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Lovely accident prone critters gave me yet another big vet bill. Price reduced to $650 ~ and promise you'll send me a pic of the finished saddle Wade tree made by Rod and Denise Nikkel in 2010, seat will finish to 14 to 14 1/2 in seat, 5 " Cantle, 9" slick fork swell. About 4 1/4" handhole width, 8" gullet rise Made for a petite woman to fit old style QH with broad shoulders and good withers. Guadeljara style horn, 2 3/4" or 3" tall. Always Stored In the house out of the sun. Can send additional pics showing measurements, and I think Rod and Denise might still have the original specs. My life took on a different direction not long after I got this tree. I love it and am a little heartsore to give it up, especially since the Nikkel's won't be building any more trees. But, I don't see myself building a saddle in the foreseeable future and am now riding a narrow little mule so no good having a saddle built for me on it. Would much rather see this tree become the saddle It was meant to be Instead of sitting in my closet. Buyer to pay shipping and insurance costs, which should be around $75 or so total. PayPa accepted for paymentl, or cash if you pick up in person - located near Portland, OR. Sorry but will ship only US or Canada (shipping/insurance costs may be higher to Canada).

Yikes another vet bill to pay... price reduced to $650

Wade tree made by Rod and Denise Nikkel in 2010, seat will finish to 14 to 14 1/2 in seat, 5 " Cantle, 9" slick fork swell. About 4 1/4" handhole width, 8" gullet rise Made for a petite woman to fit old style QH with broad shoulders, high withers with plenty of rock in the bars. Think old Hancock style horses. Guadeljara style horn, 2 3/4" or 3" tall. Always Stored In the house out of the sun. My life took on a different direction not long after I got this tree. I love it and am a little heartsore to give it up, especially since the Nikkel's won't be building any more trees. But, I don't see myself building a saddle in the foreseeable future and am now riding a narrow little mule so no good having a saddle built for me on it. Would much rather see this tree become the saddle It was meant to be Instead of sitting in my closet. $800, Price is firm. Buyer to pay shipping and insurance costs, which should be around $75 or so total. PayPa accepted for paymentl, or cash if you pick up in person - located near Portland, OR. Sorry but will ship only US or Canada (shipping/insurance costs may be higher to Canada).

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Joanna, you just plain super ROCK! My computer is an old clunker, so I expect lag and longer loading times. The faster load is quite noticeable. I'm looking forward to when you can play with colors again. I don't know if any other users are noticing eye-strain, but I am. I think it is all the white space coupled with the smaller font? I know on the main forum page, the grey text on white is hard on the eyes. Oh, and did I mention Joanna and the LW Tech Team ROCK?!

I hate to admit it, but the older I get, the less I like change. I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I really dislike the new layout and some of the new features. In particular, I find the huge popups when you cursor over someone's name (which I do by accident all the time) objectionable. I also strongly object to how much time I'm online being recorded and publicly displayed. It's nobody's business how much time I spend online on this site. I'm one who likes her privacy, and that really bothers me. So much so I won't be visiting much now until it's gone or can turn it off. As it was said before, it is the people on a forum that makes a forum what it is, and I don't believe there is a finer group of folks than what you find here on LW. One can get used to a new look, even if you don't like it much. But, as I mentioned some of the new things are objectionable enough that it may be I visit only when I need to, and not because I want to, and I'm saddened by that.

Ok, I'm a fuddy-duddy who dislikes change, so trying very hard to keep an open mind. The pages do seem to load more quickly - a nice plus. THANK YOU for keeping the brown/tan leather-ey look. The popular "sleek modern" look with lots of white space I find rather cold and impersonal. The warm tones help quite a lot. I'm finding the new look harder to navigate; all the typeface is in black so it is not clear what is a link, what's not. The huge popups when I inadvertently place my cursor over somebody's name or picture, is very distracting. Love to be able to turn that off. I also sure hope I can also keep private such things as how much time I'm online. Sorry to be so critical, but privacy is important to me (and I really don't want to know that much about other people, either!) It would also be very helpful to get back the icons that tell you there are pictures associated with a thread. Saves a lot of time. I realize a lot of time, effort, and dedication goes into making this site live, and want to extend my heartfelt thanks and appreciation for all you do!

Hi, I accidentally created a duplicate blog. How do I delete the duplicate? Thanks so much, Dixie aka wyldflower Name: Dixie UserName: wyldflower IP Address: 184.60.45.62 Email Address: dixieleedavis@gmail.com

Excellent question Aurelie. One hears a bit about ways of figuring the various rigging positions and types, but not much about other aspects regarding rigging. Al Stohlman does talk about this in his saddlemaking books, but not in great detail. Hopefully one of the many excellent saddlemakers here will shed some more insight on this topic. Dixie

I read with interest the post about the Veach buckles. I really don't like Blevins style buckles for most of the reasons stated in the thread about Veach buckles. So if you don't want Blevin's, what are some good alternatives?

Aurelie, I am enjoying your posts and am inspired by your dedication - keep up the good work! Dixie

You wouldn't happen to have a pic or two of this saddle you could post, showing the buckle? Afraid I'm not familiar with the Farrow buckle - curious to see it. Plus always interested in seeing what folks come up with in saddles for those of us on the smaller side

Beautiful saddle. I especially like how you handled the tooled sections around the plain seat.

Made me smile all the way down to my toes! Thank you for sharing it!