Habelman Daffodil Saddle

Seidel’s Saddlery custom “Daffodil” saddle is one of the few saddles that Keith has tooled in a daffodil floral tooling pattern with a few acorn accents.  Specs are:  California Roper tree, 15 1/4″ seat, 4″ cantle, #1 Regular horn, shallow round skirts, in-skirt rigging, 3/4 tooled (smooth only where your leg goes when seated) in a daffodil floral pattern.  This saddle was designed and made for a lady, making it very strong, but lightweight —it was in the 28-30 pound range.  There was no rear rigging—the customer only pleasure rides so it was not a problem—and this omission helped to keep the weight down.

There is a nice inlaid padded seat, which helps to take the “bite” out of your pin bones, and yet still looks like a hard seat when you are sitting in it.  The seat rubber that we use is “closed cell” rubber, that does not absorb or take on water if it gets wet or rained on.  Our seat rubber comes in various compression properties, so you can request something softer and squishier, or something that will just slightly cushion your seat.  You want it to cushion your seat bones, without bottoming out so that you feel the hard ground seat underneath.