Saturday, May 24, 2008

Saddle shopping

Well, now that we are down to only 2 saddles...and only one that fits Melissa, Doyle and I...Paige and I did some saddle shopping online.

We had originally found one at Hutch's (Paige's friend's place) but when he got back from a business trip, it had been sold.

We did, however, find two nice saddles and will be ordering them right away.

One is a Blue River cutting saddle for myself. Not that I will ever do any cutting...but just in case...you never know.



Here is the info on the cutting saddle:

Blue River Saddles are custom hand crafted and this was benchmade by
their best saddle maker. This is their highest line of saddle made
with premium materials. If you are familiar with Blue River Saddles
you will know how nice this saddle is. This saddle is top of the line
in every way. Only premium leather and hardwear is used. Heavy duty
saddle made to last a lifetime. Truely a gorgeous saddle, built atop a
premium hide covered hardwood full quarter horse tree with a full 7"
gullet. This saddle tree has a manufactures 5 year guarantee!

Horn: 4" Cutter,
Cantle Height: 3"
Swell: 12"
Seat: Roughout Hard Seat
3" Stirrup leathers
Full Double D-Rings
Full Quarter Horse Bars
7" Gullet
Extra heavy #1 skirting leather for extra long wear.
Basket tooling with roughout fenders and jockies.

And the other is a Showman Roper for Doyle.



Saddle Features:

Top grain leather seat with 3 1/2 inch, high back cantle for superior comfort.
Extra heavy #1 skirting leather for extra long wear.
Bullhide covered hardwood tree guaranteed for roping.
3 Inch post roper horn w/ rawhide binder
Full 3 inch stirrup leathers with hand laced, rawhide covered deep
roper stirrups.
Stainless steel full D rigging.
29" x 12 1/2" skirts.
Weighs approx. 37 pounds.
Hand made and hand tooled.
Light oil


He is very excited as he has never had a saddle all for himself. Now to get some horses home that are broke well enough for him to ride. LOL

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