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Sat in one of the barrel saddles at the saddle shop - the tree fit my horses BEAUTIFULLY but I know nothing about them. So - If you have some wisdom to impart - please let me know!
Thanks much!
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | lindseylou2290 - 2014-11-13 4:11 PM The Good - The Bad ?? Any experience? Sat in one of the barrel saddles at the saddle shop - the tree fit my horses BEAUTIFULLY but I know nothing about them. So - If you have some wisdom to impart - please let me know! Thanks much!
Meh... Jeff Smith makes a pretty good saddle I guess, but it's almost like a straight copy of a Teskey's Saddle in my opinion. Same medocre quality, same tree, different name. They're a tad over priced for my liking but if you can find a deal on one they may be worth the money.
They do move relatively well at the tack shop here. Lots of people like his Cutting and Roping saddles. Haven't heard much about barrel saddles....
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Location: Wyoming | http://rssaddlery.com/search.aspx?userid=JSOther&title=Other+Jeff+S... I've been looking at getting one of these. They look really nice, I'm hoping that I'll find a booth at one of the expos in Vegas this year so I can sit in it before I spend the money. I really like Jeff smith cutting saddles |
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| I've looked at both the cutting and barrel saddles, but I've never gotten the opportunity to physically sit in one myself. I figure they must be halfway decent if Mary Walker is riding them... |
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^^^ The ones in the link are super nice to sit in!! I really like them, they ride more like a cutter and are better quality than his "regular" line of barrel saddles. These are on the BW tree and they're cut out under the fenders (some of them anyways) and I think they sit a horse great. I did not care for his regular barrel saddles at all or the cowboy collection. They're nice enough cheaper end saddles but they did not fit any of my horses. the heavy oil one does  |
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| So I like his cutting saddles ... and the barrel saddle I sat in was cut out under the fenders and fit similar to the cutting saddle.
Thanks all for the info! I hadn't heard much (if anything really) about the barrel saddles. You all have been very helpful! |
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Location: NE Texas | I have two that is a cutter but is built single skirted with an in skirt rigging like a barrel saddle. It rides just like a cutter with alot of front end and balanced.
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| AHA!!!! HERBIE ... you were the one that had one on here .... I couldn't remember and was having a minor brain fart!
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Location: Arkansas | I have one that I bought last spring. I happened upon it at his booth at the horse sale in Shawnee. It is roughout and I love the way it rides. It has fit almost every horse that I put it on as well. I do think it sits a little more like a cutter probably.
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Location: North Dakota | I've sat in the cowboy collection and the Mary Walker and IMO hands down the Mary Walker saddle is much nicer, better built rig, but the price shows that as well. I've never sat in one like Herbie has.....The Mary walker is a lot like the sharon camarillo, should fit a lot of horses pretty easily. |
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| The new Tami Semas saddle is by far the best riding saddle I have had in years. And I've been a fan of martins. Ammermans, shilohs etc and honestly this Jeff Smith/Tami Semas is unbelievable. I have two and LOVE them!! |
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| RunStraitHome - 2015-02-03 11:50 AM
The new Tami Semas saddle is by far the best riding saddle I have had in years. And I've been a fan of martins. Ammermans, shilohs etc and honestly this Jeff Smith/Tami Semas is unbelievable. I have two and LOVE them!!
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Location: North Dakota | RunStraitHome - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM The new Tami Semas saddle is by far the best riding saddle I have had in years. And I've been a fan of martins. Ammermans, shilohs etc and honestly this Jeff Smith/Tami Semas is unbelievable. I have two and LOVE them!!
