QUOTE=Big Block;10280034]my attempt at recovering a tensioned leather saddle.
would have been much cheaper to buy a new one, but I wanted to keep the saddle frame[/QUOTE]

BRAVO! That's an inspired project, I love the results. I haven't done any leather moulding since I was a Boy Scout and into hand-making moccasins, back then I was making wooden forms and nailing the wetted leather to the form. I like the home-made vacuum bag method, but it would not have been "Scout-approved" back then for what we thought was authentic Navajo/Apache footwear technique.