Visalia style saddle

[D.A. Kabatoff]

Hi Andy,

thanks for the words.... hopefully they are looking a little better than the first few I brought by for you to look at a few years back.

I'm sure you've probably heard already, but if not, they are adding a juried saddle show to the Kamloops Cowboy Festival for next year with Chuck Stormes as the judge... think you might try and submit something for it? I still remember the fully carved saddle you had at the show in Edmonton a number of years back... quite stunning. Hopefully they can turn this show into something like they had going in Edmonton.

I ran into Scott in Chilliwack at the Mane Event... he had a few saddles there on display and it looks like he's doing really nice work (not a big suprise really). He was saying he might try and get something together for the show as well.

We probably aren't going to get out your way until the show so we'll either see you up there or we'll stop in on the way if you aren't planning on going.

Darc

ps. your website has been quite helpful for a saddle I'm finishing up. It's a wade style tree for a fellow who will be using it primarily for reining. I haven't used big D type rigging up front for quite a number of years, so seeing how you cut your seats has been quite helpful. I've been trying to set the rigging back a bit from full position without interfering with the stirrup leather/fender movement... been a bit of a challenge but Greg Gomersall gave me a few good ideas to try.

[oldgringo]

Absolutely incredible. Very nice indeed. Where might one find a pattern for those taps?

[gtwister09]

Darc,

Both saddles are great. The brown....what can you say. The tree and whole package came out great. I really like the seat design. Lots of detail with the "O", the double border, the open background (I like the open background) and last but not least is the swept yoke in the center. Did you use a creaser or a beading blade on the border? I like how the "O" was carried over to the cantle and the horn. Nice design touch.

The rough-out is really nice.

Nice detail on the dye job. Thanks for the tutorial!

Regards,

Ben

[leonardostudent]

Where did you get the tree from Darc? I've been trying to find a supplier that makes Visalia 3B trees, no luck so far.

[oltoot]

Gullet measurements on the Visalia? Second all the compliments for your work.

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

Hi Darc, all the superlatives have been already used. I'll just say it's been a while since you have posted some work. More work!!!

Love your stuff.

Bob