Chelsea, can you post a photo of your saddles? I'd like to see them:) I love my Martin's too, but one never knows when the mood strikes to buy a new saddle:) |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | Herbie - 2014-11-14 9:01 AM I have two that is a cutter but is built single skirted with an in skirt rigging like a barrel saddle. It rides just like a cutter with alot of front end and balanced. I bought a new cutter almost like this only double skirt and I loved the quality and the fact that there was no breaking in.....the only thing I didn't like was that the 15" seat was too big for me to keep to run barrels in, so when I sold my sorting horse, I sold the saddle too, because if I'm going to run barrels, I want to be in my 14" Caldwell....if I ever start sorting again, I'll go out and buy another Jeff Smith cutter....I thought it was a beautiful saddle and extremely well made and I did get mine from RS Saddlery....
p.s....like Herbie said, if you like a lot of front end and balance, you can see from her picture that this saddle has all that...there's absolutely no way you can get thrown forward in this saddle....so great to cut in or for a front endy barrel horse....
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Location: kansas | RunStraitHome - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM The new Tami Semas saddle is by far the best riding saddle I have had in years. And I've been a fan of martins. Ammermans, shilohs etc and honestly this Jeff Smith/Tami Semas is unbelievable. I have two and LOVE them!!
I have two Mary Walker's, but I cannot wait to see Jeff again to look at Tammy's saddle. He has told me all about it while he was in the process of building it, but I haven't got to see the finished product yet in real life.
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| RaNdI sUe - 2015-02-03 12:33 PM
RunStraitHome - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM The new Tami Semas saddle is by far the best riding saddle I have had in years. And I've been a fan of martins. Ammermans, shilohs etc and honestly this Jeff Smith/Tami Semas is unbelievable. I have two and LOVE them!!
I have two Mary Walker's, but I cannot wait to see Jeff again to look at Tammy's saddle. He has told me all about it while he was in the process of building it, but I haven't got to see the finished product yet in real life.
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Location: Kansas | I had a cowboy collection saddle, I really really liked it. It kept me in, and I really liked how it fit my mare at the time. |
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Location: Back in MT BABY!!! | Cindy Hamilton - 2015-02-03 10:28 AM Herbie - 2014-11-14 9:01 AM I have two that is a cutter but is built single skirted with an in skirt rigging like a barrel saddle. It rides just like a cutter with alot of front end and balanced. I bought a new cutter almost like this only double skirt and I loved the quality and the fact that there was no breaking in.....the only thing I didn't like was that the 15" seat was too big for me to keep to run barrels in, so when I sold my sorting horse, I sold the saddle too, because if I'm going to run barrels, I want to be in my 14" Caldwell....if I ever start sorting again, I'll go out and buy another Jeff Smith cutter....I thought it was a beautiful saddle and extremely well made and I did get mine from RS Saddlery....
p.s....like Herbie said, if you like a lot of front end and balance, you can see from her picture that this saddle has all that...there's absolutely no way you can get thrown forward in this saddle....so great to cut in or for a front endy barrel horse....
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Location: NE Texas | babiemox - 2015-02-03 12:29 PM Cindy Hamilton - 2015-02-03 10:28 AM Herbie - 2014-11-14 9:01 AM I have two that is a cutter but is built single skirted with an in skirt rigging like a barrel saddle. It rides just like a cutter with alot of front end and balanced. I bought a new cutter almost like this only double skirt and I loved the quality and the fact that there was no breaking in.....the only thing I didn't like was that the 15" seat was too big for me to keep to run barrels in, so when I sold my sorting horse, I sold the saddle too, because if I'm going to run barrels, I want to be in my 14" Caldwell....if I ever start sorting again, I'll go out and buy another Jeff Smith cutter....I thought it was a beautiful saddle and extremely well made and I did get mine from RS Saddlery....
p.s....like Herbie said, if you like a lot of front end and balance, you can see from her picture that this saddle has all that...there's absolutely no way you can get thrown forward in this saddle....so great to cut in or for a front endy barrel horse....
What she means is that alot of barrel saddles aren't built with any height to the pommel (front end), and that when you stand up your feet go behind you. A cutting saddle is built with fenders that are hung just in front of your hip so that they ride balanced and when you stand up your feet don't swing toward your horses flank, which in turn throws your upper body forward and you end up kissing your horse between his ears. A cutting saddle you sit down in....many barrel saddles you sit on....if that makes any sense.
