Don101 Report post Posted July 9, 2007 im restoring a saddle at the moment and it has wool felt instead of sheep skin was this comon and is it done today on modern western saddles? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mulefool Report post Posted July 9, 2007 I've seen some older saddles with felt. I heard somewhere that during WW2 sheepskin was in short supply or used for the troops for something, so they had to do relines with felt. Not sure if it's true. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barra Report post Posted July 10, 2007 Using wool felt to line is very common in Australia on the Hybrid western X stock saddles. My guess is it holds up better on outback cattle stations where the saddle is going to be used in some of the harshest land on earth. Shearling linings get too matted with the various forms of prickles and of course a stockman being a stockman, the saddle will be treated rough with 2 parts of no maintenance. During WW2 a lot of our sheepskins got used for lining Bomber crew jackets Barra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mulefool Report post Posted July 10, 2007 So that's where the sheepskin went! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Go2Tex Report post Posted July 19, 2007 Some trail saddles use felt also. The Tucker brand does. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
