With the new stirrup leathers and sweat fenders I had to build for Ivan the Indian, the guy who bought the saddle with the real long legs. Occupied a lot of my time the past two days. I did run down to Punkin Center yesterday and get a gate and some metal and a fewContinue reading “About done”
Category Archives: Leatherwork
Artist Ride
Whew!!! Kelvin and I went down to the Cheyenne River for the Artist Ride on Wednesday evening. Got our range tepee’s set up and an over head line between two tree’s to tie all the horses to. We took Pilgrim, Beaver, Mijo and Squirt, as Hope and Chance and children were coming down on ThursdayContinue reading “Artist Ride”
saddle
Here it is…
Got it about done
the reproduction saddle that is. It is setting in the yard, letting oil soak in. we used some stain on it to try and make it look older. It does, from a distance, but not so much, up close. Wish I had thought and bought some antique stain for it when I was in townContinue reading “Got it about done”
Further adventures…
Kelvin and I had to make a trip south to pick up some stirrups to fix for a man I sold them to some time back. the cleat in the bottom had come out on one. He sent them with a neighbor to the south so we ran down and picked them up, then cameContinue reading “Further adventures…”
Me and Kelvin…
Saddled up this morning after working in the leather shop for awhile and we went for a nice ride.Let the cows into fresh pasture, tho’ not all that much extra feed there…. found a bull who needs more vaccine for fot rot…and just had a pretty nice ride. Neighbor called and we start fall worksContinue reading “Me and Kelvin…”
Must be the rosin weed….
Or Curlycup Gumweed if you prefer. Nasty little weed that even the grasshoppers won’t eat. Not sure what it’s good for, but it must be what is causing my allergies to kick in. Up last night and the night before, itching and scratching. Took some anti itching pills and eventually went back to sleep forContinue reading “Must be the rosin weed….”
Dang….
Last night I had some welts coming on in different area’s of my body, so I took some anti itch pills I had gotten from a Doctor. I am also taking Allegra once a day. The bumps were still there this morning, some reaction I can’t pin down I have been fighting on and offContinue reading “Dang….”
Help for the stranded
I worked on a saddle today. Then this afternoon just after Cindy got home, Chance called and they were stranded in Spearfish. They had taken their pickup in to get the brakes on it fixed. Hope had lost all brakes and bumped into the gate awhile back and they finally were able to get itContinue reading “Help for the stranded”
Saddle insert prototype
This is my second attempt at making an insert that fits into a regular sized saddle so that little kids can ride bigger horses or even a pony if they don’t have a little saddle to fit them. Actually, my third as I made on similar to this for my kids, many years ago… IContinue reading “Saddle insert prototype”
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