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[gtwister09]

JW,

Sometimes pictures can be deceiving so that's why I asked.... Hopefully we will see the Wade next week. Enjoyed this one a lot. Keep up the great work.

Regards,

Ben

[jwwright]

Justin Davies............I am sorry that I didn't respond to your comments earlier. Thank You for your comments, and I look forward to seeing more of your saddles as you have time to post them.

Ben, I always appreciate the attention to details that you give.

JW

[UKRay]

Thanks for the valuable info, JW, I'm always keen to learn. One last question, how do you treat the rough out so it is waterproof? I would have thought a rough out saddle would have soaked up rainwater pretty quickly and become very uncomfortable to use. Am I missing something here?

Ray

[Luke Hatley]

RAY........... NOT J W. but getting wet is ... life of the Buckaroo........

[Go2Tex]

Well, I think the overall first impression beats the heck out of anything you'll run across in any tack shop around these parts and most other parts, in my humble opinion...... curly billets or not.

About how much does it weigh? It looks like a light weight model.

[Go2Tex]

Thanks for the valuable info, JW, I'm always keen to learn. One last question, how do you treat the rough out so it is waterproof? I would have thought a rough out saddle would have soaked up rainwater pretty quickly and become very uncomfortable to use. Am I missing something here?

Ray

Ray, the idea is to keep that seat covered up with your butt sos it don't get wet. I tell ya, we gotta teach you Brits everything..... heh heh

[jwwright]

Thank You Brent. That one weighed 38 pounds. JW

[mulefool]

I really like the combination of stamps you used. I hadn't seen the two used together before. I sure like these critiques of the really finer points because I have had some things brought to my attention that I never would have even noticed on my own. For example the billets curving out. I'll be looking at my own from now on that's for sure. I do have a question on trimming the woolskin. I do have some hand sheep shears that are real sharp and do a pretty good job til I get to the area that curves just a bit under where the fender lays. I can't get them at the right angle because they run into the skirt, so I go to some regular scissors. but I'm thinking electric clippers would work better. Someone mentioned the correct blade. What would that be?

Anyway you know you've built a nice saddle when the critiques consist of the finer points. Chris

[jwwright]

Thank You Chris. I had seen that stamp pattern on a Watt saddle, and one by Snake Horse Saddler (Ashley) on this forum. Ashley set me in the right direction as to do that pattern. I have done it on a couple saddles, and people seem to like it real well.

JW

[flathat4life]

Nice rig JW!

The few minnor things that jumped out at me have already been mentioned so i wont bother with them. I realy enjoy reading threw these critiques/comments and learning the finer tricks of the trade from you exsperianced saddle makers.

Jed