Used Saddle Pick of the Week: 15″ Leddy Ranch Saddle
May 19, 2008 by Saddle Sense
Filed under Used Saddle Pick of the Week
The "Used Saddle Pick of the Week"
Every week we scour the Internet searching for a particularly juicy bargain on a high quality used western saddle and feature it here on the WSG Saddle Blog. The saddles featured are listed for sale on ebay as of the date of the post.
The Western Saddle Guide is not the seller of the saddles featured and does not make any representations about them. We encourage all potential buyers to do their own due diligence on the seller and the saddle before purchasing.
If you’re looking for a bit of history in your saddle, this week’s pick may be for you. It’s a well-used ML Leddy Ranch saddle. Well used, but still ready for many more rides. This is a 15 inch saddle, with a 6 1/2" gullet, floral tooling, and a round skirt.
The Leddy reputation for quality handmade saddles goes back to Texas in the 1920′s and they’re still making gorgeous saddles, boots and other leather work today. Visit ML Leddy’s. .
We present The Saddle Blog’s "Used Saddle Pick of the Week"
15" Floral Tooled ML Leddy Ranch Saddle
Check out other Leddy saddles for sale in our tack shop.
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Is the show saddle trend toward black suede seats, or is the new color natural, or brown? My daughter and I are disagreeing. I happen to prefer light oil saddles with light brown seats…. she likes the black. If we were to purchase a new one, which will be outdated in a few years, black or brown?
Jen,
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The trend for show saddles has been, and looks to continue to be for the foreseeable future, lighter color saddles. So, you win.
Here’s an excerpt from an article on Show Trends:
Show saddles-Leather color:
Leather color, say the experts, will remain where it’s been for years: light. “I don’t see that [trend] going anywhere,” says Dan Woods of Woods Western. Even the Arabian Western pleasure ring is seeing lighter saddles than usual, shifting away somewhat from the dark leather long seen in that arena. At the same time, Woods and other trend watchers note that more riders are moving away from the extremely light blond, bleached look toward saddles with a little color. Seat colors also remain more or less the same– look for black, or light–to medium-rust.