What we keep track of about cantles, horns and other miscellaneous bits and pieces. Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/the-things-we-record-and-why-part-four/
A very sad tale of the life, and death, of a saddle tree. Subscribe to RSS Feed Once upon a time there was a very nice, Modified Association saddle tree. He was built straight and strong and true, and had a nice… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/we-told-you-it-would-be-good/
Getting something a little different or "just what the customer wanted" is why a lot of people look for custom trees. For a true, hand made tree maker, this isn't a problem and is usually pretty fun to do! Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/reason-8-to-order-a-hand-made-tree-special-requests-are-honored/
Here are some of the trees we are taking to show at the Artisan's show during the Heritage Ranch Rodeo in Edmonton this year. Subscribe to RSS Feed We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/off-to-the-heritage-ranch-rodeo/
Silver horn cap made by Richard Brooks on an exposed jarrah wood horn cap. I showed you a picture of this horn back in February. But now I can show you a picture of it with the fancy horn cap installed... We are no longer building saddle trees,… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/now-that-s-a-fancy-horn-cap/
Some of the steps in finishing an exposed wood post horn cap. Subscribe to RSS Feed Here's the line up that he uses after the grinder, sander, rasp and 80 grit sandpaper he normally uses on everything. (The 80 grit is the small… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/working-on-an-exposed-wood-post-horn-cap/
Here are some explanations for the top two reasons we start with when asked why someone should pay the extra money to order a good hand made tree. Subscribe to RSS Feed When we try to give people good reasons to order a hand made tree as opposed to a production tree, the two reasons we discuss first are always the… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/reasons-1-and-2-to-order-a-hand-made-tree-materials-and-workmans/
Beautiful wood for an exposed horn cap. This one sure is shiny! Subscribe to RSS Feed Something we did differently with this horn cap than with previous one was to make plugs to cover the screw holes. Prior to this, all the… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/exposed-padauk-wood-horn-cap/
A look at different horns on Wade trees. Subscribe to RSS Feed It is unusual for us to build three orders with horn caps this large all at one time. Anything larger than a 4" horn cap is fairly uncommon, and… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/
