How do you describe how a bar fits? Well, some companies have specific names for specific bar fits, but they aren't consisten between makers. Here's what we do now, and an idea for the future. 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/name-bar-what-it-really-tells-you-or-not/
The stirrup groove is built into the underside of the bars for a purpose. An Arizona bar only has a front groove - no back groove. Since this will always compromise the fit for the horse, we won't build a bar this way. Subscribe to RSS Feed There are very few things we won't build when it comes to saddle trees. Sometimes there is a learning curve for things that we haven't built… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/of-arizona-bars-and-why-we-won-t-make-them/
A comparison of surface area between a Ralide tree, an old Bowden tree, our little kid's tree and our regular and Wade bar patterns. Subscribe to RSS Feed Our third Principle when it comes to saddle fit is to spread the Pressure over as much surface area as possible. Something you will notice on… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/speaking-of-surface-area/
