Help Me Find This Rigging Ring

[stef73433]

I can't find any where!

[BOB BRENNER]

That hardware is used by Double J Saddlery and is probably proprietary so is not available to anyone else.

Bob

[steadybrook]

Try Bork Saddle hardware, He may be able to make them for you.

[stef73433]

Thanks,I wondered if Borks would.I'll contract them.thanks

[stef73433]

I wonder, would one of these pictured give same affect?

[stef73433]

Either very first or last one

[BOB BRENNER]

The rigging in the saddle was developed by Lynn McKenzie and Double J Saddlery and is what I would call a modified ring rigging. I do not think any plate rigging will work as the angles are not right. The closest thing that may work could be "Y" dee from Bork # 251 or # 633. The problem we have is that the rigging will not function the same way as the Lynn McKenzie and Double J Saddlery rigging. The question is how close does it have to be?

[stef73433]

I guess wouldn't have to be exact, but I do like the different cinching options her ring offers.

[stef73433]

Bob,

I have been thinking and I am really stuck. This will be my first attempt at saddle making. I am really stuck as to whether i should try to build my rigging similar to the Lynn M photo above, or if i would be better off with an inskirt?

If it matters, i plan to run barrels in in.. and this is first attempt, so dont want to bite off too much more than i can chew. In my head, they both make sense, so perhaps you can tell me your opinion since you seem experiecned? I would really appreciate it. I may post this same question out on a new thread as well.

[BOB BRENNER]

That’s a tough question. The level of difficulty of the Lynn McKenzie rigging is higher that an in-skirt rigging and is compounded by the fact that you do not have the needed hardware and must improvise.

If it were me, I would opt for a 3-way in-skirt rigging (as in the attached picture) if you are looking for more cinching options or a standard "C" rigging.

I talked this over with my apprentice, who just finished her first saddle - a barrel racer. She would also go with in-skirt rigging.

It’s your call.

Bob

P.S. Here is a picture of her saddle