Farrier School Week

Hey all,

I have not disappeared, I was just busy this week taking a farrier course at the beautiful Griffin Valley Ranch.

It was a simple 3 day barefoot trimming course and I learned a lot! I have always wanted to learn and the instructor was a great teacher. I will be trimming Fallon's feet later this week, I will post some before and after shots. I have been able to make a little progress on saddles this week though, including some work on this larger Traditional black and tan saddle that will be for a trade:

Things to comes are: finishing the working western saddle I started, an eventing saddle, and a saddleseat saddle.

newest finished saddle

This black and tan saddle is now finished. The interesting thing about this saddle is that it is a pattern I made previously and the first pattern that I have ever re-used. The results turned out better than I planned, you may remember the previous saddle made from this pattern, it was the one I made for Newsworthy. Here is a picture:

The new saddle has a lot better shape and realism, so here are more pictures of it:

progress made

two-toned english saddle

 

Here is a sneak peek of my next english saddle.

Picture post

While it may not seem like much is happening in the studio, I'm actually quite busy. I have two english pony saddles and a western cutting saddle on the go. Here are some pictures I took this week in absence of an actual post:

This saddle is for sale http://www.yellowbirdacres.com/tack/allpurpenglish.html

This saddle is for sale http://www.yellowbirdacres.com/tack/allpurpenglish.html

This saddle is for sale http://www.yellowbirdacres.com/tack/allpurpenglish.html

Cutting Saddle progress

I've made some progress on the saddle I just started, it will be a cutting saddle. Tooling is now finished and I will be dying the leather soon!

It begins...

 
Here's the newest WIP.