Dwight Report post Posted August 26, 2011 OK, . . . to most of you all here, . . . no biggie, . . . but I finally got to break the ice. Fixed some other things here and there, . . . but never got to do the machine sew until this little lady brought her Billy Cook barrel racer in for some work. Her stirrups were tight, . . . one stirrup leather needed replaced, . . . whole thing needed a bath and oil, . . . had to make a special pair of hobble straps for her saddle, . . . did all that and gave it a good layer of Bag Kote, . . . shined up like bald headed deacon on Sunday. Thanks to some on line help here, . . . she walked in, . . . took one look, . . . did the Ooooh, . . . Aaaahhhh thing, . . . all is good. Thanks for all the advice, . . . help, . . . encouragement, . . . y'all are great !! May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrampaJoel Report post Posted August 26, 2011 Just curious here. What part of the saddle did you sew with your machine? Joel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted August 26, 2011 The original stirrup leather was a 2 1/2 in wide strap of 14 oz leather. To the back of that where the Blevins buckle adjusts the length of the stirrup, . . . there was a piece of 5 oz leather sewn to reinforce the punched out hole area up and down the stirrup strap. It was sewn on in the original, and when I replaced the original, I sewed one on the replacement just like it. May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
