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- Saddle Tree Blog - From Shop and Desk
- The Trapezius muscle
- Saddle Trees - from Shop and Desk
- Speaking of surface area...
- Wood Post Will James saddle tree
- Packing up for Sheridan
- This Week in the Shop
- Exposed Padauk wood horn cap
- Understanding Saddle Trees seminars
- Effect of weight on the horse's back - Part 1
- Of sagging backs and tickling tummies
- Home from Sheridan
- Effect of weight on the horse's back - Part 2
- Some good reasons to order a hand made tree
- What keeps treemakers amused
- The value of an objective standard
- The rib cage
- Shipping trees
- This Week in the Shop
- Proper position of a western saddle - new page on our website!
- Duplicating trees Part 1 - taking them apart
- This past week - outside
- This past week - inside
- The Latissimus Dorsi muscle
- Duplicating trees Part 2- making the replacement
- Reasons #1 and #2 to order a hand made tree - materials and workmanship
- How we use the Dennis Lane Equine Back Profiling System numbers
- Increasing our repertoire
- Movement of the rib cage
- This week in the shop
- From This to That - Part 1
- Working on an exposed wood post horn cap
- A special saddle tree for a special lady
- The Rhomboideus muscle
- Crunching the numbers
- A word (or a few) about muscles
- Around the shop
- Reason #3 to order a hand made tree - The overall look and shape of the tree improves the overall look of your saddle
- Meet Arnie
- Reason #4 to order a hand made tree - better fit for the horse...
- From This to That - Part 2
- Boil and bubble and jigsaw puzzles
- Hamley Hangers
- Some things that have been keeping us busier...
- Where do you start with a table full of bones?
- Finally, pressure research on horses!!!!
- This week out of the shop
- Cutting up rawhide
- Last week away from the shop
- Pro Roper saddle tree
- "The cupboard was bare..."
- Drying calf hide for lace
- Foreleg of the horse - bones and attachment
- It's been metal horn swell fork month
- The Serratus Ventralis muscle
- Speaking of cantle angles...
- Rod's been busy...
- Our new curiosity satisfying (we hope) acquisition
- An interesting link on equine anatomy
- Cantle slots
- The Pectoral muscles
- Checking out a flex tree
- Last week in the shop
- Artisan's Show at the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
- All western saddles extend over the loin
- The BIG BAND SAW (said in a low, deep voice...)
- How does the horse's shoulder blade move?
- It's been a year...
- The Artisans Show at the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
- Movement of the shoulder blades and saddle fit
- Priorities, priorities...
- Today in the shop
- The Medial Gluteal muscle
- Yesterday in the shop
- A Charro saddle tree
- False "saddle fit rules" regarding the shoulder blades
- Now that's a fancy horn cap!
- Reason #5 to order a hand made tree - time saved and ease in building
- Four Wades - or are they?
- What Rod did today
- Saddle fit and the bell curve
- Making rawhide isn't fun
- Of Arizona bars, and why we won't make them...
- We now have printable pages!
- Bones of the hind leg - part one
- Things to see on a broken saddle tree
- Saddle fit - Western compared to English Part 1
- Anyone know who built this tree?
- The Longissimus Dorsi
- Bones of the hind leg - part two
- Ya gotta look inside...
- Saddle fit - Western compared to English Part 2
- Tools used when rawhiding a saddle tree
- Just a neat looking tree
- Preparing deer hide for rawhide lace
- Reasons 6 and 7 - Communication with us directly and good customer service
- Saddle fit - How much pressure is too much?
- Of sawbucks, jigs and angles
- BIG equipment, careful cuts
- Of pivots, lollipops and springs - movement of the horse’s hind leg
- Of single backs, double backs and crown
- Merry Christmas!
- "It's the dust that kills tree makers."
- The jointer/surfacer - planer/thicknesser
- This is what is left...
- A few more trunk muscles
- A few trees from the past weeks
- Putting the spine together
- A special saddle for a special lady
- It's been a week...
- Saddle fit - Western compared to English Part 3
- The major segments of the equine spine
- Checking the RSS feed
- Five years worth...
- Rawhide Soup, anyone?
- It's coming...
- Itty Bitty Kiddie tree
- Off to the Heritage Ranch Rodeo
- From here to there
- To be sung to the tune of Hockey Night in Canada…
- Back movement and muscle contractions
- Taking the shoulder to hip measurement
- Reason #8 to order a hand made tree - special requests are honored
- The basic design of the vertebrae
- Of cantle width and dish
- Is this what a horse feels?
- Reason #9 to order a hand made tree - Detailed record keeping
- How does pressure cause tissue damage?
- Today in the shop
- Of trees, and trees...
- For those interested in skeletons and muscles...
- Taylor versus regular cantles – see the difference
- We told you it would be good...
- If you have it sitting in the shop…
- The belt sander
- And the vertebra is connected to the...
- Reason #10 to order a hand made tree - Education
- One of these things is not like the other...
- What the shop looks like tonight
- Side Saddle Trees
- Finished!!
- The cervical (neck) vertebrae and how they move
- A stood up Wade fork
- Saddle trees and gravitational pull
- Amazing the difference ten days makes
- The handiest "tool" in the shop
- Clearing out the shop still more
- Of cutlery and saddle fit...
- Every tree maker does things differently... (part one)
- This week in the shop
- The thoracic vertebrae
- Of cantles and angles - again...
- Wade Wade Wade Wade Wade Waaaaade
- Every tree maker does things differently (part two)
- So how did the duplicate work out?
- One of these things is not like the other...
- So why was it soring horses?
- Thoracic spine anatomy, movement and saddle fit
- They Saddled the West
- Life, death and blog posts
- You never know where, or when
- They Saddle (Treed) the West
- This week in the shop
- It's amazing the difference a year makes
- The lumbar and sacral vertebrae
- Cutting lace - a mundane, but important, part of the job
- Safety equipment around the shop
- Rawhiding - again...
- What do Quarter Horse, Semi-Quarter Horse and Full Quarter Horse bars mean?
- What happens before what happens, happens...
- Can the loin of the horse carry weight?
- FULL
- Pack Trees
- The name of a bar - what it really tells you, or not...
- Thigh Length
- This week in the shop - so far
- A couple of changes
- Some special marking tools
- Cantles - making them symmetrical
- Before, after and another kind of FULL
- It's spring!
- Side saddle design
- Movement of the lumbar spine
- Change
- Let's do the twist!
- Measuring a rider for a side saddle tree
- What makes a Wade, a Wade?
- Just another little tweak
- Saddle fit and your new saddle - from a tree maker's
- The things we record and why - part one
- They come in waves...
- The things we record and why - part two
- Just some shots around the shop
- The things we record and why - part three
- Haven't made one like this in a long time
- Some more pictures
- Something different!
- The things we record and why - part four
- Twins!!
- Sentinels
- Shipping Trees
- What's up in the shop
- The problems with too-short bars
- When you live where we do...
- Seminars
Saddle Fit Blog Post Links
Here are some links to blog posts written specifically about crucial matters regarding saddle fit. I thought putting the most important ones in one place would help people who were looking for information specifically on saddle fit. Enjoy!!
Saddle fit and the bell curve
On cutlery and saddle fit
How much pressure is too much?
False "saddle fit rules" regarding the shoulder blades
Can the loin of the horse carry weight?
Of sagging backs and tickling tummies
Effect of weight on the horse's back part 1
Effect of weight on the horse's back part 2
Saddle fit - Western compared to English part 1