Pictures we put up in response to the challenge to post 5 pictures of our work for 5 days in a row on Facebook. Subscribe to RSS Feed There’s been a 5 for 5 challenge going around Facebook lately asking people to post five pictures of their work a day for five days in a row. We were… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/five-five-challenge/
Pictures of some trees, and Rod rawhiding a tree. Just normal stuff. Well, almost all is normal stuff... Subscribe to RSS Feed Last week was a pretty typical week around here. Rod built trees and rawhided trees. I did up wood and varnished trees. Pretty normal… We are… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/around-shop-last-week/
More pictures of different types of metal horn forks we have built over the past few weeks and months. 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/more-trees-arent-wades/
Pictures of what has been happening outside and inside the shop, and why we haven't shown you these pictures earlier... 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/storms-and-non-wade-trees/
Not all charro trees are created the same... Subscribe to RSS Feed Last week I posted this picture without an explanation of what type of fork this was. From the back, it may be hard to tell, though the horn could… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/another-charro-tree/
I have pictures, so it must have existed... 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/what-happened-to-november/
Pictures of different saddle trees around the shop the past couple of weeks, plus cute puppy pictures... 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/around-the-shop-plus/
Comparing three forks and diagnosing why they look the way they 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/contrasts-and-comparisons/
It was raining outside, so I took pictures inside the shop today. Just a regular old work day at the Nikkel's... 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/around-the-shop-today/
Changes in trees and lots of barrels in the shop tonight. Subscribe to RSS Feed Here's some pictures from the shop tonight, as the look of some trees changed dramatically, and the rawhide room is very full - of large, blue… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/before-after-and-another-kind-of-full/
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/
Inside trees and outside trees - we worked with both this week. Subscribe to RSS Feed Hers is a barrel racing style tree... and his is a Wade. By the way, freshly rawhided trees are at the ugliest stage of production. … https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/of-trees-and-trees/
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/
but here are some pictures anyway of trees Rod got rawhided earlier in the week. Subscribe to RSS Feed I took these pictures on Monday evening, planning to put up a quick post that evening. Here it is late Friday and I am finally getting the chance… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/it-s-been-a-week/
Here's some pictures of a few of the trees we have built in the last while: a Low Pro Roper, an OY Calf roper, a Bowman fork in a cutting style tree, a wood post Packer and a pretty typical Wade. Subscribe to RSS Feed I finally got around to labelling a bunch of pictures of trees we have built over the last few weeks. While we have been doing a fair number of… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/a-few-trees-from-the-past-weeks/
Take a normal Will James fork outline shape, add a wood post horn, extra stock and one inch of back sweep and you get a really nice looking tree. Subscribe to RSS Feed This is a 14" wide Will James fork outline pattern with a wood post horn. I wrote another post about Will James forks back in April. Since… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/just-a-neat-looking-tree/
Comparing two horse of vastly different builds, and two trees of vastly different specs... The horse ahead of him in this picture is Winston. This is Winston. He's a Hanovarian/Morgan cross. He's not short. His Dennis Lane measurements are S7 at A, D6 at B… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/ya-gotta-look-inside/
Some of what we did and a look at some trees ready to ship. Subscribe to RSS Feed This was going to be a "today in the shop" post, but since our website was being updated, I couldn't post it then. By the way, if anyone sees any… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/yesterday-in-the-shop/
Here are pictures and a description of the Pro Roper trees I shipped out today. This one is 13" wide, and has a gullet height of 8". Both are 4" at the hand hole and have a 90 degree bar angle. Here is a side view of the second one. Both of… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/pro-roper-saddle-tree/
Less than half the trees we build have a metal horn as the majority of our customers go for a wood post horn on either slick or swell forks. But this month has been the opposite. On the top of the bench in this picture are finished trees, varnished and ready to go. The slick fork on the left is a wood post 3B. Next is a 14" Arizona Roper. You… https://www.rodnikkel.com/content/saddle-tree-blog-from-shop-and-desk/it-s-been-metal-horn-swell-fork-month/
