One thing Klara gluing in the round can cause the opposite reaction on the out side if you flatten it out or open it up to much so don't make it to tight it can cause compression on the outside good luck would like to see pics when it's done.
I always glue up in the round but then I use a cylinder bed machine barge cement when dry enough you can use a piece of parchment paper so as not to miss stick pulling it out as you go along just leave the liner long and wide cut it of after works good for me.
that looks really nice ! would like to see some pics of the rest of the rig like hook up points that sort of thing looks like the black nylon strap go's around the back to the plastic buckle and a leather strap go's down to the belt to keep it from moving when you pull the gun out it looks really great thanks for showing
Shelly WOW what a beautiful saddle how long have you been making them I would love to know how to do that! but we don't have horses where I come from wow what a beautiful job congrats on that fine work !
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