Woodyrock Report post Posted August 24, 2012 Here is the harness horse I built a couple of years back. I would really like to find some photographs of a good saddlemakers horse, so I can stitch up larger projerts. Woody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce johnson Report post Posted August 24, 2012 Here are some pictures of mine. It is an oldie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodyrock Report post Posted August 25, 2012 Bruce: Many thanks! This is exactly the horse I have been looking for, I can make one for myself from your photographs. It is easy to find harness horses, but a saddlemakers horse is a whole different story. Woody Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Go2Tex Report post Posted August 25, 2012 OK, I'm looking at the 2 different stitching horses and other than the location and slant of the jaws, and the rather interesting, Rube Goldberg tension mechanism of Bruce's horse, it seems to me that you could stitch just about as well on either one, (which isn't very fast or painless), regardless of what you were stitching. Maybe it's the fact that I hand stitch as little as possible, in fact I avoid it like the asian flu, but harness vs. saddlery..... what's the difference? It's not like any horse is strong enough to clamp a saddle to hand stitch the cantle or horn is it? And who besides a total masochists or off-the-grid survivalist would hand stitch skirts? .... or entire harnesses for that matter? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tnawrot2 Report post Posted August 25, 2012 (edited) OK, I'm looking at the 2 different stitching horses and other than the location and slant of the jaws, and the rather interesting, Rube Goldberg tension mechanism of Bruce's horse, it seems to me that you could stitch just about as well on either one, (which isn't very fast or painless), regardless of what you were stitching. Maybe it's the fact that I hand stitch as little as possible, in fact I avoid it like the asian flu, but harness vs. saddlery..... what's the difference? It's not like any horse is strong enough to clamp a saddle to hand stitch the cantle or horn is it? And who besides a total masochists or off-the-grid survivalist would hand stitch skirts? .... or entire harnesses for that matter? The first one, harness horse, the useable depth of the jaws is about 8", which is perfect for mostly straps. The saddlers horse has a useable jaw depth of 24", perfect for sewing saddle skirts. Edited August 25, 2012 by tnawrot2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Go2Tex Report post Posted August 25, 2012 The first one, harness horse, the useable depth of the jaws is about 8", which is perfect for mostly straps. The saddlers horse has a useable jaw depth of 24", perfect for sewing saddle skirts. Well, I'll tell ya what's perfect for sewing skirts.... a good saddle stitching machine. Nothing like zipping around a set of skirts in a fraction of the time it takes to sew about 12 inches by hand, which happens to be about the same length of time it would take me to start drinking heavily when I was trying to stitch skirts by hand. Even a Boss stitcher is a vast improvment. (btw, I just happen to have one for sale). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce johnson Report post Posted August 25, 2012 Well, I'll tell ya what's perfect for sewing skirts.... a good saddle stitching machine. Nothing like zipping around a set of skirts in a fraction of the time it takes to sew about 12 inches by hand, which happens to be about the same length of time it would take me to start drinking heavily when I was trying to stitch skirts by hand. Even a Boss stitcher is a vast improvment. (btw, I just happen to have one for sale). :rofl: I have sewn two sets of skirts by hand. That is just snough to appreciate a machine. I bought my Boss one Monday morning after sewing up about 10 truckers wallets with zippered pockets on Sunday. It was a struggle to raise my arm to dial the phone to order it. The Boss was the coolest thing ever at that point. I do like my saddler's stitching horse even though I don't handsew much anymore either. It is in the museum display right now but normally sits in my living room in front of the book case. The background and history is pretty cool. The owner (Charles Collins) had shops in Arizona from 1914 through 1956. He retired at age 77 and died in 1962. There are some pretty cool stories about him on the internet and some his grandson told me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Hatley Report post Posted August 25, 2012 here is a photo of a stiching horse that should hold some heavy leather. the photo came from Ray Hatley in the U K> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leather Guru Report post Posted August 26, 2012 Hello brother luke , Is Ray family ? If so U should visit him & then come over & stay at my place for a few days ? It looks like your stitching pony would catching the thread on the mechanism all the time quote name='Luke Hatley' timestamp='1345916806' post='261741'] here is a photo of a stiching horse that should hold some heavy leather. the photo came from Ray Hatley in the U K> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReneeCanady Report post Posted August 26, 2012 They are too pretty to use! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
