Book Description

Roughout saddles are renowned and loved for their beautiful, soft, and fuzzy texture, but over time that luxurious texture disappears. There are many suggestions, ideas, and myths about what can be done to care for a roughout saddle, which creates confusion and even fear about the care and maintenance of these beautiful saddles. There seems to be no clear and published method for taking care of a roughout saddle, until now. Charity Haukaas is a leatherworker with a passion for breathing life back into leather, especially western roughout saddles. She has spent years refining a method of cleaning and caring for these works of art, and now she shares this method in her book Cleaning and Caring for a Roughout Saddle The Saddle Salon Way. In this book, you will discover: 1) Roughout can and should be washed. 2) Roughout can and should be conditioned. 3) It is possible to bring back the beautiful texture of roughout. With carefully outlined instructions, easy-to-follow steps, and more than 130 color photographs, Haukaas uses her years of experience to take you on a journey of understanding how to bring back the life and former glory of your saddle. This book is the definitive authority on cleaning and caring for roughout saddles.