Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
Hi all,
for those of you still sticking with this, I warned you it was going to be a LONG process

With luck, my smith and I will be able to meet tomorrow late. He should have the drawings for the round cantle ready, according to our last conversation.


As I was sitting here assemblijng a leather cantle and contemplating the long delay for the second shape I was staring at my concepts board and a feeling crept over me. The feeling that perhaps the two cantles were a touch too similar in shape.

After I drove the harness needle into my thumb (again), I decided to take a break and whip up a quick alternate to hopefully get feedback from all of you on.

Here it is, cantle #2 (original) vs cantle #3 (new concept).


The top and inside corners would be slightly rounded, this is just a rough drawing.
Any thoughts?

I'm personally inclined to steer toward #3. Some of the best things I've ever come up with have been a last minute 'bolt from the blue'.
Both look good to me.