Latest Saddle

[TroyWest]

Here's a saddle I recently finished. I always enjoy seeing everybody elses saddles so I hope you enjoy seeing mine.

I collaborated with Jon Watsabough on the tree. It's an O.Y. with a leg cut.

I made the conchos also. They are sterling on sterling. Customer wanted crosses on them and I put his brand on the middle concho.

I showed my latigo holder because this is the first saddle I've used this new firm stamp on. It's from Tim Harper at Harper Mfg. I won it several yrs. ago and forgot about it. I called him recently to say howdy and he said hey, I owe you a firm stamp! So thanks to Tim Harper!

Feel free to critique me.

[Timbo]

Once again Troy........WOW!!!! Beautiful saddle, the tooling is world class as is the whole!!!!!!!

Thank you very much for posting. It gives us all high aspirations!!!!

Tim

[greg gomersall]

Troy do you tool the binding on the roll after you have sewed it or do you fit it, take it off to tool then put on. Thanks Greg

[TroyWest]

Timbo, thank you very much!

Greg, I tool my basket binders on the bench but I prefer to tool the floral carved on the roll, as I did this one. I just have more accurate borders this way.

[JRedding]

Nice job Troy, neat and clean as always.

[bruce johnson]

Always a pleasure to see pics of your work. I get something out of it everytime. Note to self - more "over and unders" and crossing stems. Thanks for sharing.

[Shelly]

Troy -

I've never tooled the floral binders on the roll - have been wanting to do that, basically like you have said, to do the set stamps on the bench, and the carved binders on the saddle - is there a procedure that needs to be followed in order to keep the carving looking crisp, deep, etc?? I've wondered if the binder needs some type of block under it to support it as it's being tooled - I don't expect any problems with carving it in, the tooling part is my biggest concern....

[buffalo]

Dang you do some beautiful, clean work.

Buff

[kseidel]

Troy,

Very nice saddle. Balance and proportion are excellent! Great color too! No critique for any visible flaws. Personal preferance point... borders around front and cantle conchos and rear and swell conchos over tooling. Not wrong, just something I notice on a lot of great saddles that seems out of place to me. Is there a rope strap? If so, how did you do it? Do you put any wrap over your horn before rubber for roping?

My compliments on a great saddle. Thanks for posting the pics.

Keith

[Cowboy Crafts Online]

Troy,

Great looking saddle. Do you rig alot of saddles that way. I was thinking of building a calf roper and rigging it the way you did. Do you think it holds up well. I am sure you do or you wouldnt build it that way.

Ashley