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[steveh]

Well, I did fail English a couple times in school. I think I may have misled you, I believe we're practicing the same method, except I refer to that part as flow lines and I didn't tell you that. My mistake. If that seems unorthodox someday we'll talk about my opinion on casing leather that I hear so much about on here.

JR,

You mentioned your opinions on casing leather, I would like to here more about that. I case for forming gullets ,fork covers, seats, cantel bindings, getting the stretch out of stirrup leathers. I tool fairly dry though, and just add moisture as needed with a sponge or spay bottle.Maybe you could start a new thread on this subject.

Thanks Steve

[SStewart]

Beautiful work...I'm impressed. RE: your saddle's finish: do you do the usual Sheridan style technique? (dye background, neatlac, antique, tan-kote?) All your work is great and I love the belt...looks like a little Sylvia Fox style painting on that one?

[JRedding]

Beautiful work...I'm impressed. RE: your saddle's finish: do you do the usual Sheridan style technique? (dye background, neatlac, antique, tan-kote?) All your work is great and I love the belt...looks like a little Sylvia Fox style painting on that one?

You're pretty close except I didn't dye the background, if you use small bargrounders and do the antique just right it kind of looks like you did though, I don't do dye background unless I'm asked, too much contrast for me.

[ArtS]

Awesome absolutely awesome !!! I love it.

ArtS

[buffalo]

BEAUTIFUL work. That is just amazing to me.

Regards Buff

[SStewart]

Thanks for your input JR. Are you using the small Barry King bargrounders? Whatever, I love the effect. And, is there any paint on that fantastic belt? The lighting in the sky above the mountains is really nice.

[ArtS]

How do you apply your antique and what antique do you use?

Thanks,

ArtS

You're pretty close except I didn't dye the background, if you use small bargrounders and do the antique just right it kind of looks like you did though, I don't do dye background unless I'm asked, too much contrast for me.

[JRedding]

Thanks for your input JR. Are you using the small Barry King bargrounders? Whatever, I love the effect. And, is there any paint on that fantastic belt? The lighting in the sky above the mountains is really nice.

I have bargrounders from Kings and some from Chuck Smith I don't remember which ones may have been used on that saddle. And the scenery part of that belt is done in acrylic and the background portion is just Feibings oil dye.

[JRedding]

How do you apply your antique and what antique do you use?

Thanks,

ArtS

Art, we apply antique with a small sponge for an applicator, you don't want to just smear it on and wipe it off, use a little at a time and scrub it into the tooling to fill every cut in all directions, and buff it off with a wool scrap the same way, we scrub the hell out of it, any antique that won't endure a good buffing doesn't get to stay. And we use Feibings like everybody else, the color of antique just depends on what look you're going for, mahogany, black, and sometimes sheridan brown are the only colors we ever use.

[ArtS]

Thanks for the info.

The reason I ask is I'm working on my second saddle. Just a beginner. I can't decide if I should just put a top coat or if I should antique it. I really liked the way your saddle looked an now you have me thinking. Attached is a picture of mine so far. It's slow going since I have so little time to work on it. What do you put on after the antique, Resolene?

ArtS