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Location: Somewhere around here | I know this is an old cowboys trick to get a new saddle better but should you do it on a roughout saddle? |
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| I wouldn't do it on any saddle. Lol I just paid almost 3,000 for a used barrel saddle. Thought of doing that makes me want t puke. Lol there are so many good products out there to help break in new saddles. |
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Location: Illinois | Ohhhh no! Would not recommend that. Especially if it has fleece on the bottom yikes the saddle will be three times heavier and I couldn't imagine it drying. I already get all sappy if im riding and a little rain gets on mine LOL
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | With what I paid for my saddles I dont even want them to get wet while riding and when rain hits I'm heading for cover, lol.
To your question no way would I dunk a saddle, you dont want the rawhide that covers your tree to get wet if you have a rawhide covered tree, if not a rawhide cover I still would not.  |
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Location: CTX | Nope nope nope.... not all old cowboys tricks are good... (just mho by the way..) I have multiple sadlle covers just to make sure my saddles don't get wet when it rains... I would cry if they ever got that wet.. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I've never heard of dunking a new saddle. I always thought it was to rehydrate a super old saddle to restore. I would never dunk a saddle. |
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| The best way to turn and set stirrups is to wet the leather and put a 2x4 through them. As long as you oil the leather good it does not hurt them one bit. It does, however, darken the rough out a little but not bad. I soak them with the hose, put the board through the stirrups, oil and let them sit in the hot sun for the oil to soak in and stirrups to set. Have never had a problem. I also have a perfectly usable 65 year old Saddle and about a 40 year old one I use daily sitting here. They get wet and have many times over, but are OILED so have lasted for decades. IMO if you pay $3k for a saddle and it can't get wet and last for 70 years of daily riding, it is probably a rip off, lol.
Edited by wickedstepmother 2016-06-25 10:31 AM
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | wickedstepmother - 2016-06-26 9:29 AM
The best way to turn and set stirrups is to wet the leather and put a 2x4 through them. As long as you oil the leather good it does not hurt them one bit. It does, however, darken the rough out a little but not bad. I soak them with the hose, put the board through the stirrups, oil and let them sit in the hot sun for the oil to soak in and stirrups to set. Have never had a problem. I also have a perfectly usable 65 year old Saddle and about a 40 year old one I use daily sitting here. They get wet and have many times over, but are OILED so have lasted for decades. IMO if you pay $3k for a saddle and it can't get wet and last for 70 years of daily riding, it is probably a rip off, lol.
Agreed.....m |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I set my stirrups by wetting the stirrups leathers and puting a thick stick threw the stirrups to set the twist in the leathers myself, but some of my saddles come with the twist already done. But to set my stirrup leathers I would not be dunking my saddle in water just to set stirrups. The op was asking about dunking the saddle not setting stirrups. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | The saddle cleaner around here says washing them off with the hose is the first step to cleaning. |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2016-06-25 9:59 AM
I set my stirrups by wetting the stirrups leathers and puting a thick stick threw the stirrups to set the twist in the leathers myself, but some of my saddles come with the twist already done. But to set my stirrup leathers I would not be dunking my saddle in water just to set stirrups. The op was asking about dunking the saddle not setting stirrups.
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| No dunking ... unless you want a saddle to look like curly fries ... lol
The poster that doesn't mind the rain takes great care of her saddles with
neatsfoot oil ... it will repel the water and leather will remain strong
and pliable ...
and neatsfoot oil is good to use on anything that gets sweated on ... like your breast collars, back cinches and leather reins ...
To set stirrups .. you don't need to wet anything ....
Lexol is my favorite leather primer//keeper ...
Make sure stirrups have keepers on them ...
just twist your stirrups a turn or two and stick a broomstick thru them ..
they will untwist and lay facing forward as if by magic ..
good leather like Herman Oak are real easy to form ...
cheaper the leather the more dangly they want to be ..
If you get rained on ... never blow it dry with heat ..
let it dehydrate in the house out of the way of excessive humidity
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