Anna

Thanks for responding Bruce. I think I have decided to put the strings through the skirts and the bars. It is going to be a saddle that is used on a ranch so it needs to be made to hold up. Anyway I just wanted to make sure I was not just creating unnecessary steps for myself by drilling holes in the bars and all that. Thanks for your help. ~Anna

Hello everyone I have a question on the saddle that I'm making. My question: is it better to drill holes and put the saddle strings through the saddle tree or is it just as effective to nail or screw the saddle strings to the saddle tree under the leather? This is just the 2nd saddle that I have made and I am about to line the skirts and plug them but before I get to that I need to decided how I'm going to install the saddle strings. I've seen it done both ways and the first saddle I made I drilled holes and put the strings into the skirts. It seemed to work just fine. If anyone has advice for me that would be great. I usually get advice from a saddle maker down in Colorado but I came upon this site and it seems like there is a lot of knowledge floating around on this site so I thought I'd give it a shot. Thanks for your help. ~Anna