The higher pommel adds in keeping you down in your horse through the turn and for me, it keeps me in a better position to jockey from and stay balanced on my horses. |
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Location: NE Texas | That being said, I too have sat in a Mary Walker, and I didn't care for it personally. It just didn't sit as balanced to me. I haven't seen the Tami Semas saddle in person, but have seen pictures, and it doesn't look like something that would work for me personally but I just much prefer the ride of a cutter to a barrel saddle.
Secondly, the "Jeff Smith" saddles are the upper end model of his line and the "Cowboy Collection" saddles are the economy model....kind of like Coats and Lazy L.
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Location: Where I am happiest | Tami has a ton of pics on her facebook page of her saddles. She is selling the heck out of them. |
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Location: Mississippi | My husband has a Jeff Smith Cowboy Collection roping saddle. I've ridden in it a few times and it was so uncomfortable that I won't even sit in it anymore. I love his Masters saddle and my Ammermans just not the Jeff Smith. But the hubby loves it so to each their own. |
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Cannot say enough good things about the Tami Semas, Tami has worked her butt off on saddles for the past 4/5 years and when she went to Jeff last fall it all came together in an unreal way. BeJay who runs the saddle shop has really done a good job translating Tami's ideal saddle fit into a saddle. They have the ground seat figured out you sit down on your horse, your legs hand under you and theyre using high quality leather. I'm a diehard Coats fan/rider and I am loving my Tami as much if not better. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I rode on Herbies saddle and it really helped me a lot.I've never had a good saddle, so I can't compare anything, but I could feel the difference in my seat immediately. |
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Location: kansas | Brittany - 2015-02-08 5:11 PM My husband has a Jeff Smith Cowboy Collection roping saddle. I've ridden in it a few times and it was so uncomfortable that I won't even sit in it anymore. I love his Masters saddle and my Ammermans just not the Jeff Smith. But the hubby loves it so to each their own.
This is not a fair comparison though, the Cowboy Collections are the cheaper 'trophy saddles' so to compare them to any other collection is like comparing apples to oranges. It is the same as Larry Coats; he has the Lazy L saddles as well as his own saddles.
I own two Mary Walkers, but I have yet to see one of Tami's saddles, I have heard all about them from Jeff but haven't seen them since he has been producing them. I love the quality though, and if you want to customize them in any way they will work with you to the best they can to accommodate what you are wanting.
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Location: Bigfoot Country | I want to try one of Tami's saddles! She just kicked major booty at the Futurities in AZ. She won $70,000! So she must like her saddles!! lol
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| I would love to try one of Tami's but will have to wait til some used ones come out on the market. They look really nice, but ouch on the price. Obviously Jeff Smith makes quality saddles, but it would be hard for me to give that much since he's not as well known to many. |
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Location: Ellensburg, Washington | Bumping this thread up. Any more updates on the Tami Semas models? I know that are getting out and about. Do they ride true to size? |
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| UPDATE - I'm borrowing a cow horse JS saddle right now for my filly ... am in LOVE with it. It is not a cowboy collection - it sits on the buster welch tree and simply fits her like a glove! |
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Location: NE Texas | lindseylou2290 - 2015-05-28 10:51 AM UPDATE - I'm borrowing a cow horse JS saddle right now for my filly ... am in LOVE with it. It is not a cowboy collection - it sits on the buster welch tree and simply fits her like a glove!
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Location: Deep South | Herbie - 2015-05-28 10:42 AM
Those of you who love the JS saddles and have wanted to try one....check out the for sale ads.
