Saddle RESTORATION~ How to dye

Lovely to see old things renewed.

That is surely an outstanding example of a combination of good materials and equipment plus hard physical effort and attention to minor but important details to add significant major value to a quality product purchased really well (cheap!) in the first place. I'm sure you must feel proud of what you have achieved.

I'm glad you take the time and film this stuff for us as an audience. It is quite useful and entertaining.

I know absolutely nothing about horses other than they are majestic animals. Watching your videos has really been informative and enjoyable to watch. This video is no different in that you look beyond the surface of something and put in the work to bring out what's beneath the surface. Thanks for sharing

Why buying quality pays in the long run! Well done clever girl!❤

Your talents and knowledge never cease to amaze me. Loved watching this video!

I've restored a few pairs of leather boots lately, very similar process :) It's so nice to see things get repaired and maintained rather than thrown out and replaced.

A little side step as one of the Clever Cowgirl fans---maybe it's the Before & After, THIS vid reminds me of the importance & benefits of 'pet projects', and 'Honey Do' lists of tasks, especially just tending a thing, working 'quietly' & stages in between the steps; working with our hands on a side project & how it can clear the head, or help think something through. (Gardening & lots of things DIY offer this option.) I enjoy your vids b/c you offer educational & interesting 'takes' on things. There's beginning, middle, end---and you finish what you start. Easy-peasy. I also like that prices are just part of doing business--and you think pragmatically, if you can't use it, you can sell it & let it go. Beautiful.

This is an excellent video! Horses, thrifting, tack care and the piece de la resistance...bits!!!😊. Wahoo, what a deal 👍

I found a super trick since I purchased a lot of used saddles in the past year rehabbing a rescue that had a fun back to fit (high withers, big shoulders, short backed, etc). I purchased a car detailing kit from my local autozone with all of the tiny detailing brushes for a new car that I had purchased and found out... THEY ARE AMAZING ON SADDLES!!!!

My goodness!!! 👍🏻 You sure know your "stuff"!!! Love watching you...always good info and done really well!!! Thank you so much for all the effort in keeping "us" in the loop! ❤❤❤

Wow! Well done! You transform horses and saddles! 🐴❤

Did anybody else have flashbacks to junior high and cleaning your face with Neutrogena soap when she brought out the Orange glycerin in plastic packaging?😆 I just can’t get enough of your videos and everything you do. Thank you for all that you do❤

I always enjoyed deep cleaning my horse tack. And the cleaners add such a lovely aroma to the work area! I bought an old but never used lightly tooled black western saddle LOADED with ugly clip thru conchas. It was awful,but very inexpensive because it was so tacky. I took off about 5lbs of metal garishness to find a beautiful saddle with very little tooling that was so dusty it almost looked gray. It cleaned up to a lovely shine. I used 2 plastic credit type cards to clean the seams the first and all subsequent cleanings. And I used a sticky wax to finish since it was a slick seat and I never wanted to slide off! I never considered rebuilding saddles so I really admire your skills and business sense in finding good quality tack and putting in the effort to improve and sell or use it yourself. Love your information and videos. Keep up all the good work.

It turned out really nice, I hope it fits Skelator, it would look so nice on his beautiful back

Now you have a really nice-looking, fantastic quality, already broken-in saddle. Awesome video! ❤

I remember as a kid the people that had the stable down the road would let me take their saddles home one at a time and I would clean them in the rec room. I would do anything horsey . One huge Western saddle weighed close to 50 lbs. But it was a beauty. Inlaid silver. I worked for weeks and loved it. They would let me and my sister she was 11 and I was 13 take out horses and ride them. I always put my sister on Cheetah. Because he was the most well trained and well mannered. But one day as we centered through the hay field he stepped in a hole and he was okay but he bucked once. She only weighed 70 lbs. And when she came off her arm hit the saddle and broke. I had to carry her to the barn put her back on Cheetah and lead her back home. It was a clean break. And back then even on someone's horse and property no one held anyone responsible it was an accident. Brenda was back on as soon as it healed. 😮😢❤

OMG! My last dressage saddle was made by M. Stokes. It was custom to my Canadian Hunter cross. So very nice to see one restored. Love your channel.

VERY satisfying! AND...cat snuggles!! 😻 (Nice edit.)

CC, I have learned, since subscribing, the horse ownership is not nearly having a pet pony but it's a whole lifestyle. This gives me a whole NEW level of appreciation for what you are doing and will do for a longtime!:trophy-yellow-smiling::_Scarlett::trophy-yellow-smiling::_Stewy::trophy-yellow-smiling::_Nigel::trophy-yellow-smiling::_Tiny::trophy-yellow-smiling:👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