From head to tail

[buffalo]

This was my first saddle. Every piece of leather on this horse I made.

Regards Buff

Edited March 2, 2008 by Johanna
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[megabit]

Very nice. That thing certainly shouldn't move around much. Very nice looking country too, where was the photo taken?

Mike

[buffalo]

Thanks. The pic was taken in the High Unite mountains of Utah.

Buff

[buffalo]

Megabit

We have some real steep & long inclines going into and out of that lake. So I like using a breechin when I'm leading a pack horse. I hate wrecks.

Regards Buff

[karl]

Buf, Looks like you did a darn good job of it, looks real nice. I have made 2 saddles , 1 half saddle and just finished a saddle making class and I'm kind of proud of the way it turned out. Now if I only had a horse,,,LOL. karl

Edited January 19, 2008 by karl

[ArtS]

What are the straps that go behind the horse's back legs for?

ArtS

[buffalo]

What are the straps that go behind the horse's back legs for?

ArtS

That is a breechin. It helps hold the saddle in place in real steep country. I mostly use it to just hold the cincha back out of their arm pits when going down hill, when I'm leading a pack string and don't like things getting western. (they use them on mules with strait backs a lot more than on horse's)

Regards Buff

[ArtS]

Thanks. I thought I've seen them on pack horses before.

ArtS