I’m a little biased, but I’d say this is one good looking kid! 🙂
Don’t tell me this little boy ain’t going to be up to some mischief, sometime! 😉
Funky photos of Peaches and her filly.
Chance, Tris and I moved and doctored on some cattle yesterday and then shaded up till evening. When we went out to work, there was lightning to the west and smoke so we re-loaded up the firefighting unit and headed up on a high hill, while monitoring the fire radio. Found a bunch of neighbors and stood and watched for fire until the storm passed to the south of us. There had been several to the northwest, but they had them out or under control pretty quick. Everyone around here keeps a weather eye out for lightning, this time of year.
Chance and I unloaded the firefighting unit this morning and drove over to the neighbors and roped and drug a yearling into the trailer and put him back where he was supposed to be. He wasn’t real happy with us!
We drove by the church and I suppose they think we are heathens, but we wanted to get our job done before it got too hot. It was up over 100 yesterday and supposed to be the same for the next 5 days or so. Back to saddle making!
Dennisranch 
I’m likin the carvin on the stirrup
leathers. Are yall going to limit it to the corners? Any saddle I’ve ever rode with full carved fenders always seemed “slick”. (probably just cuz I can’t ride a lick!)
On the cantle leather, I assume yall will have to re-wet it to carve on it, will that affect the “intital shape” you have on it
now?
Thanks
Hooks
I think I will just put this on the corners. Smaller on the seat and rear jockey. And yes, I will re-wet the cantle piece and carve it, but it will just be a small aqmount of carving probably and it will change the shape slightly, but should still fit alright.
I’m never real sure what I am going to carve or how, until I do it. Depends on shapes, my mood and how big of a hurry I am in to get it done. 🙂
As to the carving making it slick, my feelings are that the original reason to carve or stamp stuff like this on a saddle was to roughen the leather up so you could get a better purchase. So many factory saddle are coated with a substance to make them shine and it’s pretty slick. I just use pure neetsfoot oil. They might not shine quite as much, but they are not as slick either.
Sorry slow to comment on this one…but read it when you posted it. OH MY LORD talk about a little clone of his father!! Wasn’t it just yesterday the father of that child was that size???? Sure seems like it