calling those that know about saddles

[newforest]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Side-Saddle_W...ment?hash=item19b6a0407b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

what's your honest view on this please?

i know what i'm thinking no brand walk away, but as seller saying may do as starter saddle, but even then i'm thinking well can i resell this on, is it a piece of, and still walk away

 

[No_Angel]

Looks indian made to me, i'm not sure |I would chance it, I would rather buy an older one and have it done up.

 

[newforest]

that's the problem you see cos of his shape, most older ones are too narrow at the front.

i had a nice side saddle 1920 and it fitted previous horse no good on him too long but also too narrow. horses back then were narrow.

i'm thinking indian and if no good fit wise would i be able to shift.

 

[Daisy_Roots]

You also have to consider the damage it could do to your horses back.

I wouldn't go near it.

There's a saying, what is cheap in the short run, usually isn't cheap in the long run.

 

[Kis Vihar]

Looks very much like the ones they sell in the saddlery in Budapest for £200. Can't be sure, but looks very much like it - and they are Indian leather.

Horrid - I have sat on one - Never want to again and won't put one on my horse.

Badly fitting saddles can play hell with your horse's back, so imagine what a badly fitting side-saddle can do!

 

[unicornleather]

Echo what Kis has already told you, I wouldn't touch this with a barge pole.
Cheap nasty machined on skirts, certainly not made over here, infact it was painful to look at the front arch!!
STAY clear!
Oz

 

[newforest]

that's what brain told me first

don't touch barge pole