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What About The Placement Of The Rigging Dee?

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By now you should know that i ask too much questions...but hey...that's the way i am

I came to wonder about it by looking at a lot of saddles

Looking my notes and several books about saddle making

And it appears that i have not found a detailed a good enough answer to it.....

It is NOT about the placement of the rigging dee in full, 7/8 or 3/4 position...that i know WHYS and HOWS

It is about the distance between the base of the fork and the rigging dee

1st : red arrow and then green arrow

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Is there a "reference" distance?

I ve heard of 4" , 5 1/2" or even 7" for the front rigging?

or is it just a "range" acceptable distance? those 3 measurement can do?

or is it depending on if it's flate plates or inskirts or even an endurance saddle with "small skirts???

i guess all of this has its importance....

same with the back rigging

If i make an "educated " guess, i would say : you do not want it too low because it would hurt the horse somehow

and i guess that if too high, the saddle would not be "stable" and turn.....

so? Whys? and Hows? and implications technically speaking for the saddle AND the horse?

Maybe i am bothering myself with stupid questions.....but as you say in the USA "Better be safe than sorry".....

Thanks for your opinions and advices ;)

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Excellent question Aurelie. One hears a bit about ways of figuring the various rigging positions and types, but not much about other aspects regarding rigging.

Al Stohlman does talk about this in his saddlemaking books, but not in great detail. Hopefully one of the many excellent saddlemakers here will shed some more insight on this topic.

:)

Dixie

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  On 8/1/2012 at 5:36 AM, wyldflower said:

...

Al Stohlman does talk about this in his saddlemaking books, but not in great detail. Hopefully one of the many excellent saddlemakers here will shed some more insight on this topic.

:)

Dixie

Yes, exactly, i ve looked Al's books but it's not enough detailed and clearly "laid down"

Al's books are really good...but sometimes, i found some missing specifications ;)

i know...me and my never-ending-questions .... ;)

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Here, finally i had an answer :

"Hey Aurelie,There is no standard on the height of either the front or back rigging.

I like the front rigging to be at least half or fully below the skirt.

It makes it easier to cinch the latigo.

Most D rigging rests entirely on the skirt.

MT flat plate is usually below the skirts.

The back rigging usually is about level with the skirt bottom."

and with my luck , i tumbled on another post that may be useful to make that answer complete :

My link

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