Oh my god Jessi, you're killing me! I need it!! Lol!! Calling hubs in 3...2...1... |
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Location: NE Texas | BamaCanChaser - 2015-05-28 12:06 PM Herbie - 2015-05-28 10:42 AM Those of you who love the JS saddles and have wanted to try one....check out the for sale ads. Oh my god Jessi, you're killing me! I need it!! Lol!! Calling hubs in 3...2...1...
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | I recently tried a Tami- can't wait to get one - it was awesome! |
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Location: The Great Northwest | How is Jeff Smith keeping up with the orders if Tami is selling them as fast as she gets them? The back order must be getting to a year. I had the chance to ride one of her saddles and it did ride like a barrel racing saddle, but so do the JJ's. The biggest thing to me I didn't have the choices in was tree fit for my horse. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Herbie - 2015-05-28 12:43 PM BamaCanChaser - 2015-05-28 12:06 PM Herbie - 2015-05-28 10:42 AM Those of you who love the JS saddles and have wanted to try one....check out the for sale ads. Oh my god Jessi, you're killing me! I need it!! Lol!! Calling hubs in 3...2...1...
I saw that ad and I was thinking that has to be Herbies saddles, LOl...Very nice looking saddles, If I were not so saddle poor I would have jumped on that deal |
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-28 3:15 PM Herbie - 2015-05-28 12:43 PM BamaCanChaser - 2015-05-28 12:06 PM Herbie - 2015-05-28 10:42 AM Those of you who love the JS saddles and have wanted to try one....check out the for sale ads. Oh my god Jessi, you're killing me! I need it!! Lol!! Calling hubs in 3...2...1...
Me too!!! I have loved the looks of her saddle since she posted it when she got it! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | TurnLane - 2015-05-28 3:47 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-28 3:15 PM Herbie - 2015-05-28 12:43 PM BamaCanChaser - 2015-05-28 12:06 PM Herbie - 2015-05-28 10:42 AM Those of you who love the JS saddles and have wanted to try one....check out the for sale ads. Oh my god Jessi, you're killing me! I need it!! Lol!! Calling hubs in 3...2...1...
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Location: NE Texas | One is already spoken for. Now i'm just trying to decide if I should let the second one go and have two more built like I want or maybe have a little variety in my life. With all of the interest i've gotten i'm beginning to think I should pull a FT and auction this second one off and get more than I gave! HAHA So, southtxponygirl....whatcha got to trade? LOL |
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LOL, If I didnt have all my saddles that I love I would have grabed one of your's up for sure, I love the looks of the ones you have, but since I bought my last saddle thats a Caldwell and another Deb Sibley I promise my hubby I would be good for awhile. So I'm trying to be good.
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Location: NE Texas | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-28 4:08 PM LOL, If I didnt have all my saddles that I love I would have grabed one of your's up for sure, I love the looks of the ones you have, but since I bought my last saddle thats a Caldwell and another Deb Sibley I promise my hubby I would be good for awhile. So I'm trying to be good.
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Location: NE Texas | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-28 4:27 PM Hey now dont be getting me in trouble, but you know me pretty good
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| Went from a cactus CJ to my Jeff Smith... It's on the buster welch tree... The leather is butter soft and it fits my mare amazing. It's got a 5" cantle and I honestly wish I would have tried it years ago... I have ridden in and owned most every brand of barrel saddle and nothing compares to this! It makes you feel super secure but not trapped. I am able to sit up in between my turns and rock back on my pocket and "spring" back into a hustle positions with ease. Not to mention for day to day it is ridiculously comfy to work horses in. I'm sold and very excited to try/get a Tami, otherwise I will be purchasing another JS... :)
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| Bumping this thread, in interested towards the Tami Semas saddles. From what I see everyone is loving them. Whats everyone's opinion on them fitting horses? |
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| Interested in recent feedback about these as well....any used ones out there for sale? I had a Jeff Smith cutter and loved it. |
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Location: Minnesota | Lph88311 - 2016-08-16 1:43 PM Interested in recent feedback about these as well....any used ones out there for sale? I had a Jeff Smith cutter and loved it.
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