Need Saddlebag Pattern

[rktaylor]

Dwight,

I'm a little late to the game, but this is my pattern. The holes match the strings on saddles I build. That curve should fit a lot of saddles. You can leave the front ear off if you want. I use it to attach the bags. The saddle bags in the photo are really heavy leather. They were my first attempt. 

Best, 

Randy

[Dwight]

9 hours ago, rktaylor said:

Dwight,

I'm a little late to the game, but this is my pattern. The holes match the strings on saddles I build. That curve should fit a lot of saddles. You can leave the front ear off if you want. I use it to attach the bags. The saddle bags in the photo are really heavy leather. They were my first attempt. 

Best, 

Randy

 

 

Thanks, Rktaylor . . . I'm going to my Tandy store probably in a couple of weeks . . . will be buying probably a side . . .  and am leaning a lot more toward making a really pretty pair . . .  all stamped and such . . .  

Next problem will be finding "THE" pattern I want to use on them . . .  I like flowers n such . . .  but it is a bit overdone sometimes . . . not sure where I'll go with it . . .  just gonna look.

But your set has the general "look" of what I want.  One thing I will do for sure though is make the center connector piece just one cut of leather.  Will be more expensive that way  . . .  but it'll achieve a lot of the look I want.

Thanks again, may God bless,

Dwight

[fredk]

I can send you the Tandy pattern pack for saddle bags

[Dwight]

6 hours ago, fredk said:

I can send you the Tandy pattern pack for saddle bags

OK . . . appreciate that . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

[Dwight]

On 8/31/2024 at 3:42 AM, fredk said:

I can send you the Tandy pattern pack for saddle bags

Got it . . . 

Saw three different offerings . . . don't know why but my computer balked at two of them . . . some silly excuse "Cannot be downloaded"

But one came thru . . . and it seemed to have everything.

Thanks again . . . may God bless,

Dwight

[fredk]

Thats very strange. Which one did you get? I'll resend the other two in different PMs

[Dwight]

4 hours ago, fredk said:

Thats very strange. Which one did you get? I'll resend the other two in different PMs

The download said "saddlebag pattern pack"  . . .  and was 921 kb in size.  That was the generic Tandy one . . . just showing a typical bland saddle bag building.

It wouldn't tell me anything more.

The second one . . . 15mb size . . . had all the designs / flowers etc . . .  I got out my bully club and made it down load . . . 

The third one . . .11mb size . . . said it originated from off leatherworker here . . . and either the info was moved . . . or one of us did not have permission to view it . . . 

I'm good with the other two I think . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

[fredk]

They came straight from my files. I open all three in Adobe to make sure they were worth sending.

I'll try #3 again

[Dwight]

16 hours ago, fredk said:

They came straight from my files. I open all three in Adobe to make sure they were worth sending.

I'll try #3 again

I actually got out my computerized bully club . . . threatened it severely . . . finally got it.

Thanks fredk . . . it's gonna be a while . . . but I'll pop the results in a couple months.

I actually have an M14 rifle I have to build first . . . 

And right after breakfast today . . .  gotta put on my all white robbing suit . . .  lift the lid on my beehive . . .  rob the ladies of about 25% of the work they did this summer.  That and getting it all in the jars and on the shelf . . . shoots a cannon ball sized hole in my Monday.  

Stinking goldenrod usually doesn't hit full bloom here until the 10th or 12th or so.  It's there today . . .  it'll ruin the honey if I don't get it now.

My wife has some chipping and painting she has laid out for me  . . .  have slid around it all summer . . .  am about to get nailed I think.

May God bless,

Dwight

[fredk]

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