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I’m pretty excited today.<\/p>\n

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Adi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several months ago I started working on a Christmas gift for my oldest grandchild, Adi. She’s four years old. Last spring she saw a pony and told her mother, “Pop-pop (that’s me) is going to buy that pony for me.” Nobody is sure where that came from, but it sure clicked my switch!<\/p>\n

So. Pop-pop figured he’d better get to work! I decided to take the old, worn out pony saddle I learned to ride on and rebuild it for Adi’s Christmas present. Like I said, I started on it several months ago, but didn’t get far. I disassembled it and made a few repairs on the saddle tree. Then a couple months ago I bought the leather for it. Then about a month ago I cut all the parts out of the leather. Well, yesterday I got back to work on it.<\/p>\n

The tree had a couple places on the pommel where filler had broken out, so yesterday I repaired the tree with auto body filler. Worked like a charm.<\/p>\n

Today, I installed the gullet cover and covered the horn.<\/p>\n

For my first saddle, I’m pretty pleased with how the horn came out.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to making some more progress next week. I’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n