(Australian) military saddle

dekenai · Tue May 21, 2013 9:22 pm

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Can you help with identifying this saddle--it has no markings on it.

dekenai · Tue May 21, 2013 9:24 pm

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restored by the looks

unclearthur · Fri May 24, 2013 9:22 am

From the acute angles of the side boards at the rear, and just the look of the rear brass (D and cantle spoon roller) I'd say it's an Indian copy. I have a couple which are very similar. Sideboards on most genuine UPs I've looked at sit much flatter.

They're quite common, and actually not bad saddles IF you can find a horse one of them fits. The first one I bought had been used on a donkey at one point (a hoop handle welded onto the front arch at some point had been sawn off).

I could be wrong about origin, but I don't think so

mattbody · Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:48 am

I would agree, I have seen a couple like that. One of them had a very weak front arch which had twisted quite badly and allowed the saddle to appear much wider than it should have been.

Matt