| Every effort
has been made to present our products in a colourful, eye-appealing
manner, and to make ordering as easy as possible.
Behind this catalogue comes 30 years of saddlery construction
'know how' and experience. These years have given me the 'knowledge'
of what works, what will last, and what will be comfortable
for both you the customer and your horse.
As a result, most of our saddles are built on a Ralide
or Pro Tuff (Ralide type) trees. These are an injected moulded
polyethylene hi-tensile plastic material that will not warp, rot or change
shape in hot or cold weather conditions.
Polyethylene trees help the saddle retain both light weight
and strength. So much so that they come with a 5 year replacement
guarantee on responsible use. Responsible use in that the
manner of the saddle must be applicable to it's proper use,
that is, a saddle without a roping horn should not be used
for the purpose of roping Our new tree is from the superior saddle tree company in the USA and is a wooden tree covered with a product called Ultrahide (10yr guarantee) the 2 types of trees we have are endurance and hybred (stock on top ,Western underneath) Aussie stock trees. Tree widths are semi Quarter horse,standard Q/horse & Full Q/horse.also an arabian tree.
In the construction of our saddles we use both New Zealand
and Argentinean leather. We also use a pure wool knitted back
under our saddle skirts. This allows for easier cleaning and
drying. Another benefit of wool on knitted back is the advantage
of no rot or infestation of insects or rodent damage to the
hide.
Our endurance saddles are made of either full grain leather
or a product called porvair which is a heavy leather split
with a breathable leather look vinyl overlay which allows for a waterproof
surface and provides for a new look surface a lot longer than
standard leather.
For comfort to both horse and rider our seats and skirts
are lined with close cell foams. This sits under either a
suede or leather seat.
To ensure strength and durability in the saddles we use nickel
platted steel rigging rings in our lower to mid range price
saddles and stainless steel in our show and higher price saddles.
We leave this option of material entirely up to you the customer.
Our stirrups come from the same companies as our trees in most cases, and
come either covered or uncovered. We cater for all sizes from
kids to deep large roper styles. Most are lined with comfortable
easy on the feet treads. However we do have aluminum stirrups
if required.
Most saddles come with N.P.steel or S.S Dee's screwed into the
front and back of the tree. We do not drill holes in our saddle
for ties as this weakens the tree and forfeits the guarantee.
However the dee's have leather laces attached. Leather
or metal concho's fit over the dee's.
Our standard girths are made of an anti chaff material, sweat
resistant,or wool felt material 3" wide with standard 1 1/2" or 3"
buckle and keepers to hold strap ends, plus double dee's in
the centre for hobble strap and breastplate. We also have
4" roper and fleece girths available upon request. Our
girth straps are either 1 1/2" leather billets, latigo
straps or a combination of both. String girths are also available. Colours .we have a choose of 8 colours,black,dark brown,mid brown,red brown,cherry red,tan,light tan & natural
All in all, great saddles that are designed to suit you and
your horse for years to come.
Please note - All our prices include GST
Regards,
Graham Turner |
