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Here is another one I built for my own use 5-6 years ago after selling my Collins reproduction. I had some pieces of black harness leather and a saddle tree lying around in the shop, so I made me a new saddle for a mountain trailride . The rigging is a " very modyfied Sam Stagg rigging" with integral front jockeys.

White rawhide trim on the horn and cantle, sewn with an invisible seam, front and back.

/ Knut

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Another one I built about 10 years ago for my own use ( the second saddle I ever made, and the first half seat), after watching a pic in the book "COWBOYS & the trappings of the old west."

The pic of that Collins saddle haunted me, so I had to do something about it to get a good nights sleep!

The pic shows yours truly and my horse "mr Gus" a Swedish coldblood trotter, saddled with the "haunt". Leather from Tärnsjö Tannery, tree from ???

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"The gun fight at the O.K. corral was actually started by two saddlemakers sitting around a bottle of whiskey talking about saddle fitting"...

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Another one I built about 10 years ago for my own use ( the second saddle I ever made, and the first half seat), after watching a pic in the book "COWBOYS & the trappings of the old west."

The pic of that Collins saddle haunted me, so I had to do something about it to get a good nights sleep!

The pic shows yours truly and my horse "mr Gus" a Swedish coldblood trotter, saddled with the "haunt". Leather from Tärnsjö Tannery, tree from ???

/ Knut aka Old Timer

You have got a great model with Mr Gus there! Nice looking saddle too! Could be I have been drawn to the same haunt!

You can also see a picture of my "haunt" saddle in the book "COWBOYS & the Trappings of the Old West" also. A lot of the saddles in the book are pictures of saddles in the Fleischer Collection. The Fleischers live here and Mort is a big collector of western trappings. Once upon a time his collection of saddles, spurs and gun leather was on display at a Museum in Scottsdale that has since closed.

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Seeing all the leather workers I have contacted are to busy to make anything for me.....................

Well..................................... it looks like I'm going to saddle making school now. cheers.gif

Sharpen your round knife and cut off all leather that doesn´t look like an old time saddle ! banana.gif

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I don't make many old timers but did this one in Jan. this was fun.. I made the rigging rings as the customer wanted iron rings ..... only thing was welded them with a wire feed rather than in the forge.:)

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I don't make many old timers but did this one in Jan. this was fun.. I made the rigging rings as the customer wanted iron rings ..... only thing was welded them with a wire feed rather than in the forge.smile.gif

A beauty ! What tree did you use?

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A beauty ! What tree did you use?

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I build my own so it is what I call an "Andy Knight special "which means I just made it with an idea of what I wanted to look like when finished and what type of horse wanted it to fit.

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great saddles!!!i have a severe love affair with the old style saddles!!!my personal saddle is an old slik fork tall cantle and horn,i love them,i also have a collection of this era of saddles,as well as newr from famous makers,

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I use to wonder what one would be like to ride, but I recently rode one that a friend had made and it was one of the most comfortable saddles I have ever sat in. That and, they just have a neat look to them.

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