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Here are a few pix of Katja Vanhatalo's saddle - dyed background, antiqued, dyed edges, with oak tooling and our new border stamp - this saddle also has a nice compliment of sterling overlay silver conchos, rear dee, etc.

Here is a quote from Katja after she got home to Finland with her saddle and finally got the chance to saddle a horse and ride it:
'I know you cant wait to hear about my saddle!!
Well Shelly, what can you say, when you get on to your saddle and you feel that you never been away from it. I just feel this saddle has been mine for ever! It was so easy to sit on that I hardly felt anything else just harmony with my horses.
I cant find words to descripe how privileged I was to get know you as person and be involved to bild this saddle with you from very beginning.
My girls have had their five minits;O) on my saddle, and you can be sure that they start to save money for their own life time saddle.
It is truely so beatiful that now when it is all in one piece front of my eyes I just sit and look at it. Thank you so much!'

Katja learned how to antique, apply finish, and helped to dye edges on her saddle - and was able to be here to see how it all came together - from two sides of skirting, all the way to the finished result! Thank you, Katja, for all the kind words, and I look forward to an enduring friendship with my new friend from halfway around the World!!

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