Members BondoBobCustomSaddles Posted March 14, 2014 Members Report Posted March 14, 2014 Shown is the latest saddle out of my shop. It was made for a 13 year old that shows an Arab. Since this young lady has some growing to do, I made the stirrups with a lot of adjustment, starting with where she is now, to about 8 additional inches of leg growth. that necessitated a slightly lower seat jockey than usual to allow that adjustment without having the fender hanging out below the jockey in a couple of years. This is a 14 1/2" seat, as she is an will likely continue to be a slender girl even after she finishes growth. It is made on a bowman tree with Arab bars, and a youth horn. It has an insert padded, std cantle with exposed stitching on the binding. In-skirt rigging, skirts are cut-out to facilitated closer leg contact and full tooling. Please feel free to critique. Bob Quote
Members Redd Posted March 14, 2014 Members Report Posted March 14, 2014 Damn!!! That's impressive, Nice work. Quote
Members Rohn Posted March 14, 2014 Members Report Posted March 14, 2014 Wow! That is a beauty!!!! Quote Rohn(John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV)
Members bwillielv Posted March 15, 2014 Members Report Posted March 15, 2014 Man that is impressive. How long does something like that take? Quote Custom Leather Fire Helmet Shields
Members AftonCraft Posted March 15, 2014 Members Report Posted March 15, 2014 The rider should be delighted to ride in this saddle, Bob. Quote
Members Dwight Posted March 15, 2014 Members Report Posted March 15, 2014 I think it is just awesome, . . . especially since I prefer a seat like it. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members keplerts Posted March 15, 2014 Members Report Posted March 15, 2014 Great job, Bob! I really like the color. What is it? Your tooling looks nice as well. What leather did you use and is that real sheep skin? I think your customer will be delighted with the way it turned out. Great work! Tom Quote
Moderator bruce johnson Posted March 15, 2014 Moderator Report Posted March 15, 2014 Looks great Bob! There's a lot I like about it. Quote Bruce Johnson Malachi 4:2 "the windshield's bigger than the mirror, somewhere west of Laramie" - Dave Stamey Vintage Refurbished And Selected New Leather Tools For Sale - www.brucejohnsonleather.com
Members BondoBobCustomSaddles Posted March 15, 2014 Author Members Report Posted March 15, 2014 Thank You to all for the kind comments! To answer the questions, it actually took about 4 mos to make, once the tree was here, and we actually started. Tom, the actual color is black background and the detail is dark brown (feiblings pro oil die) all done on Wicket & Craig leather and yes it is real sheep skin. Once again, thanks to those who took the time to comment. Bob Quote
Members MonicaJacobson Posted March 19, 2014 Members Report Posted March 19, 2014 Lovely! I love the seat and the color, and well, everything. Quote http://monicajacobson.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrimGoTrix?ref=si_shop
Members Babbs Posted March 20, 2014 Members Report Posted March 20, 2014 that is impressive , just Beautiful, thanks for sharing your talent !! Quote
Members BondoBobCustomSaddles Posted March 21, 2014 Author Members Report Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks again for the kind comments. I was particularly pleased with how the tooling turned out, since I used a lot of the tips I got from Bob Park's book, and also I used a specific flower that he uses and didn't want to "bugger it up". It was mentioned that it was hard to see the tooling because of the color and the overall pics. Here are some better pics, still trying to get this picture taking thing down. Thanks Again for looking! Bob Quote
Members mudslinger Posted March 23, 2014 Members Report Posted March 23, 2014 Thats beautiful work. the details are amazing. Quote
Members Mike 257 Posted March 24, 2014 Members Report Posted March 24, 2014 WOW , Beautiful work ! Quote I Liked It Better When Guns Were Steel And Boobs Were Real !
Members Paulsleather Posted March 26, 2014 Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) MAGNIFICENT! That is what I call high end leather furniture. Can't imagine what your customer will feel like trotting around on that... probably like the queen of all she surveys. Holy mackrel! Great job, Bob. Edited March 26, 2014 by Paulsleather Quote
Members BondoBobCustomSaddles Posted March 26, 2014 Author Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Thanks again for the kind words. Paul you mentioned about the girl that I made the saddle for. Attached is a pic of the young lady and the horse that the saddle was built for. Can't wait to see them in a show this year, if it will ever warm up! Edited March 26, 2014 by BondoBobCustomSaddles Quote
Members Dwight Posted March 26, 2014 Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 Pardon the pun, . . . but the saddle looks like it was made for them, . . . Good job, again, . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members needles Posted March 26, 2014 Members Report Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) you are a Craftsmen... beautiful work Edited March 26, 2014 by needles Quote
Moderator immiketoo Posted March 29, 2014 Moderator Report Posted March 29, 2014 Bob, I love the color on that one! Quote Learnleather.com
Members GrampaJoel Posted March 29, 2014 Members Report Posted March 29, 2014 Just saw this one Bob. Very nice work. That padding looks real soft. All that tooling makes my head hurt just thinking about the tension to not make a mistake. Lots of bling too I see. Very nice! Joel Quote
Members BondoBobCustomSaddles Posted April 1, 2014 Author Members Report Posted April 1, 2014 Just got our DSL line back up and running, been off line for about 6 days. Wow, leatherworker withdrawal !!! Thanks again to all for looking. Joel, it never entered my mine that I should have tension because of that. Damn! another thing to worry about!! LOL Bob Quote
Members Wild Bill46 Posted April 15, 2014 Members Report Posted April 15, 2014 ONe of the nicest Saddles I have ever seen EVER. Nice job ! Quote
Members MattTheHat Posted April 17, 2014 Members Report Posted April 17, 2014 That's absolutely stunning!!! -Matt Quote
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