Members daviD A Morris Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) Up till 10 minutes ago I've never realy fancied saddles with that much contrast in the colors. I think you've done an absolutely bloody brilliant job of matching the overall design/style and the colors. I realy like they way the seed pods in the flowers give the appearance of being so deep, gives perspective to the flowers. Like the proportion of borders to floral tooling. Sure has come together well. And great photography! dam Edited May 2, 2009 by daviD A Morris Quote Remember to drink the coffee not the edging dye!
Members skip Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 you should enter that one in the brownwood boot and saddle roundup in texas in October. very nice looking great lines. Quote
gtwister09 Posted May 2, 2009 Report Posted May 2, 2009 FYI. It has not been in Brownwood for many years... It is now in Witchita Falls. Regards, Ben you should enter that one in the brownwood boot and saddle roundup in texas in October. very nice looking great lines. Quote
Members mulefool Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 Really nice, kicking it up three or four notches, at least. Quote www.horseandmulegear.com
Members wood Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 Simply amazing. I agree with putting it in at Wichita Falls. I like how your border stamp make even some of the flat lines look scalloped to match. The dye job is flawless. Great pics to match a great saddle. Quote "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." - Bill Cosby
Members Casey Jordan Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 Brent, I agree with everyone else, it should be in a contest. If you are interested please go to my earlier post: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=14419 The contest is coming up quick, but would love to have you enter. That is a beautiful saddle!!!!! Quote Casey Jordan www.caseyjordansaddle.com www.artofthecowboymakers.com Q: Do you have A.D.D.? A: Look, there's a chicken
Members Elwood Turner Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 Great looking saddle!!! Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted May 2, 2009 Author Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 Thanks to all for the great comments and compliments. I'd love to enter this one in a show, maybe even Sheridan, but, it's promised to a customer in Italy and I know how much he wants to have it for the Spring riding season over there. That's why I've been working long long days to get 'er done these last few weeks. I started it, officially, on March 9, when the tree arrived. The color, the black borders and trim, all took extra time and considerable consternation. Not to mention all those pins I had to nail in. It's hard to see but the horn cap is scalloped and pinned and so is the cantle binding. I had to make a tool to cut them since the one I use for rosettes was too small. It's a 1/4" drive punch ground off on one side and then sharpened and polished. No big deal but time consumming. Getting it all to match up was a real challenge. Normally, I try to avoid all those lines coming together so if something gets a bit distorted during the build, it doesn't show as much. There was no avoiding it on this one. Thanks should be given to Barry King for his excellent push beader tool that I used all over this one. It works great once you get the hang of it. I used a resist on the beads and then carefully dyed the edges right up to the bead with a small brush. The border stamp helped to capture the dye so it didn't blead into the bead. Yeah, lots of sweat and a few stiff swigs of JD was needed after that work to calm the nerves let me tell ya. But then, the dark antique did the rest. Any missed areas between the bead and the border, down in the border stamping was filled in nicely by the antique. I discovered I really like that Tandy Satin Sheen. It dries quickly and doesn't leave that plastic look that you get with Resolene. it also seals the black dye and leaves it looking like a soft leather, rather than patent leather. The flowers were a little change-up. I came up with a new one after looking at my Wife's Petunias. I thought it would be a neat one to do, so I developed something that would adapt to leather carving and viola'. It kinda evolved as I went along. The nice thing about this flower is that it can be reshaped to fit the area quite nicely and that adds variety. I also threw into the mix an old Sheridan stand-by flower every now and then, just for a little variety. The flower center stamps I have just didn't work on Petunias, so I went back to using a Craftool single background matting stamp. It's about the size of a medium sized seeder but makes a bunch of tiny holes in a circle. I use it on different angles on the center area to give it depth and roundness, then leave a highlight area clean in the middle, much as you would the center of an eye on a painting, to give it life. This also evolved as I went along, so you'll notice a few panels that didn't get that little effect. At first I was just making it like Petunias look, a deep hole with lines converging into it. Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Members Blake Posted May 2, 2009 Members Report Posted May 2, 2009 Hi Brent Fantastic job. You probably needed some R&R after that one. I was hoping to see it at W.F. this October so maybe you need to do it again. LOL Best Regards Blake Quote
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