new swell fork

[jonwatsabaugh]

Here's a post horn swell fork rig I finished up recently. All critique welcome and much appreciated!

Jon

[TomSwede]

Wow, that is a beautifully crafted saddle. That leather looks so nice and rich in colour. I really like the way you have layed out the tooling designs wich sometimes even though very cool can be a bit too much. You found a great balance and harmony between intense floral designs and open surfaces, nice touch with the texture tools.

Tom (who can't distiguish a horse from a zebra;-)

[steveh]

Unique tree, with the wood post horn, on a swell fork. Really has neat look to it.Your tooling looks alive , very refined. the blending of the tooling, ruffout, and rawhide, gives this saddle a great style.

[bruce johnson]

Jon,

Good looking saddle. I especially like how you made the back string button the center of that swirl in the tooling. It makes it look like that button just belongs there.

Bruce

[greg gomersall]

Jon smooth claasy rig. the only thing that jumps out at me is the rear billets. your flow is growing downwards whille on your choker it's growing up. An old visalia hand told me a couple years ago that flowers grow from the ground up and so should your carving. Once again great rig. Greg

[Steve Brewer]

Jon,Nice job.The thing that pops out is the horn could be carved,over all real good job.

Steve

[jonwatsabaugh]

Greg,

It had never occured to me to flow everything from the bottom up. Makes perfect sense to do just that! I guarentee everything will be growing up on my saddles from here on out. Thanks much Greg for your seasoned observation!

Jon

[rickybobby]

Here's a post horn swell fork rig I finished up recently. All critique welcome and much appreciated!

Jon

Jon,

Nice work! The saddle is beautiful! I have not seen a round style horn in my area (Az.) . Is it more common in other parts of the country?

I am courious, what leather did you use and what is the finish? It has a very "rich" tone of color that is hard to get with some leathers and finish products.

Thanks for sharing a very nice piece of work,

Rick J.

[RyanCope]

That's a good looking rig Jon.

Ryan Cope

[Elwood Turner]

Jon,Great looking saddle, nice clean lines.

Elwood Turner