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Twins!!

Posted by RodandDenise on April 24, 2013

We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.

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See!!!  We have twin trees in the shop right now.  Aren't they CUTE!!!  (Well, everyone says that about newborn human twins.  Why not about new-made saddle tree twins??)  Here are a couple Wade trees with exposed, Guadalajara shaped, Jarrah wood horn caps.  And they are totally identical!!

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Well, except that one has a 5 1/2" horn cap with plugged screw holes, so this will be how it looks finished - except a bit shinier because it still needs more coats of varnish...

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while this one has a 5" horn cap with open screw holes because it will have a fancy 3" horn cap on it when it is finished.

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And this one has a 6" stock thickness and a 7 3/4" gullet height, and the horn is 3 1/2" high

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while this one has a 5 3/4" stock thickness and a 7 1/2" gullet height and the horn is 3 1/4" high...

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And this one is an 8" Wade fork

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while this one is an 9" Wade fork.

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And this one has a 16 1/2" seat length (9 1/4" thigh length)

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while this one has a 15 1/2" seat length (8 3/4" thigh length...)

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And this one has a 4 1/2" high, 13" wide cantle at 37 1/2 degrees

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while this one has a 4 3/4" high, 12" wide shovel shaped cantle at 40 degrees...  But they both have 1 1/2" dish!!

OK.  So maybe they aren't identical, but they are at least fraternal twins - right?

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And with their hats on, they really do look the same...  Don't they????

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