Saddle Identification, Restoration & Repair
Questions and Answers for restoring and repairing saddles and tack, routine maintenance expected and help with the care of antiques or special saddles. Can't identify the maker's mark? Post it here. Interested in the history of your saddle? Ask.
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Hi guys, hope you are all having a great Memorial Day Holiday. I need some help on the history of the Billy Cook Saddles. Does anybody know the story around Billy Cook going out of business and selling the design to Simco/Longhorn? I have a Greenville Tx Billy Cook saddle and think it is a great saddle, only to be told by another person that this is actually a Simco saddle not a BC saddle afterall?? Any help on the history of these saddles and the history of Billy Cook? thanks ron
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I have been making holsters, sheathes, pouches, belts, etc. My daughter came up for Christmas, and dropped a new project on my bench. One of her friends has an old saddle she loves, and her fenders are badly worn. "See if you can redo the fenders," my daughter said, "the attached stirrup leathers should be fine." The fenders were tooled in a basket weave pattern. "Nope, she'd actually rather lose the basket weave, it's been eating up her legs for years. A border would be okay." This will be a new experience. Break down the existing pieces, saving the parts that are still good, and the hardware. I ordered the saddle skirting weight from Makers, …
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I have had this saddle for 17 years, fits my Arab great! Wondering when it was actually made? Anybody know? I have modified it slightly, changed the concho's and put on black strings and solid black stirrup's I showed in it for 5 years everything from western pleasure to reining, and use it all the time on the trails.
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J Z Horter Co out of Habana I picked up this old square skirt saddle because it had a maker's name on it. Unfortunately, I can't find out anything about this maker in my books or with Google. In fact, I've never heard of Habana either. Thanks, Greg
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The family of Charles Martinez, owner of McCabe Silversmiths from 1935-1960, has just recently completed assembling the saddle from marked silver pieces left behind since his death in 1960. It was a collaboration of artists including the Stanton family who purchased the last of the McCabe business along with a well know leather tooler, Bob Scott using traditional patterns and color as Dad would of done. The Ketchum Saddlery was always dad's preferred leather outfit, but they are no longer in business so we had to search out someone who could fill their boots and feel we found the best in the trade with the guidance of Tony Stanton. We believe that Dad was possibly …
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I found a saddle that is, from Legacy Saddlery. It only has black marker four a number on the underside of the pommel/ horn. It is stamped legacy, saddlery behind the horn, and it also has an "L" stamped on the outside of the stirrup leather above the stirrup. An extensive search on the internet, nothing. I'm trying to figure out the maker of this saddle.It's very well made. Its very wide flat bars.
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I got a saddle in the shop a few weeks back for cleaning and some repair. The biggest issue I found were the Blevins buckles. Since they are made from aluminun they oxidized quite badly. Have yall ever seen them this bad?
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Hello! I have Heiser Saddle No. 85, stamped on the cinch strap keeper. The Heiser /Denver maker stamp on the fenders are barely readable... It has been in my family for over 75 years. When was it built? Thanks for any information you have available.
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Hello! I have Heiser Saddle No. 85, stamped on the cinch strap keeper. The Heiser /Denver maker stamp on the fenders are barely readable... It has been in my family for over 75 years. When was it built? Thanks for any information you have available.
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I have a saddle that I need to let go. I have found no distinguishing stamps on the leather, but it does have a metal plate behind the seat with the name "Tara Reddy" and has relatively new Korsteel 4-1/2" stirrups. Any idea where I might look for better identification? What would be the value of this saddle? I'm trying to find some local barrel racers that are starting out to sell it to and give them a good deal but also not just "give it away".
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