Machine Sewed On My First Saddle, . . . Woo Hoo !

[Dwight]

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

[GrampaJoel]

Just curious here.

What part of the saddle did you sew with your machine?

Joel

[Dwight]

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