Your source for the western saddle of your choice - Regardless of your intended use - Be it for all around ranch work, or, in the competitive arena or pen for roping, reining, cutting, western pleasure, team penning,... Or, out on the trail riding your horse or mule for western pleasure, packing in, or, pursuing a long ride objective.
You name it - Tell us the style of tree on which you want your western saddle built - Be it a Wade, Weatherly, 3B, Bowman, Will James, Modified Association, Buster Welch,...
The possibilities are limitless - All it takes is for you to tell us the purpose for which you are going to use your western saddle, the types of horses or mules you ride, your tree style preference, your stamping, carving, silver and accessory requirements - We will do all the rest to the highest possible craftsmanship standards, so as to ensure, a comfortable fit for your horses or mules, and, you look and feel good every moment you are in your western saddle.
Whether it be a custom, hand crafted, bench made western saddle, tailor made to your unique specifications, or...
For those not wanting, or with the time, to wait on tailored specifications, we maintain, in stock, several custom, hand crafted, bench made shop saddle, which, have been built to our exacting standards, in the styles most frequently requested by our customers over the past 15 years - Including western saddles built on the ever popular Wade and Modified Association style trees.
We also offer a wide selection of used and consigned western saddles - All of which have been inspected for soundness.
And, we actively pursue collecting Western Americana artifacts - On occasion, we make availabe, out of our collection, selected vintage, antique and collectible western saddles.
To discuss your western saddle requirements, please stop by the shop, call (661 619-4545), or, email Jack D. Smith.
Below is an example of a custom, hand crafted, bench made Wade shop saddle.
Built on a Randy Alexander tree with Herman Oak leather, Wade fork, 16" seat; #4 dally horn; 4 1/2" high cantle; semi-quarter horse bars, 90° angle, 6 1/4" wide gullet, 7 3/4" high; 7/8 flat plate rigging, Dale Harwood hardware; straight bead cantle binding; 2 1/2" stirrup leathers, Blevins style buckles; Basket stamp; Jeremiah Watt conchos; 3" bell Monel stirrups.
This custom, hand crafted, bench made Wade saddle will be given to the “All Around Cowboy” of the May 16 & 17, 2009, Thomas Midnight Pewitt Memorial Ranch Rodeo, to be held at the Greenhorn Mountain Veterans Association (“GMVA”> Rodeo Grounds in Glennville, CA, a little less than a month before the 61st Annual Glennville Rodeo Round-Up.