RW Bowman Working Class A-Fork Saddle

Description

• MSRP: $3295
• Tree: A-Fork style tree made of Southern Yellow Pine and rawhide covered. Manufactured by Steele Saddle Tree, LLC. The ground work is hand shaped using skirting leather over a 20 gauge tin seat strainer. We shape this leather to sit you comfortably in the saddle, eliminating the need for all the fancy-named thick padding that many are using today to cover poor ground work.
• Seat Size: Available in 16″ and 17″.
• Bars: Full Quarter Horse Arizona Bars
• Weight: Approximately 45 lbs.
• Gullet Width: 7″
• Gullet Height: 8″
• Swell: A-Fork; Width 9 ½”
• Skirts: Length 27″, Width 11 ½”. Lined with faux shearling.
• Cantle: Height 4″,  Width 12½”,  Dish 1 ½”. Style ½” Natural Rawhide Pencil Roll. Hand Sewn.
• Horn: Height 3½”,  Diameter 4″.  Natural rawhide tipped.  Hand sewn. Mule hide wrap.
• Stirrup Leathers: 3″ with leather covered Blevins Buckles.
• Stirrups: Wooden metal bound bell stirrups. Natural rawhide covered and hand laced. 3″ treads.
• Rigging: Horseshoe Brand. Flat Plate dropped in-skirt, 7/8’s position. 2 ½” beveled stainless steel dees in rear.
• Flank Cincha: 3″ tapering to 1 ¾”; burgundy latigo lined. Stainless steel roller buckles.
• Leather: 13-15 oz. Thoroughbred skirting in Walnut or Golden.
• Trim: All Hardware, including the saddle screws and washers, is stainless steel. Saddle strings cut from premium, 5-7 oz. burgundy latigo. We use the Union Lockstitch to sew and pull the 346 white nylon thread tight at 4 ½ stitches to the inch.
• Finish: Each Working Class A-Fork first receives a warm coat of 100% pure neatsfoot oil, followed by a generous coat of Aussie Leather Conditioner. Edges are burnished by hand rubbing.
• Tooling: Basket Stamped with Barb Wire Border.

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