Leathersmiths.....show us yer stuff, (#1) THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED

[Forty Rod]

Hail yayuh!  Thanks a bunch.  Got it saved now (If I can rememeber what I named it.  ) and thanks to you both.

[outrider]

Howdy Pards,

I have finally finished a set of Will Ghormley's Single Strap Saddle Bags.  I changed them a little in that I added a piece of calf "hair on" to the main flaps.  I found this nice piece of "brindle" colored calf skin and really liked the coloring of it.  Anyway. I would appeiciate it if you pards could critique these bags so that I may do better on the next set.  Give me some opinions here fellows

[outrider]

By the way these are finished just in time for the gun show tomorrow.  Here are the other two photos

[Dalton Masterson]

Outrider, those look great! The only thing I see wrong is that there is 1 hair out of place on the calf skin. Actually I dont see even that. It looks good.
I just cut out the same pattern, but havent tooled anythng on it yet. I can sure appreciate what youve done to that. Looks great. DM

[outrider]

Thanks Dalton.  The one thing I noticed was the edge of the flap looks loike there is no hair there.  The hair is there but I think I will have to put some NO More Tangles on it and brush it down.  On the next pair I think I will modify the design making the rear pouch and the cross over piece one...and make the front cover a sew on.  This way I can insert a center section of the crossover piece if necessary.  We will see

[knucklehead]

WOWezers

Nice set of bags you have made.

one thing i would look at  mabey put some hair on hide on the strap(the one coming from the top).
may even try a different color of hair on hide for the strap.

thats the only thing that i would look at doing a little different.

[Irish Dave]

Nice job, Outrider.

[Ace Lungger]

  Outrider,
Even though I am a newbe to this art form> I do know good craftmanship from average to poor! I would rate your bags as Triple A being the highest there is! They are so uniform it unbeilable, the calf skin gives a delitefull contrast effect, and i must be honest, if you would of just used leather instead of the calf shin they would of looked great, but they would not caught your eye as those do I think they are just classy, and I like the unusal border design, for that was the secong thing that caught my eye!

KNow you must remember I am a rookie!

But if I had a good back and a horse, I would be pround to buy them, but they are allmost to prudy to use

Great Job Outrider, and thanks for sharing!!!!
ACE

[outrider]

Knuclehead.  I see what you mean..I did consider placing the upper strap through two slots behind the hair on piece...next time I will hide that upper strap.  Thanks for the input...always looking for better ways of doing a job.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Those are really nice, Outrider. I like the hair on for the flap. The stamped pattern is just the right amount for the whole thing to look balanced without overdoing it. The only thing I could possibly suggest is a slightly darker color on them so the brindle is a closer match. That is just personal preference, mind you, not good or bad. They are very well carried out. I love the stitching close to the edge like you did. It really makes a clean look. Yep, You can do those again.

[cowboywc]

Howdy Outrider
That is a damn fine job.
WC

[HorsePen Henry]

Thanks Dalton.  The one thing I noticed was the edge of the flap looks loike there is no hair there.  The hair is there but I think I will have to put some NO More Tangles on it and brush it down.  On the next pair I think I will modify the design making the rear pouch and the cross over piece one...and make the front cover a sew on.  This way I can insert a center section of the crossover piece if necessary.  We will see

That's a good idea if you have a piece a leather big enough. It appears that there are many of us building saddle bags at this point. Thanks for showing us yours, Outrider.

Good stuff,

X Horse Pen

[Gun Butcher]

                Well here I go again.  I am going to call this one my working rig. Not as fancy as the first one but I think I like it better because of that.
               You Pards out there need to chime in and let me know if I am doing anything even a little wrong. I don't want to develop any bad habits ( or at least not new ones ) that might bite me later. Lord knows I have enough of those already.  Let me know what you think
              Lessons learned 1. Old leather does not dye like new leather.
                                    2. See no. 1
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[Dr. Bob]

GB,

Looks great to me!  Nice clean lines and the stamping looks very uniform.  Be proud of this rig!

[Gun Butcher]

   Thankee Doc, you are a gentleman and a scholar and a damn fine judge of horse flesh as they say.   GB

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Lookin' good. That border is really simple and effective. Well done.

[Ace Lungger]

 :)GB,
Very nice looking rig, very clean lines, I realy like them,
Thanks for sharning
ACE

[santee]

Outrider, nice work! I wonder what it would look like with a British tan...
Did it take you a long time?

Gun Butcher, that's a terrific rig. Neat border.

[Johnny Dingus]

Gun Butcher,

Coloring looks great don't understand dye comment.

Holsters look real nice with the matching belt!

Outrider the saddle bags look real nice,  but I agree I would need them a little darker.  Now if I could do as good of work I know I would not be so critical.  I would be happy with them even if they were a yellow color.

Johnny Dingus

[Gun Butcher]

Johnny, Tthe dye comment was because you are looking at the second belt. I tried to use one that has been stuck ina box for about 20 yrs and i could not get it to match the holsters. Don't know what the problem was but I won't try that again
                                       Gun Butcher