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If you intend to put this on a horse's back and then add your own weight (plus wearing armour and weapons) I sincerely hope you intend adding a SIGNIFICANT amount of padding for the horse's back and shoulders. That said, even the person (who's name escapes me) who did most of the riding in Peter Connolly's design (from which this is a derivitive) said that the need for so much padding made the saddle very unstable.

As most know, I am not a fan of the wooden tree theory; Connolly's only evidence is stretch marks on a leather saddle cover. The single piece of wooden evidence from Carlisle could be from anything.

I'm sorry, but I really do wince when I see these items of torture destined for some poor horse