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Whether you show your horses professionally or you just have a craving for a perfect fitting saddle for riding around your ranch, Don Moe of Vintage Vaquero in the San Luis Obispo County of California will design, craft and hand tool the western style saddle you've always dreamed of. Specializing in providing customers with their own personal one of a kind, original, western saddle is a talent of Dons. He creates a functional piece of art that symbolizes YOU the best! Don can and will work with any of your desired styles of the western saddle and will make sure that your western saddle is custom fitted to accommodate your horses body as well as your own. The following are great examples of the beautiful and one of a kind personalized western saddles that Don has created for customers of the past as well as of the present!

Saddle Trees:

Don's saddle trees of choice are The Wade, the Visalia 3B, and the Weatherly. He likes the quality, and finds they last longer. They fit a wide range of horses backs, and they are easy to work with. The saddle tree is an important part of creating one of Don's hand -made Vaquero, Western style saddle. If a customer has a particular tree they would prefer to use, Don is willing to accommodate their wishes. The Association, the Porter 37, or the Sid Special, are all excellent saddle trees for customizing your own unique and one of a kind saddle.

Currently the waiting period for your customized, hand made western saddle is 4 months.

When it comes to ordering your custom western saddle you will get an artist who takes extreme pride in his work, and is proud of being a master craftsman, and custom western saddle maker. Don Moe encourages his clients to be apart of the saddle making process. If you have a design or hand tooled pattern in mind, or any special features you would like added, Don can do it. It does take about 4 months to craft your own custom designed and fitted western saddle. Don is the artist who makes your vision your reality.

Don has developed life long relationships with his customers, all over the United States, as well as the San Luis Obispo County where he lives and works, as well as up and down the coast of California. Don knows that riders of today demand quality function and fit. Not every saddle fits the same. Today, the custom saddle has turned into a functional work of art that serves a purpose.

What is included in a basic saddle?

A basic western saddle is plain with a small border stamp around the edges. It can either be smooth or rough out leather. The saddles are made in America, from Herman Oak Leather.