Sunday, June 24, 2012

Last two saddles finished.

Here's a rough out wade made for a guy in Montana.  It's built on a Bill Bean tree, 91.5* bars,  16" seat, 4" x 12" cantle, small round skirts with a flat plate rigging set just ahead of 7/8.  It has a post horn with a 3 1/4" cap by 3 1/8" tall.  The small round skirts make it light weight and a great everyday using saddle.  You'll have to excuse the messy shop.  

 Here's the most recent saddle I just finished.  1/4 breed basket stamp.  Built on a Bill Bean tree.  It has an inskirt rigging set a little ahead of 7/8 with small round skirts.  91.5* bars, 16" seat, 4"x12" cantle, 4"x 3" horn.  I also wanted to mention something about the 91.5* bars that my dad and I use a lot on our saddles.  If you are someone that rides one horse or horses of very similar build you would be safe ordering a 90* or 93* bar tree depending on the horse's back.  But if you are a cowboy that is always riding something different like a lot of the cowboys up in this area, you should try these 91.5* bar saddles.  We have sure had great luck with this bar measurement with the cowboys that are riding a lot of different horses.  





Monday, May 28, 2012

Price Change

Hey everyone...
My cost to get my trees ordered just got bumped up so I went through my price list and made a few adjustments.  If you have any questions feel free to call or message me.
Thanks

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Rough out wade on Bill Bean tree

I did this saddle during my spring break.  It's taken me long time to get it posted and I only have one picture from my phone so it isn't great.  4" horn, 16" seat, 4" cantle.  It's just a good using wade with small round skirts and a flat plate rigging set just ahead of 7/8.  This one went to Idaho.  



Rough out wade with mother hubbard skirts

This saddle is on a Keith Gertsch tree.  I don't know all the specifics on the tree.  This is an order that came from my dad.  The seat did finish right around 16".  It's an all rough out with an inskirt rigging again set just ahead 7/8.  In case anyone is wondering why I place a good majority of the riggings ahead of 7/8, it's something that my dad started awhile back and we've found that the saddles just set a horse better placed ahead of 7/8 instead of right on 7/8.  The saddle also has mother hubbard skirts.  It's also rigged with 5" monels from Trina Weber.





TM roper with inskirt rigging and mother hubbard skirts

Here's a little TM roper saddle on a Bill Bean tree.  15.5" seat, #4 horn, 3.5" cantle, 12.5" swells.  It has an inskirt rigging set just slightly ahead of 7/8.  It has mother hubbard skirts which makes it nice and light weight for the lady that ordered it.  It also has 3" visalia stirrups made by Trina Weber.  This ought to make for a nice little using saddle.  This one is going back to Montana.





Friday, January 6, 2012

A Modified Association on a Bill Bean Tree

This saddle has a small post horn. It has a serpentine border with some corner tooling.  It has an inskirt rigging set just ahead of 7/8.  All hardware in Horse Shoe Brand.  This saddle is headed back to Montana.  










Rough out wade on a Bill Bean tree.

Has smooth out exposed stirrup leathers and a smooth out cantle binding.  It has a flatplate rigging set just ahead of 7/8.  All hardware on this saddle is Horse Shoe Brand and it has lined 5" monel Trina Weber Stirrups.  All leather is Hermann Oak.