JWP bucking rolls

[Jordan]

Kinda like codpieces for saddles Sorry couldn't resist. LOL

[steve mason]

I just finished a pair of buck roll with the inserts. They system is the foam inserts, good patterns, very detailed instructions and a DVD which I did not get. The pattern JW sends is a good buck roll pattern to start with, and for someone who has not made buck rolls before, this is worth the money just instructions sheet. I have made buck rolls for close to 20 years and I learned a couple tricks. Then for the finished product, these are quite simply the firmest buck rolls I have ever made. The are a good shape to the roll itself also. I have packed the rolls with shearling and horsehair which I preferred but I have never had a roll that felt as nice and firm as these do. there is a time saving also, the assembly time is about the same, but you don't have to stuff the rolls so there is a good time saver right there. I would have to recommend this system very highly.

I think the only changes I will make to the pattern is a couple small tweaks to make it my own. I think other than the size of the chap body and the size of the hole in the top body you can adapt the pattern to what ever style of buck roll you do. when I get a chance I'll take some photos and post them.

Steve

[mulefool]

Gosh, they look so 'lifelike". Now I'm going to have to think of something else to do with all that left over sheepskin.

[ryan]

When they designed these, they should have made them a different color. Being this color, it's pretty obvious what inspired the idea.

Ryan

[Tspear]

Do any of you bucking roll experienced makers build seamless bucking rolls? Any tips on shaping (stretching) the chap body?

[steveb]

Steve,

Bucking roll are an "add-on" for slick fork saddles. The swells (part of the saddle the horn attaches to) in a swell fork saddle sticks out a little on both sides. It serves a couple funstions. It gives you something to kind of lean into when your are standing up <snip>.

thanks Bruce for the excellent and thoughtful descripton - makes perfect sense - i get its function, but seems to me to be the kind of thing that'd be baked into a saddles design and not an add on...