Covering Forks On A Wade

[alamalberta]

I was just looking for tips on how to clean up and improve on a few things regarding covering wade forks.

1) how to get a nice smooth "roll" in the front. how far back does the leather go? and how much do you skive away?

2) how to get it smooth and tighten the leather between the hand hole and horn without distorting the cut out for the horn?

thanks in advance Alex

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

Alex, not sure how others do it, but; I always cut the hole 3/4 's of the way around, round, and the bottom (or side adjacent to the hand hole) flat, that way when I pull the leather down in the hand hole, I can really pull it down, and as it stretches the hole becomes round. As for the other, both questions can be answered in the Al Stohlman books. Bob

[alamalberta]

Bob,

thank you, that 3/4 cut on the hand hole made the process much easier and cleaner finished product.

Alex