Fourth Saddle

[loopinluke]

I finally finished my fourth saddle. There are a few things I would change as always but I think its better than my first three. Would love to hear any comments or critiques. Thanks for looking.

[CWR]

Looks real good Luke.

CW

[compound]

Nice work! Don´t worry, all next saddles will be better than first.

Martin

[bruce johnson]

Looks really nice Lucas. I like the beadline with the breaks on the skirt.

[Aurelie]

looks good to me !

been "balsy" making rowhide bindings but it looks like it turned out good!

aside some marks on seat + fenders (or maybe it's the picture and light mistaking me) it looks really really good!

keep going!

[loopinluke]

Thanks for the comments all. The marks on the seat and fenders are something I darn sure need to work on. Its hard when you leave that much smooth out. I also wish the front part of the skirts hadn't come out so long, or at least that it had been cut differently, along with many other things, but I guess thats what keeps you striving to improve.

[Rod and Denise Nikkel]

Looks good Luke. Hope you had fun buidling it. Is this the one on our tree?

[Goldshot Ron]

Your saddle looks good. What type of ground seat did you install? You mentioned the front of your skirts coming out too far, but I think that the front seat jockey may be a little too high at the junction of the bars and the fork. If the jockey and rosette was brought down some on your next saddle, if would even out the appearance of the skirts. One other comment is the location of the rear flank cinche; it may be just a smidge too far back. The rule of thumb is that it should be centered on the cantle where the bar extends downward and starts arching up to the rear tip. I only mention this because I have a real problem with my placement of the rear cinche dees. It seems that only after everything is on the saddle and my pictures are taken that I notice how placement is off. Overall, your saddle looks very well done.

Ron

[loopinluke]

Looks good Luke. Hope you had fun buidling it. Is this the one on our tree?

Thanks. No I had someone order this one, so I had to skip the one on your tree. I am working on it now, and have the cantle on, the seat in and ready to do the riggin. Your tree sure is a joy to build on so far. I will make sure and post some pictures of it when I get it done.

[Rod and Denise Nikkel]

Saddle orders are always good! Looking forward to pictures of the next one too.

[Aurelie]

The marks on the seat and fenders are something I darn sure need to work on. Its hard when you leave that much smooth out. I also wish the front part of the skirts hadn't come out so long, or at least that it had been cut differently, along with many other things, but I guess thats what keeps you striving to improve.

I had once the same trouble (on my 3d saddle) and don't know why not on the 2 previous ones

i sort of "padded" my strap (temporarly done it with a blanket ) when pulling on the seat and take great care when doing it

and i had not the trouble on my last one (the 4th)

I am about to start a new saddle and i have to take the time to customize my stand strap and pad it a bit (a bit like padded guitar strap) and try it

Keep going that way! it's really nice