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| Does anyone ride in an Epic Saddle? Can you tell me what you like and dislike about them? I saw the picture of the saddle for the WNFR Saddle Rotation and it is beautiful but I was wondering who has ridden one. | |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If I were not so saddle poor I would love to give one a try. But got saddles that fits so no need to, buttt if I was still hunting for that speical saddle I would try one for sure. 
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Crossfire owns the saddlery with her husband I believe.
Maybe she can give you more info.
Honestly, I see no difference in them and any other saddle that is being made by saddle shops now. The price you pay is for the name. That's literally the only difference. Most all these different maker marks for saddlery's use the same saddle company to make thier saddles. They draw up a saddle for a customer or for their floor, send the shop the saddle specs, the saddle shop makes the saddle and then stamps it with their logo. Whether that be in Mexico or right at the border in Texas. There are a handful of actual makers who distribute saddles to a ton of companies. They are only different in leather quality, and sometimes trees. Each saddle shop has a higher and lower grade saddle. I don't care what anyone says, the saddles are exactly the same as any other saddle on the market today. NRS, Cactus, Jeff Smith, and any other major brand of saddle is all made by the same hands. Just stamped by a different name.
The only difference would be the brand of tree and the specs of the tree.
I believe crossfire said her husband is involved in the making of the trees? I don't know how true that is or what's different about the trees. That would be a question for her. | |
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Location: kansas | IRunOnFaith - 2016-11-08 11:52 AM
Crossfire owns the saddlery with her husband I believe.
Maybe she can give you more info.
Honestly, I see no difference in them and any other saddle that is being made by saddle shops now. The price you pay is for the name. That's literally the only difference. Most all these different maker marks for saddlery's use the same saddle company to make thier saddles. They draw up a saddle for a customer or for their floor, send the shop the saddle specs, the saddle shop makes the saddle and then stamps it with their logo. Whether that be in Mexico or right at the border in Texas. There are a handful of actual makers who distribute saddles to a ton of companies. They are only different in leather quality, and sometimes trees. Each saddle shop has a higher and lower grade saddle. I don't care what anyone says, the saddles are exactly the same as any other saddle on the market today. NRS, Cactus, Jeff Smith, and any other major brand of saddle is all made by the same hands. Just stamped by a different name.
The only difference would be the brand of tree and the specs of the tree.
I believe crossfire said her husband is involved in the making of the trees? I don't know how true that is or what's different about the trees. That would be a question for her.
I would have to disagree with one of your statements, while Jeff may not make the trees his saddles are on he has a saddle shop at his place that all the saddles are made at. So no, his saddle is not just 'stamped' differently, people are making the saddles, not machines. | |
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