Finished my first saddle!

[Rolandranch]

Hello all! Here is my first saddle build. It's a 13 inch youth saddle for my younger siblings. (I figured my first saddle should for kids who wouldn't mind all the mistakes.) It took me 20 days from start to finish on this rig. I used thoroughbred leather. 

It's far from perfect so if you have any critique I'd love to hear it! 

Thanks!

Ryan 

 

 

[Rolandranch]

[alpha2]

Ya'll are gonna have to point out those mistakes you mentioned!!! Exceptional work, as usual. I'm glad you told us who it was for, my first impression was, "where is he going to sit"? Although, you're kinda a skinny dude, too.

 

Jeff

[Rolandranch]

7 minutes ago, alpha2 said:

Ya'll are gonna have to point out those mistakes you mentioned!!! Exceptional work, as usual. I'm glad you told us who it was for, my first impression was, "where is he going to sit"? Although, you're kinda a skinny dude, too.

 

Jeff

Haha thanks Jeff! 

[chrisash]

That looks first class and the amount of tooling is just the right amount, some seem to over tool them which can distract from the nice clean lines

[akguy59]

I don't know a lot about saddles but that looks fantastic to me. Super clean and very classy.

[battlemunky]

As with all your stuff Ryan, it looks amazing! Chaps, chinks, saddles....you have a gift dude. Congrats on what I consider a milestone...a well executed milestone as far as I can see.

[Scoutmom103]

That's Beautiful Ryan.

 

[garypl]

Beautiful job on the saddle Ryan!  I wouldn’t know where to begin on a project like this.  Did you get someone to mentor you, read a lot of books, watch videos or a combination of all these to tackle this project?

Gary

[Tugadude]

I am both stunned and humbled.  Talent plus ambition and work ethic equals someone to reckon with.  Let me know when you find your limits because as far as I can see your potential is unlimited.