WildBird
Loving the herd life
I know nothing about saddles but that is a piece of art work.
Same here! But I love it, it is definitely the most beautiful I've ever seen!
I know nothing about saddles but that is a piece of art work.
Oh my gosh..that’s beautiful!M. I had no idea there was wood in a saddle!!As promised, saddle pictures. I will spare you and not show all 400. Unless you insist.
How it began... my bare tree. Wood and rawhide.
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Getting the foundation started.
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And a little more progress...
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Oh my goodness...I really have never seen one like that, and never seen all the details!! It’s just amazing!!There's more!
This is built on a Wade tree using Hermann Oak leather. Hides from American cattle, tanned in St. Louis MO.
Originally I had requested no rigging for a back cinch as I didn't anticipate dragging cows around and wanted to cut weight where possible.
He went ahead and double rigged it and even threw in the back cinch for no extra charge. He also rigged it for a crupper and britchen. I think it was a way of making up for the 3.5 month delay. But even with the extra rigging and back cinch it's only 33 lbs.
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View attachment 70497 The back cinch.
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My sunflower
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And the inspiration for the tooled sunflower on the cantle came from the blingy headstall I bought for her a year ago.
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I never get tired of looking at it. It's currently enthroned in the living room where I can gaze at it.
I will probably shed a few tears when the first scratch goes in.
That is one fine saddle. It is guaranteed to make your butt smile!
Recipe? I know I can skip over to SS, but i'm lazy. haha