I found a fun blog post on Frank Baines Saddlery just recently. Not written from a saddlers / saddle fitters perspective, but worth a look anyway. Enjoy!
... and barely keeping my head above water! Apologies for the lack of saddle-fit-focus posts recently; Ive been slammed with a flood tide of customers and saddle work and just havent had time t...
Ive featured info on what goes into the saddle making process, but did you ever wonder what goes on at the other end? Heres a fun look at what goes into those glossy, slick saddle ads, courtesy...
Further developments from Bliss of London: http://bliss-of-london.b logspot.com/. Lots of product info and some saddle history. Note the serge panels in this post. Definit...
As so often happens, the germ of this post came from one of the bigger bulletin boards. Someone had started a conversation about "My saddle fitting dream" (which was one of the last nud...
Ok, folks, its official: Im going to be teaching an introductory saddle fitting course starting this spring (aiming for sometime in May). The Horse Gods and Goddesses have been tossing this up ...
The latest wall decoration in my office. Because we all have those days ...Coming soon: Did someone say, "saddle fitting course"?!?!
Twist width is probably one of the most frequent "rider-fit" issues I run into. As with so many facets of saddle fitting, its a very subjective thing; Person As perfect twist may make P...
One of the challenges of doing a blog is coming up with new and pertinent content. Now that Im starting on my fourth year of blogging (hard to believe its been that long), Ive been cogitating o...
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a messag...
Just got a heads-up from Nikki Newcombe at Bliss of London. If youre interested in going to the London premier of the movie War Horse, Bliss has some free tickets available. And not just any fr...
Writing is a very organic and uncertain activity. You start out with a specific story in mind, but half-way through, you find that the story (or post, or article) has gone haring off on its own...
To all of my readers and their families - two and four legged - best wishes for a wonderful holiday season full of merry and bright days. And as always, thanks for reading!
Im afraid that my last blog post was a bit unclear regarding whose template info I was passing on, and may have given the wrong impression. The "Hey Santa - Reindeer Got Fur" ...
Having been in this profession for more than a decade, youd think Id have heard the bulk of the available info - both good and bad - about saddles and fit. However, humans are nothing if not in...
FYI: this is totally unrelated to saddle fitting.If any of you have ever read my profile, youll know that in addition to my horse-related activities, I am a karateka - a student of karate. (And...
Just wanted to give you all a heads-up about an article on shims and correction pads that I just finished for Trail Blazer magazine. Its supposed to be in the Dec. edition - I only had a b...
Value: the monetary worth of something: relative worth, utility, or importance - www.merriam-webster.comGood saddles arent cheap. And cheap saddles are rarely good. However, si...
Ive touched on the subject of treeless vs. treed saddles before, and stated that there are pros and cons to both - BUT that each needs to be fitted correctly or problems will result. Heres...
The difference between hoop trees and standard trees has been discussed here quite a bit, but I finally have a bare hoop tree (pulled from a saddle that was the victim of a most bizarre accident, whi...
Saddle fitting is, at best, an inexact science. Sometimes the laws of geometry and physics do not apply; sometimes the logical, rational route to solving a fitting issue drags you through the l...
Weekday mornings are usually pretty busy at our house. My first precious cup of coffee is consumed while feeding humans, feeding dogs and cats, feeding the mare, packing lunch for me and snacks...
I know, I know, weve covered this subject before. However, according to my blog stats (which I check from time to time), the posts that consistently get the most traffic are the ones about...
Vermont got hammered. We were lucky: the shop, the employees and families (two and four legged) are safe. The worst we experienced was a road wash-out at Edies place; otherwise it w...
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