The Bridle

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There is an impending storm for tomorrow. Harriburg is supposed to be dumped with over a foot of snow. So hopefully I wake up to white fluffy goodness tomorrow.
The western set is coming along well.
The stirrups were finished.

 The bridle is almost done. I tooled the pieces and cut them out of my remant remains of leather. (I haven’t cut into the large slab yet!).

I’m thinking about entering the Berks County Model Horse show, and that is on March 1st. My goal is to have this done. I know I won’t have any customs finished, so one of my Roxys will be wearing the set.

I Sorta Bought A Cow….

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After making a trip to Pennstate to talk College-y stuff, my Mom and I went to our local Tandy Leather Shop. This is my type of shopping here. Rows and rows of leather, kits, stamps, dyes and every other type of trinket that goes along with leather.
 I came out with this. Yes, a large cow hide. But look how big it is! It’ll last practically forever.

I also bought these. Not as interesting as a giant piece of cow, but they’re still important in their own ways.

It's More Fun…..

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…..when you know what you are semi-doing.
The saddle , when I began on it after school, was in pieces. I covered the tree, so it was a bunch of tooled leather.

Using thumb tacks I made a hole for the fenders and added conchos.  I didn’t use the hole punch pencil because I was going through layers of leather.

The underside of the saddle looked like a wire weapon. :)

Parts were added and underside was covered with chamois. The stirrups are adjustable! This is the most realistic western saddle that I have ever made. It just needs stirrups added. And a girth. And a bridle. But I’ll figure out the bridle once I know who will be wearing the saddle.

Finished for the night.