Rope45 Report post Posted November 7, 2015 Just a little back story, I've read a lot of topics on the forums here and love what I see. I grew up building saddles with my grandfather and father and picked up a lot a great tricks. I've built 11 saddles on my own in the past 15 years, all roping saddles. Unfortunately my gandfather passed away before he could teach me all the tricks, and my father doesn't remember all of the tricks. Anyhow, I have a guy that wants a saddle, but he wants the Cheyenne roll to be rawhide covered with silver/stainless lace. I've seen hundreds of these saddles but I have no idea how to make one. Does anyone know where I could get a book, or video, or whatever that can show me how to construct this? I have a couple of these saddles and I guess as a last result I can remove the cantle cover from one and then reconstruct it to learn how but I figured I would try this first. Thanks for your help in advance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BondoBobCustomSaddles Report post Posted November 7, 2015 Rope, I have some hand written pages from Al Stohlman on how to accomplish a rolled rope edge. I'll dig them out and copy them and post them here. It won't till Monday though. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rope45 Report post Posted November 7, 2015 Bob, that would be great! I was starting to worry that this might be a lost art. I really appreciate your help! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keplerts Report post Posted November 8, 2015 I an interested in that as well. The book by John Hopper has some info on it but it is far from detailed enough for me to follow. I wish Al would have been able to complete more books on saddle making and repairs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BondoBobCustomSaddles Report post Posted November 8, 2015 Ok, so I found the time today to get at this. I am going to try to attach this as a folder with all the info I have on the subject in it. About 24 pages, so I hope I can do it. You will find there are two notes in the file from both Al and Bob Pleyton. Between them you should have a good grasp of how to so it. Bob is the one that sent me the info from Robin Yates and John Hopper. Hope this will get you along the path pardner. Bob Well, it won't let me do it that way so I am going to have to find another way to get them uploaded. At any rate here are the pages from Al. They will get you going pretty good. IMG.pdf IMG_0001.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BondoBobCustomSaddles Report post Posted November 8, 2015 Ok I am going to try again. I just zipped it all into a 1 file. First time I have done that so here goes! Bob Well that didn't work. I'll send a note to Joanna see if she can help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rope45 Report post Posted November 10, 2015 Bob, this is awesome! Now that I have read the instructions, I kinda feel stupid because the concept seems so simple, although I'm sure actually making it will take some doing the first couple times. I really appreciate your help on this. It means the world to me that I will have one more piece of advice to pass on to my son when he's old enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted November 28, 2015 Ok I am going to try again. I just zipped it all into a 1 file. First time I have done that so here goes! Bob Well that didn't work. I'll send a note to Joanna see if she can help. Here it is. Saddles-Silver Lace.pdf Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BondoBobCustomSaddles Report post Posted November 29, 2015 Nice job Tom getting it all in order and posted. I must admit, I just couldn't seem to master getting it all in one file! Hope the information will help all those that have asked. It has certainly done it for me, and of course thanks to Ann, Al Stohlman and Bob Pleyton for sharing it with me all those years ago. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lithops Report post Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks a lot for the info ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Craw Report post Posted December 24, 2015 I can't get any of them to open. Are they in the Stohlman Saddle Making series? Thanks, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted December 24, 2015 I can't get any of them to open. Are they in the Stohlman Saddle Making series? Thanks,MikeDownload to your computer first, then open the file. It's a large file so takes a long time to open in your browser, especially if you are on a slower connection. Also notice that this site is slower the last several days. Could be lots of users online, or just a lot more traffic on the web getting closer to Christmas.Tom PS download the file in post number 8 above. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Craw Report post Posted December 24, 2015 I downloaded it and opened it in my computer, and all I get is a small windows box full of code... Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted December 24, 2015 I downloaded it and opened it in my computer, and all I get is a small windows box full of code... Mike I just had a look at it. Assuming you are on a Windows based PC (for other types, I'm not familiar and am no help), right click on the link. Select "Save link as". Make sure that the file it is about to download has the PDF extension. My first attempt this morning, it had a PHP extension. That will not give you what you want. Cancel and go back and try again. My second and third tries resulted in getting the PDF file. PHP is some script to give the browser some instructions, and will look like a bunch of code. Definitely not what you want to download. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
