How often do you oil a leather saddle?

I think I'm going to keep this "Ligers and Tygons" (sp?) saddle I've been trying out. It's about 50+ pounds, but it's nice, and it fits and feels great.

Anyway, how often should I oil it?

Just depends. I oil mine maybe twice a year. That's with plenty of riding, sometimes I might do it more..but I really tear it apart and oil the crap out of it. I'll soap it with Murphy's Veg. Oil soap-love that stuff, before I oil and spot clean the sweat marks between thorough spring/fall cleaning/oiling. I just use plain neatsfoot oil, but I have a dark saddle and one I don't care if the light one gets dark.

I may not do it often enough or too much. LOL But that's how I do it and I oil REALLY WELL, both sides of my fenders, etc (western saddles) when I bother to do it. keeps it nice and supple. but if you oil too often without cleaning, it promotes mold/mildew, depending on your climate. If you are in a humid area, you may not oil much, or in dry areas, need to more often.

I say about 1-3 times a year. :)

I'll strip my Western saddle down once a year to get into anyplace that I can get to. That means up and under the skirt and jockey, taking the leathers and fenders down from their place, stirrups off, etc.. I'll use a paint brush and a spray bottle to get at the parts that are difficult to reach. I'll also take that time to check the screws and tighten up anything that seems loose.

In between, I use saddle soap to keep it from getting stiff from horse sweat (and mine too). I do the same but more often with my bridles and reins. Since I like spending time in the barn I probably do it more often then most people but I also ride every day. Some of my using tack is over 15 years old but is in perfect and supple condition.

I oil mine twice a year. Once in the spring when I start riding lots of the summer and once in the fall when my riding slows down!

If this is a brand new saddle, you want to remove the "protective coating' first with water and a rag... then oil the heck out of it... 3 or 4 times and be sure to get EVERYWHERE... Otherwise, wiping it off after each use, and oiling a few times a year is sufficient... I happen to LOVE to clean my saddle so I do it more often and it is as soft as butter.

I'm the same, about twice a year. Make sure you use the "real" pure neatsfoot oil if thats your oil of choice. I read someplace that the synthetic stuff is hard on the stitching.

every week or so =]

everyone i know cleans and oils their saddles a lot

You own a 50lb saddle? Whats that dang thing made out of? Brick? Man. I've never heard of a saddle so heavy. What brand is it?

I oil my leather often. 3 times a week.

edit- i didn't mean week. I clean mine three times a week, but I probably only really oil it once every couple months if not longer.

"Ligers and Tygons" is the brand. Never heard of it myself, but I'm new to this leather saddle thing. I've been using a synthetic.

I was told the tree is wood, and it's a 15" reining saddle. Yes, it seems AWFULLY HEAVY to me, too.