Ambassador Don101 Posted February 29, 2008 Author Ambassador Report Posted February 29, 2008 You wouldnt beleve how serious the wild west is over here there are thousands of reenactors, thousands is probbably an understatment, we have reenactors from AR , fur trade hudson bay the northwest company, indians through out the periods from dog society to mohawks, we have CW, cowboy to wild west show reenactors, buffalo hunters, rough riders, indian wars and even ww1 and ww2 reenactors..... phew, im of to the anuall Buffalo hunters camp next weekend, and in a couple of months its the indian council Quote
Sandy Robbins Posted March 5, 2008 Report Posted March 5, 2008 I know i am a little late replying. But I think you did a beautiful job! This was a hard one for your first time. I am anxious to see the second one! Keep up the good work! Quote Sandy
Grunt Posted March 8, 2008 Report Posted March 8, 2008 Awesome job Don !!! You have definitely achieved a high level of attention to detail. Very nice job indeed. I can vouch for the enthusiasm of the German people for American Western stuff. When I lived in Germany my best friend and I would go a gasthaus that hosted a line dance club on Friday nights. The place was always packed. The owner thought we were crazy until she stuck around for a while then she got in on the act. Although some of the outfit some of the fellas wore would have gotten them some strange stares here in Texas. In fact when my German friends found out I was moving to Texas they proceeded to give me the run down on Bars and Honky Tonks to go to when I arrived. They make the trip over here to the States once or twice a year. Thanks again for the pictures Don. Really nice work. Regards, Nick Quote
Members Tangent Creations Posted March 8, 2008 Members Report Posted March 8, 2008 Absolutely amazing! You inspire me to start on the tree I've got sitting out in the shop..... I too want to build an old time saddle and have yet to do more than minor repairs on existing saddles... You did a wonderful job! How do you get the finish to be so even? Quote Build a man a fire, keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life. -Terry Pratchett
Members Echo4V Posted October 2, 2008 Members Report Posted October 2, 2008 I know I'm way late on posting to this thread but I'm amazed that that is your first saddle. Building saddles is my ultimate goal but I"m a long way from that right now. However, I have thought of redoing my current saddle with the felt padding instead of shearling so I'm curious about how that felt is working out for you? I also noticed on this thread that your saddle was featured on another site/forum during the construction and I wonder if you have a link to that so that we could all see how it went together? As far as how good a job you did on this saddle, if it were for sale I'd buy it. First saddle or hundreth I think it's beautiful. David Quote
Members froginthefog Posted October 2, 2008 Members Report Posted October 2, 2008 Outstanding Don.. May I ask what type of finish you used. kelly Quote
ArtS Posted October 2, 2008 Report Posted October 2, 2008 Absolutely beautiful. Very well done. Art Quote Art Schwab "You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself." – Galileo Galilei
Ambassador Don101 Posted October 6, 2008 Author Ambassador Report Posted October 6, 2008 thanks again for the compliments, as to the link i dont want to spread fals info on how things are done, as i stated on the reenactment site its on, its how i did it, so what i want is a pro saddle maker to volentier and ill send him or her the link and they can rip it apart and let me know if its ok to post, Don Quote
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