Yes, some saddles looked like they had very thick leather. Thick leather seems to be a key to saddle longevity. And, older draft animals should have thicker hides than young steers from a feedlot. As for collateral damage, too many bad thoughts and memories, don't bring it up!
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Calvert Guthrie
<calvertguthrie@gmail.com>wrote:
> I'd not seen that catalog before.
> Outstanding!
> My Belt has no model # on it but looks
> like it might be an F-17 Competition
>
> I'd like to know what kind of leather
> those thicker Belt saddle's are made from.
> Water buffalo?
> I remember wondering if North Viet Nam
> was a buyer's market for
> collateral water-buffalo hide
> from 1967 to 1973.
>
> I've never seen any figures
> to support that idea,
> but for a while the Belt
> on my 1970 Schwinn S/S
> was a model # B-52.
>
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