Dans saddle!!! i could kick myself

[Rowndan]

i took dans saddle in to be restuffed, iv just rang up about it to see if its done.. it is but because i didnt have it stuffed 6 months after i had it (i had it made for him) its all stretched and now he doesnt think it will fit and is more like a narrow!! i could kick myself!!why didnt i just take it to be done!! im not sure how i missed it... seems i may have to have a new saddle!!!

[zeldalithgow]

I don't understand Row if it's stretched how come it's gone to being a narrow fit - surely it's the saddler's stuffing that is wrong, he must have put to much in. I would have thought that the saddler should have looked at the fit before he restuffed it and then after to check he had put the right amount in

[valerie n scout]

mmm sounds strange to me too x could he have made a mistake and be covering up for himself x

[Debbie]

I don't get it either!! I'd be taking it to another saddler, even within the same company if needs be to get a second opinion. I don't understand how it can be stretched and then suddenly too narrow??

[taffydales]

Row I can,t work this out, I work for a master saddler with nearly 30 years experience, if you want to pm me more details I will have a chat with him about it, if it will help.

[Rowndan]

i had the saddle made for dan and should have had it stuffed after 6 months but i didnt.

so the stuffing as flattened out and so the leather has stretched, so more stuffing had had to be used. if you see what i mean.

iv picked it up and can see what he means, hes used the origanal template to try and get it back to how it was but because of stretching i can see its made it a bit narrower,he thinks it will flatten down and be ok.. if not hes going to widen it for me..

does that makes sence.?

[greydales]

It doesn't sound as if your saddler is stuffing the saddle to fit Dan in that case, more like stuffing it to fit the leather which can't be right

I can't quite see how the leather could have stretched so much, I've never come across that in any saddle I've had. Is it a well known make? Perhaps the leather was faulty.

[Rowndan]

i dont think he could do any other gill, i know what your saying but i also see what he is saying from seeing my saddle. its an oakland house.

[PonyGirl]

I don't understand it as well. Leather can't go bad can it?

[loopylou]

What a night mare

[Rowndan]

thankfully it fits just fine!! phewww