Pieces and Parts

Pieces and Parts

I’m in the middle of a major rebuild (one of my favorite things to do!) and here is a picture of the flaps as I’m replacing them. It’s all apart but planning and cutting is really important. Dad and Sooz always say “measure twice, cut...
Replacing a Seat

Replacing a Seat

When the seat is off, we cut apart the skirt and welting from the seat. You can see the existing holes from when the seat was originally sewn together. One of the reasons reseats take awhile is that we resew the seats by hand reusing these little itty bitty holes. It...
Tracings

Tracings

Tracings can seem a bit overwhelming. Here is an example of using them for just a quick check to see if a saddle is in the ball park to work for your horse.
Rivets

Rivets

Sometimes rivets can pop and you might not notice. On this saddle, the stirrup bar has popped off in addition to one of the rivets on the tree. I circled the open hole that shows the missing rivet in the tree. Always a good idea to have your tree inspected. This came...