It's Done and It's Beautiful

One of Daniel's graduation requirements was a senior projects class- while that doesn't sound to bad - it is because of the professor that teaches it. At the begining of the semster Daniel had planned on building a little utility trailer- but because of the lack of shop space and the number of students the project had to be small enough to fit in the back of the truck - but big enough to spend 60+ hours on it.

So Daniel asked his professor if he could build a saddle- the teacher said I won't tell you yes or no- so he ordered the supplies and went to work. The professor is just a peach and would preach to Daniel in front of the class that Daniel wasn't going to finish on time and the professor would have to fail him. Well it got a little old, the downgrading that is, but pushed Daniel to get it done on time and well he was the first to finish in his class and probably logged more hours than anyone else.

So it started like this..

And went to something like this..

and this...

and...

And well to this beauty.....

Yes the horn already has burn marks on it. It was on a horse within 20 mins of being home the day he finished it.

And well justice was served as the professor had to appoligize to Daniel in front of the class and especcially because Daniel was the first one done and proved him wrong! Well it is a beauty! Pictures don't do it justice. Daniel did an amazing job for his first ever saddle & floral work. A HUGE thank you to Andy Neeves Saddlery for his mentoring! Check out his work here!