saddle-making
Crafting horse seats
Saddle-making is the craft of constructing saddles—the leather seats used for riding horses and other animals.
The trade requires skills in leatherwork, woodworking (for the frame or "tree"), and metalwork.
A practitioner is a saddler or saddle maker.
His family has been in saddle-making for four generations.
Crafting with treated hides
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
- awlPointed piercing implement
- skivingEvading work or duty
burnishing · hand-sewn · beveling · stamping · carving · dyeing · lacing · riveting
Tanned animal skin
- cowhideTanned bovine leather
- pigskinLeather from swine
- rawhideUntanned animal skin
- fleeceWool still on sheep
stirrup · tree · gullet · cantle · pommel · girth · billet · hardware
Suitable or proper
- horseDomesticated riding animal
- withersShrinks from dryness
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- seatPlace for sitting
flaps · panels · Western · English · dressage · roping · cutting · endurance
Horse equipment craftsman
- saddleryHorse gear trade
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- repairRestore to working order
- restorationReturning something to condition
pricing · clientele · competition · export · tradition · heritage · master-craftsman · journeyman
leatherwork
Crafting with treated hides
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
- awlPointed piercing implement
skiving · burnishing · hand-sewn · beveling · stamping · carving · dyeing · lacing · riveting · punching
leather
Tanned animal skin
fleece · stirrup · tree · gullet · cantle · pommel · girth · billet · hardware · thread
fitting
Suitable or proper
seat · flaps · panels · Western · English · dressage · roping · cutting · endurance · trail
saddler
Horse equipment craftsman
- saddleryHorse gear trade
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- repairRestore to working order
restoration · pricing · clientele · competition · export · tradition · heritage · master-craftsman · journeyman · certification