Swell Cover Tips

[Goldshot Ron]

Randy, 

Whatever happened to this saddle?  Did you post the finished saddle in a different section?  I would like to see the finished product.

Ron

[rktaylor]

Ron, 

Here's the finished saddle. 

Randy

[Goldshot Ron]

Well, I guess I did see it.  It's even looks more impressive the second time around.  You did a lot of tooling, that looks real uniform.  Really neat saddle Randy.

Ron

[rktaylor]

Thanks Ron,

It was a lot of tooling, but an enjoyable project.

Randy

[Dougherty44]

Hello, how did you get it from the first pictures to the final product? I am doing my first one and am on try 3. Mine looks about like the first pictures. How can I get the wrinkles out?

[rktaylor]

First off, it's two different pieces of leather. As noted above, failures end up in the scrap bin. On the final attempt, I got more leather in the hand hole. That means fewer wrinkles to push out. I also used a steamer to help remove wrinkles. 

Randy

[Dougherty44]

Thank you Randy I appreciate it sir.