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| 565 Bowman, Bowden Brand tree |
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| 17 inch seat, flat plate combo-rig |
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is a wide saddle with full quarter horse bars, built for rough going.
Bowden Brand “565 Bowman”, rawhide covered wood tree, Arizona style 24” bars. Eight year pro-rated warranty on tree. This hand made saddle would be an
excellent choice for use as a ranch, roping or working saddle. A very comfortable seat made using a four piece
ground seat. Hand stitched horn and cantle binding. With the combo rig, you can choose from full, 7/8 or 3/4
rig positions to aid in fittting your horse. The Bork hardware is some of the strongest I have seen.
The flat plate rigging uses a lot of leather, adds some bulk and weight, but it is probably the strongest leather rig you
can get and it will also help hold the back of your saddle down, especially if you rig in the 3/4 position.
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Seat: 17” Buckaroo style, four piece ground seat, two piece metal strainer. - Cantle: 4” high,
13” wide, 1 ½” dish, 1 ¼” Cheyenne roll. -
Horn: 2 ½” cap, 3” high. Standard horn wrap. - Gullet: 6 ½” wide, 8 ¼” high -
Swell: 12 ½” - Skirts: 29” small round, blocked, plugged (plugs are pre-shrunk and compressed
for longevity), lined with ¾” veg tanned sheep shearling. - Stirrups: 3” Visalia, leathers are pre-stretched, turned and set with Nevada twist. Blevins style, stainless & brass buckles. - Rigging: flat
plate with 6 ¼” drop, combo double rig with Bork bronze hardware. - 1 ½” latigo
tie strap, 2” single ply, heavy skirting, flank billets, 2” heavy skirting, doubled off billet. -
Montana Silversmiths conchos, stainless string dee’s, 1 ¼” breast collar dee’s fixed with nr. 9 copper
rivets to rigging and nailed through to bar. - Serial nr: BN062005 - Weaver Leather saddle skirting
sides dyed Saddle Tan with oil and wax finish. $1035.00
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| Laporte Roper, Poly-Tuff tree |
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| 15 1/2" seat, cable rigging |
Trail or General Purpose Saddle
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Hand crafted with a Laporte "Roper" synthetic tree. Bar length is 22 ½". Built for comfort, strength, and durability.
There is a Lifetime Replacement Warranty on this tree. Further, this tree allows for much closer leg contact with your
horse, and is lighter than a wooden tree. All the stitching on this saddle was completed by hand. This saddle would
be an excellent all-around using saddle. The cable rig allows adjustment for placement of the "rig" anywhere on the
cable and comes with the off-billet and tie-strap installed in the full position. Instructions for 7/8 or 3/4 are noted below.
The cable is one piece construction that completely encircles the saddle from the swells to the cantle. The strings are beveled
which allow easier tying. The stirrups swing freely.
Seat: 15 ½" Buckaroo style, with barbwire boarder stamp. - Cantle: 4"
high, 11" wide ¾" dish, 1" Cheyenne roll, basket weave stamping on cantle back.
- Horn: 3x3, latigo wrap.
- Gullet: 6 1/4" wide (semi-quarter horse), 6" high
- Swell: 12 " basket weave stamp, latigo lace seam.
- Skirts: 27" small round, blocked, plugged (plugs are pre-shrunk and compressed for longevity and to avoid curl), ¾"
sheep shearling lined, barbwire boarder stamp.
- Stirrups: 3" leathers are pre-stretched, turned and set. Blevins buckles. Fenders have barb wire boarder stamp.
- Adjustable cable rigging.
- Basket weave stamping on rear housing.
- 1 ½" latigo tie strap, 2" heavy skirting, doubled off billet.
- Leather rosettes, stainless string de’s, 1 ¼" breast collar de’s screwed and nailed through to bar.
- Serial NR: LST0200502J.
- Oil and Tan Kote finish.
- Weight: about 33 pounds.
$1575.00
To change the rig position to seven-eighths or three-quarters:
lift left seat jockey and unfasten the ½" strap attached to the cable from the buckle that is fixed to the tree, do not
remove the strap or buckle unless you are positive full position rigging will never be needed
using a 3/32" Allen wrench, remove the stop collar from the cable, and re-install in the slot cut into the center of the
tie-strap, do not tighten, just snug enough to allow movement
center the stop-collar, now installed in the center slot of the tie strap, to the desired position and tighten,
repeat step three for placement of off-billet on the right side of your saddle, to the corresponding position of the tie-strap.
If you are uncomfortable changing the rig position, please feel free to contact me, and I would be happy to do that for
you free of charge.
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