for the stud? Don

nicely done it almost makes me want to go and try one of these modern style holsters, Don

Tom welcome to the forum, there is some amazing creative stuff you got going there very impressive, Don

love the brown saddle its just a shame that black kills the carving but still boath are top workmanship, Don

Hi Tracy looking at the pics i think that it could have been built as early as around the 1950 or so, it has quite a large swell fork and the cantle is verry low which is typical for this period and looking at the angle of the seat possible a womans saddle, are you sure that it had decoration removed or was it just stamped with a circle as a border? Don

Tracy without seeing a pic it is hard to tell the age, there are many things that can roughly put a date to a saddle with a plus or minus 10 -15 years, the type of rigging, the seat style, the fork style, the cantle, the skirting and so on combine all these factors and you can roughly find the date to when the saddle was made, also the stamping can be of help as you mensioned a basket weave, basket weave wasnt around or shall i say popular untill around the late 1880s 90s, so if you have a saddle with BW its going to be after the 1890s, like i said its a rough guide, Don

Howard love the Rose and colors well done they look great, Don

Hi Chris welcome to the forum we are glad you found us, Don

Hi John were glad you found us welcome to the forum, Don

Hi F Potter welcome to the forum and what a wonderfully made saddle, Don

Buff nicely made holster he will love it, Don

Nice work Tina love the colors too what size is that actual piece? the carving is superb, Don

Hi Dave welcome to the forum, i like the saddle its nice work, Don

David what does one say to somthing like that, dito to al the above its totaly amazing, i was just thinking how cool that would look with reds blues and green colors, Don

Hi DND welcome to the forum, Don

Hi John welcome to the forum, nice work it has a nice look to it, Don

Hi John welcome to the forum, i just love the mirror thats amazing, Don

Larry as usuall exellent spur straps i love the silver work in them and the leatherwork is just top quality, Don

Hi Troy ive been away this weekend and missed all the excitement thats been going on so welcome to the forum and what a wonderfull piece of art work you have pulled together its just great, Don

Well got to try the Saddle for fit on a friends Quarter horse the saddle it self was OK but just a little to wide in the gullet for the horse, well it wasn't built for it but nothing a saddle blanket wouldn't cure, so overall i was pleased with the results, Don

there were a few things i found difficult as it was new teritory i supose, the gulled covering was a bit hard with only one pair of hands, carving the seat on the tree was a real pain and diddnt turn out as nice as i would have liked it felt as if some times i needed to break my wrists to get more flexability and get around some of the corners, covering the rings on the riging was also not an easy task, and the cheyenne role, the rest was normall leather work and went ok i had to just think a couple of times before cutting or how i was going to put it together. yes it is yellow linen and it is still available over here ive had that large role a good few years and cost then about $30 but it is still around and i like using it on stuff, Don

Welcome to the forum Rusty, Don

Welcome to the forum Gail thats some exelent work on the saddle, Don