Charro Horn Wade

[Hilly]

That saddle is very beautiful. I want one, and I don't even own a horse!

[mulefool]

So I keep looking at this and seeing really nice little details. Also thinking about how easy it would be to accidently get some dye on the wrong part. But I'm curious about the horn. I see your escutcheon pins on the underside. At first I thought it was a binding, but then I realized I didn't see any stitch line on top. Does the cap come down and form the binding and then it is just pinned in place so there is no stitch line? Whatever it is, it looks sharp. Chris

[Traveller]

Wow! That's an amazing saddle. I'm glad your customer wants to ride in it instead of just have it sit around as a most gorgeous piece of art... which it could certainly do quite well!

I'm also glad you got excellent photos of it. Amazing.

Wow! (have I said that before?)

Joanne

[Go2Tex]

So I keep looking at this and seeing really nice little details. Also thinking about how easy it would be to accidently get some dye on the wrong part. But I'm curious about the horn. I see your escutcheon pins on the underside. At first I thought it was a binding, but then I realized I didn't see any stitch line on top. Does the cap come down and form the binding and then it is just pinned in place so there is no stitch line? Whatever it is, it looks sharp. Chris

Ah yes, the horn ..... I stitched the bottom piece and filler together. The filler gets nailed down on the top of the horn, so the whole thing is solid. The bottom piece overlaps in the rear and is glued and tacked down, the flange is then folded out flush with the round filler. The neck on these charro horns is so short that there is very little space anyway, so a tack holds the upper lap below the swell cover line. Then, the top piece is cut round, folded down wet around the horn for marking, removed, scalloped and put back on to dry. Then you nail 'er down. It's that simple. Nice thing about it, if your stitching sucks, do it like this. It don't show. Same with the cantle. Your front stitch line shows, of course, but the back side.... NADA. I flew around this cantle! Well, until I had to put all those pins in the backside.

[RichardCollmorgen]

I can't add anything but, WOW!

[Ronny]

I can't add anything but, WOW!

DITTO!!! Ronny

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

Brent, I will be glad to add my two cents here. Often I see work that either is good working saddle work , or saddles that are works of art. To see them come together like yours has, is a pleasure, and is the reason that I follow this link. Back when I used build cars, and to go to the race track (cars), my buddy Bill used to call me "the lookin'est guy he ever saw", because I was always interested in seeing how others did it, and how it worked for them. I find that I am still a lookin kind of guy, and in this case the looking is good.

Exceptional job!

Bondo Bob

[stevet]

Good Job! Looks an awful lot like the saddle my dad has in the bit and saddle show at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nv that opened back in Jan. His is on a tree with a little more front like the charro saddles and the horn is a bit bigger but still they sure look a lot alike. Still a nice job.

Steve

[Alan Bell]

Hey Brent, Why such a plain saddle? Next time try and make it a bit fancier!!!! OMG

Vaya Con Dios, Alan

[Go2Tex]

Good Job! Looks an awful lot like the saddle my dad has in the bit and saddle show at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nv that opened back in Jan. His is on a tree with a little more front like the charro saddles and the horn is a bit bigger but still they sure look a lot alike. Still a nice job.

Steve

Thanks, how about posting some pics of your Dad's saddle. I'd love to see another version of this idea.