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I just finished this saddle. Double L tree, Will James. Chestnut HO leather. The tapaderos (my first set) are from Bob Klenda's pattern in Leather Crafter's Journal.

Randy

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Beautiful saddle. You do Great work! Stunning piece. 

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Very nice!

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Beautiful work, as usual Randy.

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Work of art!  Beautiful craftsmanship.

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Thanks for the compliments. I don't need another saddle, but I would sure like to keep this one. :)

Randy

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Very nice! I don't have any horses and I would love to have that saddle.

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I'm curious on how many sides of leather does it take to make a saddle also how long.

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6 hours ago, rktaylor said:

Thanks for the compliments. I don't need another saddle, but I would sure like to keep this one. :)

Randy

I don't need another holster, but I'm making one for myself regardless.  Treat yourself :rolleyes:

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The saddle before this was for me. Maybe I'll buy a gun and make a holster for it. Or make a purse for my wife. ;)

Randy

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Nice job Randy!

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On 3/20/2024 at 12:36 PM, rdl123 said:

Nice job Randy!

Thanks Ron. 

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Don't know how I missed this one.  Beautiful Saddle.

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On 2/13/2024 at 1:19 PM, purplefox66 said:

I'm curious on how many sides of leather does it take to make a saddle also how long.

Sorry. I missed this question. The snarky answer is too many and too long.:lol:

It took 3 sides for the saddle, tapaderos, and a scabbard. I probably have about 80 hours in the entire project but I'm not very efficient and some of that time was learning to make tapaderos. 

Randy

8 minutes ago, jrdunn said:

Don't know how I missed this one.  Beautiful Saddle.

Thanks. I appreciate the compliment. 

Randy

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Hey Randy,

Your new saddle looks really good.  I never heard of your tree maker, where are they out of?  Aren't taps fun?  How did you attach the lower string on the taps?  My suggestion after making a new saddle is to use it, then sell it as used.  You can feel what you did right or wrong, and use it as a learning tool.  Also, I have found people will give you almost as much for a used saddle as a new one.  

Take care, Ron

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1 hour ago, Goldshot Ron said:

My suggestion after making a new saddle is to use it, then sell it as used.

Ron,

I already have two of those. :) I need to work on the selling part.

Double L is the rebirth of Quality Mfg. It was a really nice tree and they were easy to work with. I made one tap with less than ideal leather just to practice. The lower string runs underneath the stirrup and above the stirrup tread. These are on 4" stirrups, so there isn't much room. Thanks for commenting.

Randy

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On 2/13/2024 at 2:49 AM, rktaylor said:

I just finished this saddle. Double L tree, Will James. Chestnut HO leather. The tapaderos (my first set) are from Bob Klenda's pattern in Leather Crafter's Journal.

Randy

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Even a Brit can see that is a thing of beauty. Well done sir.

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53 minutes ago, toxo said:

Even a Brit can see that is a thing of beauty. Well done sir.

Thanks,

Randy

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Thanks for the info. Randy.

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