Sunday, June 30, 2013

Rough out Dean Oliver

This saddle went to Sam Woods in Sheridan, MT.  It's all rough out with a nice set of John Miller jailhouse stirrups on it that really look nice.  The saddle is built on a Bill Bean tree.  It has a Dean Oliver front end, 16" seat, 3" post horn, 4" round cantle, and mother hubbard style skirts.






Lou Ellen swell fork with small post horn

This saddle I just finished up for Luke Wiggins here in Dillon, MT.  The tree was made by Bill Bean out of Eagle, ID and the stirrups are made by Kelly Nicholas in Corinne, UT.  It's a half breed floral with exposed stirrup leathers and swivel knife cuts on the cantle and horn.  It has 13" Lou Ellen swells with a 3.5" oval cantle, 16" seat, and a flat plate rigging.  You can see the saddle shop in the background of a couple of the pictures.  I'm in Montana for the summer.  Hope you enjoy the pictures.