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| I just bought a Martin on ebay, well I thought was a Martin. I guess I jumped on it a little too fast and it was just pointed out to me that the saddle has an NRS latigo holder, not a martin. I didn't even notice it until blowing up the pictures. It has a silver "martin saddlery" concho on the seat, and seemed to be almost identical to another martin I had wanted. Now I am confused as to what I even got? Thought I was getting a great deal, now I feel a bit duped. I can't seem to find any info on it, I found a few nrs/martin ropers, just no other barrel saddles. Can anyone tell me about this saddle and who actually made it? I called martin but they couldn't really help me without having the serial number.
Edited by Buckles 2014-02-25 12:42 PM
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Location: Oklahoma | I'm no help, but hopefully the NRS saddles are well made and you'll be able to get your money back! They sure seem to have a lot of pride in them! |
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| I looked at the nrs saddles, and they seem to be just as nice. I just wanted the axis tree in particular and now I don't know what this saddle has.
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | Ohh, I gotcha!
Can you call NRS? They could probably help.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Contact NRS. Can you find a number on it? That would be helpful when calling them. |
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| I don't even have the saddle yet. I did e-mail nrs. If it fits my horse then its okay because it still looks really nice and I like it. I honestly just was so fast to get it because it was cheap for a martin and I knew I could get my cash right back easy if it didn't fit my horse.
Edited by Buckles 2014-02-25 12:57 PM
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| This is the martin I had originally wanted, it was just a 1/2 size smaller than what I was looking for. It has the same tooling and everything, just the seat color and the cantle are different. That one is definitely a Martin.
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Location: Texas | That is a Martin Iron Horse model. May have been sold by NRS.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Buckles - 2014-02-25 12:50 PM I looked at the nrs saddles, and they seem to be just as nice. I just wanted the axis tree in particular and now I don't know what this saddle has. This is the saddle that you bought?
If so, this is a Martin that was sold by NRS, they just put their stamp on it so others will see where it came from.
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| Thank you all for the replies! Yes the first saddle I posted was the one I bought. |
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