Saddle Lumps

[Saddlebag]

The fenders have been shortened, the rivets are in, looks good. Well, sort of. I flipped the saddle over to try to find out why one leather won't budge eve after I'd had them running back and forth reasonably well, and I discovered lumps under one skirt that don't belong there. The saddle has had very little use. I think I'm going to have to umdo the skirts half way back to see what's there and even with a good pad this saddle could sore up a horse and maybe turn into a bronc. The skirts are linde with teddy bear fuzzy fabric and have been nailed in with steel nails which are already rusting and lI expect the staples will break when I try to pull them. Grrrr. This is becoming a reconstruction job. I now need to email the owner with a few pics to get her approval or not.

[Hennessy]

The fenders have been shortened, the rivets are in, looks good. Well, sort of. I flipped the saddle over to try to find out why one leather won't budge eve after I'd had them running back and forth reasonably well, and I discovered lumps under one skirt that don't belong there. The saddle has had very little use. I think I'm going to have to umdo the skirts half way back to see what's there and even with a good pad this saddle could sore up a horse and maybe turn into a bronc. The skirts are linde with teddy bear fuzzy fabric and have been nailed in with steel nails which are already rusting and lI expect the staples will break when I try to pull them. Grrrr. This is becoming a reconstruction job. I now need to email the owner with a few pics to get her approval or not.

where are the bumps located.sounds like a hurry up n get r done factory job wot with staples n all.could be a broken bar,possibly no channel on one side and inhibits free leather slide around bar. good luck post your findings i'm curious pete

[Saddlebag]

My patience wore thin waiting for a response so I pulled the flooring nail at the gullet, which was already rusting, and half a dozen staples just to free up the skirt a bit. The big lump is where the stirrup leather bends around the tree near the air channel. The strap is a hair under 1/4" thick. I pulled some of the strap into the air channel and try as I may I can't get it to bend how it should. I'd have to soak it and beat it with a big maul but then it would never be adjustable. The next step is to remove the strap and run it through the splitter to shave it down a little. Even the slider on the blevins buckles are a tight fit which makes it difficult to change holes. I plan on replacing the nails with good brass screws and better nails. The skirt has in-skirt rigging which means the rider is unknowingly relying on staples and nails that rust and break.

[Saddlebag]

The owner has approved the extra work so the straps have been thro the splitter a few times. It will be ready to go home tomorrow..