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« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2022, 09:45:01 am » |
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I have seen them broke like you described multiple times. I’ve never been a fan of nails and always felt like screws were a detriment unless predrilled. Leather is very similar to wood in the sense that it swells and contracts. This causes play with nails, even with ring shank nails, because once it swells it loosens the nails or lifts them but they don’t return to their original placement when the leather retracts. It’s like looking at an old privacy fence that was put up with nails. When you look at the planks, the nail head will be sticking out way away from the face of the board. It’s because each time that board swelled it pulled the nail out but it didn’t return when it shrank back to normal. I also prefer stainless screws. I have seen several times where a saddle was ready to fall apart because the salt had eaten the screws and nails up. There’s a right way and a wrong way like with anything lol. I NEVER have been a fan of a horn that was screwed in, at least not in a working saddle that you are pulling and dragging with. It’s just simple logic that that is the weakest point. The rigging set up on your new saddle sounds smart too.
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