Skiving ("sky-ving", to skive) is the process of thinning a piece of leather. A lot of the leather available isn't thin enough for Stablemate scale tack, and in some cases isn't thin enough for Traditional scale tack, either.
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Skiving ("sky-ving", to skive) is the process of thinning a piece of leather. A lot of the leather available isn't thin enough for Stablemate scale tack, and in some cases isn't thin enough for Traditional scale tack, either.
Western stirrups are tricky. They have to be in scale and sturdy, bonus points if they swing freely. I've tried several different methods, from super gluing a small piece of toothpick or leather to the sides as a roller (the bar that joins the two sides) and covering pieces of aluminium can with leather.
