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All trees are solid wood and specially treated to last a lifetime.	The Flex Panels are made of Delrin and with normal use should never need replacing.

Adjustable Rigging allows you to set your girth in several positions to obtain the best fit for your horse.	Three very popular Cantle styles are offered.

	Black	Dark Brown	Chestnut	Natural
Leathers and fenders are hung in the best possible centered riding position. They are free swinging and easy to post in.	Please remember that colors may vary from what is shown. Black - Makes a beautiful saddle, but does not show tooling well. There is an additional cost of $75 for Black leather. Browns - Easy to care for and tooling shows up nicely. Chestnut - is our most popular color for tooling. Natural - is very nice for tooling, but extremely hard to keep clean. It does darken with oiling and age.
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Ten fender styles are available with our saddles. We offer traditional fenders that will not bother your knees and ankles. We also use a smaller fender for the distance models that eliminates the typical pinching of leathers, or you may choose 2" leathers on some models. Construction is surpassed by none. Our fenders and leathers are made of top-grain cowhide and reinforced with nylon webbing. This will keep the sweat from going through your fender, and the nylon provides added strength. Our fenders and leathers are built to last!	We offer several styles of horns for your western saddle.

Enhance the beauty of your saddle with our Silver Options. We have several different types to choose from. Montana Silver conchos come standard on most of our saddles (excluding the Distance Runner and Saddlite) Also available are many custom Silver designs. If we don't have it, or you have something different in mind, send a picture or sketch and we will have our Silversmiths design and create it.	We are pleased to be working with Master Leather Carvers for border tooling, partial carves, full hand carves and picture carves. Here you are only limited by your imagination -- if it can be drawn, we'll make it happen! We can't emphasize enough that the carving and tooling can be as creative as you are.

We offer some of the finest pads, breast collars, girths and stirrups.

Saddle Positioning

The following information is offered to help in correctly locating your New Flex Panel Saddle.

The saddle should be placed with the front foot (panel front attach point on the bars) in the hollow behind the Scapula. On most all horses the Panel will break over the scapula approximately 2 to 3 inches, depending on how long of a wither your horse has and the panel length. Panels should never be placed behind the Scapula (shoulder) as it will dig into shoulder and it will cause the saddle to set in a downhill position.

Fitting the Cinch

First, locate your saddle properly on the horse. Then let the cinch hang straight down. There should be approximately 2 to 3 inches between the horses elbow and the front edge of the cinch strap. Now you are ready to cinch your saddle down.

How Tight to Cinch Your Saddle

When you set the saddle on your horse, your saddle is likely to bridge. It is important to cinch your saddle down tight. After you mount your horse the weight in the saddle will cause the panels to flex, causing some slack in the rigging.

The Photos are of Sunni our TWH showing correct alignment of our saddles.

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Pivot point (attach point)	The foot or pivot is located in this approximate position on the outside of the saddle.	The yellow dot shows approximate location of pivot point behind the Scapula (hollow are on some horses)

The Red Line show the suggested alignment of the saddle and girth.	Saddle in correct position and correctly tightened should allow rider to swing up without slippage.	Correctly positioned your horse should be happy and free to move.

Saddle Care

Our saddles were designed to be easy to care for and require very little maintenance.

Flex Panel System: This system is so proven that it is one of the few that requires no maintenance. No oiling or adjusting is required. Contact us if you have any question about your flex panels.

Saddle Leather: We clean with a good leather cleaner (Leather New). After cleaning we oil with light olive oil. Warm it slightly and coat all leather generously (with the exception of the seat leather). Let it set over night and then wipe off any excess. If you desire to add a shine to your saddle, we recommend: Fiebing's leather balm with atom wax.

Always check you saddles rigging, billets, and cinch for wear.