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    On 2/27/2023 at 10:19 AM, Kevin33 said:

    I am the great grandson of Joe Wilmon. His uncle was HH Schweitzer. My aunt Philana Pace (Oliphant) is Joe Wilmons  granddaughter and has one of his saddles. Also the Time Magazine about HH Schweitzer and the Matador ranch. Any and all info is great to read about. 

    How neat is this! Kevin we would love to connect with you as would Mike Schweitzer who is also a grandson to HH. We can surely visit here, but can you please join us on Facebook? We have started a Facebook group page for those wanting to learn and share stories about their Schweitzer saddles, please join us by searching on facebook for Schweitzer Saddle Matador. When you join, please start a post so we can connect! 

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    On 12/22/2020 at 10:19 AM, TheSheyenne said:

    I’m only about 6years late to this post but I just acquired an HH Schweitzer saddle. I’m interested in learning more about. I have pictures but can’t download for some reason! The saddle is floral tooled with “LINN” carved into the back of the cantle and built on bags. 
    Any info or help would be greatly appreciated! 
    Thanks

    Good morning! Sorry for the slow reply. LINN was built for J.B. Linn, Jr. 1949. We have started a Facebook group page for those wanting to learn and share stories about their Schweitzer saddles, please join us by searching on FB Schweitzer Saddle Matador. Be interesting to see if anyone has info about J.B. and can fill in more details for you! PS it sounds like you have the Poinsettia pattern. Would really like to see a picture of it!

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    Hi kitch2500, hope you are still around as I just stumbled on to this topic and I see you posted some time ago. In any case I am a grandson of the late HH Schweitzer and his wife Willie Schweitzer. I have one saddle very much like the one you have in the first picture (has the same tooling), and I suspect from what I can see, it is a closed fork design which many cowboys preferred in brushy country. That was good for keeping debris out but not the handiest for toting the saddle around. HH (Henry Houston) Schweitzer was a very highly regarded saddle maker and his saddles were very prized by those cowboys fortunate enough to own them. Being a former cowboy on the Matador Ranch (originally Scottish owned and at one time the largest ranch in the world) whose headquarters is just outside of Matador, Texas; Granddad had a very strong understanding of what was needed in the way of making a saddle that fit the needs as well as the comfort of a working cowboy. The tree being the soul of the saddle was of the highest importance to him and he was extremely picky in what he would accept as a tree to build his saddles around. The tooling, if the buyer opted for it, was a mastery of the leather artistry and creative skill displayed by Schweitzer and along with the fit for the working cowboy aspect made him one of the most sought after saddlemakers to ever to ply the trade.

    There is a book about my granddad tiled 'Schweitzer' by Bruce Ginnis that has a really good history of him with lots of photo's.

    Let me know if I can be of more help; there is so much to tell of this exceptional person.

    Randy Moss

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