Members corinowalk Posted February 27, 2012 Members Report Posted February 27, 2012 Hello! First time poster here! Long time lurker! I buy, sell and trade tack. I got this saddle as a trade and figured that I would give it a shot. The leather is beautiful, lots of really nice tooling. This thing is MONSTER heavy. Its a 15" seat, looks to be SQHB saddle marked "T M Lumly Maker Cushing OK" Does anyone have any information on this saddle or maker? Thank you in advance for all your help! Love the forum! Quote
Moderator bruce johnson Posted February 27, 2012 Moderator Report Posted February 27, 2012 Interesting history here in the "Old COwboy Saddles and Spurs" book. 7th edition. "T.M. Lumley, Cushing, OK 1920-40. He moved to Medicine Lodge, KS & married Bess Read. She did much of the tooling and stamping. TM died in December of 1951. Bess continued the business for many years. She died at age 100, Feb 25, 1994." Quote Bruce Johnson Malachi 4:2 "the windshield's bigger than the mirror, somewhere west of Laramie" - Dave Stamey Vintage Refurbished And Selected New Leather Tools For Sale - www.brucejohnsonleather.com
Members corinowalk Posted February 27, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 27, 2012 Interesting history here in the "Old COwboy Saddles and Spurs" book. 7th edition. "T.M. Lumley, Cushing, OK 1920-40. He moved to Medicine Lodge, KS & married Bess Read. She did much of the tooling and stamping. TM died in December of 1951. Bess continued the business for many years. She died at age 100, Feb 25, 1994." Very interesting stuff! The detail on this saddle is just unbelievable! Its taken me forever to get in all the little tooled areas...I can only imagine how long it took to make it! Heres the saddle in the process of getting a good once over. She was a little thirsty! Quote
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