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Suggestions about Fit of a custom made Western Saddle

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I have ordered a new custom fit saddle and while I am waiting for the company to get back to me I thought I would put it here for opinions.

It looks good to me up until the time I put my foot in the stirrup and it is sliding on me as soon as there is any pressure.

Without cinching and no pad.








Now the same views with a thin pad and it is cinched.









Any suggestions are more than welcome. I realized I should have pulled the pad up into the gullet before cinching. I was in a hurry to get pictures.
 
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That was my impression as well.

But you might want to try it slid back a little farther. In those photos, especially the first one, it looks like it is sitting on his shoulder blades instead of slid back into the pocket behind the shoulders. That might be why you find it is sliding back......it actually should be a little farther back than what it looks like in your photos.

I also find cordura saddles to be more slippery on the horse anyway, I think because the skirts are soft so you are depending completely on the tree. With a regular western saddle I think the skirts help grip your horse. So in my opinion, perfect tree fit is more important in a cordura than a regular saddle. I mean, tree fit is ALWAYS important, but if you don't have a perfect fit in a cordura I think you notice it more. (I owned several Bighorn corduras over the years).

So really, it always comes back to the tree. There is so much fluff to the skirts that what we are seeing might not be accurate. But I do think the saddle needs to come back a tad. And of course see what your saddle company says about the fit.
 
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I agree it is a nice looking saddle.

On the cinched up pics I notice it is fastened at 7/8 position one the left, and full on the off side.

I discovered while using a Circle Y with that sort of rigging that it needs to match, or it causes a slight crookedness of the sit of the saddle. So I;m always careful to look for that.
 
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I don't want to put the name of the company out there because I haven't heard back from them. It is an American company and they make the saddles in shop. Once I have determined my level of satisfaction, I will let you know the name of the company. Right now I am not happy because I haven't heard back from them. But I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. So I if I say bad things now and they work with me, I don't want that out there. Anyone that thinks the brand is important can PM me.
 
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