This saddle was built by Terry Henson an Oklahoma City native and currently residing in Azle, Texas. It is full floral carved and has Hansen silver plated conchos. It has 7/8 Mother Hubbard skirt rigging and a mule hide horn wrap. It has a Lewis saddle tree built by Ray Lewis with Ray Lewis Arizona bar pattern. It is a Wade tree. Excellent bar pattern will fit 80% of today's horses.
Saddle Specifications
Large Post Horn Cap 4 1/8”
Horn Height 3 ¼”
Seat 15”
Cantle Height 4 ¼”
Cantle Width 12 ¾”
Swells Width 10”
Gullet Width 6 ½”
Gullet Height 8”
Skirt Length 28 ½”
Monel Bell Stirrups 4”
Monel Bell Stirrup Tread Finished 4 3/8”
Stainless Roller Buckles 1 ¾”
Flank Cinch Width 7 ½”
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Unique Features
Some unique features of this saddle are that there are no cut edges showing on the horn cap or on the cantle binding. Underneath the cantle binding there is no stitching showing. It has a one piece seat and swell cover and the skirts are all one piece. There is excellent workmanship and incredible tooling on this saddle. The pictures do not do it justice.
Awards
This saddle won 2nd Place in the Best of Show category at the 2008 Custom Boot and Saddle Maker’s Roundup held in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Roundup is an invitation only event and quite an honor just to be asked to participate. Terry beat out many well known makers.
About Hansen
Hansen Western Gear is a family owned business since 1994. They specialize in quality hand engraved silver products.
About Terry Henson
Terry is an Oklahoma City native and began leather work at the age of 12 and started making saddles at the age of 16. When he graduated he went to work for Baldo Hill at his saddle shop in Welston, Oklahoma. He worked for Trophy Tack for a while and then decided to open his own business with a friend in Purcell Oklahoma. Together, they produced about 50 saddles per year and repaired many more. Terry has always been active in rodeo, including calf roping, team roping, and riding bucking horses. So when Terry builds a saddle, he incorporates his saddle making experience and actual saddle time into it.
Page from the November 2008 Issue of Shop Talk Magazine
Page from the November 2008 Issue of Shop Talk Magazine
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