Western saddle from e bay - bargain or not?

[fairlady]

I have always fancied a 'Western' Saddle and attempting to ride Western.

The 'GOOD' Western Saddles are so expensive and I have always been
advised to buy a good sturdy Western Saddle IF I was going to go that way.

Have seen this on E Bay, its an Australian 'Pack Saddle', Handmade as well. It looks STURDY thats for
certain, but I am not sure how comfy it will be

DO YOU THINK I SHOULD BID ON IT????????? LOL BARGAIN PRICE £6.57 SO FAR, HAH

[Cortrasna]

I think you should check first that it is show/dressage legal before you bid???

[popularfurball]

I found with this saddle it was important to get the right girth too, an elastic one made it unstable for us.

[PoweredByHorses]

sorry if being slow on this,but isnt that a saddle tree? or are they selling them fully made,and that is just one of the before pics?

not very sure on bargin type western saddles,had talked about westerns with the yard owner before,and she thinks even the barginy type requisite ones [robinsons own brand] are of to poor quality and fitting to bother with,though they do buy requisites treeless.

have seen users on here having to resell their westerns because of the fit even though the size had been right,so go carefully with whichever saddle end up buying.

[dragzb]

I'd be a bit concerned about getting a numb bum on long distance trail riding but hey pad it out with a bit of sheepskin and jobs a good un

[daftdraught]

It looks great what colour saddle cloth? thats the question.

[Stormin]

just make sure that your fenders aren't too long though, that's a pain