Re: French saddles

[Mickie Newnam <akela@peoplepc.com>]

Malcolm,
Sorry to hear it.  Did you ask to have it refitted?  from what I understand,
they can all be reworked.
Hope your experience wasn't the norm rather than the exception; they seem to be
good saddles (and should be, for the price, let's be honest) and he certainly
knew the anatomy and pitfalls of traditional saddles.  Or some traditional
saddles, I should say.
Mickie

Malcolm Booth wrote:

> As an owner of a semi custom saddle made by Slesse I wouldn't be so sure. I
> wouldn't buy one from him again. Long on talk, short on follow through.
>
> The saddle never fit my horse properly and I should have sent it back and
> demanded a refund. That was my mistake.
>
> That's my personal experience.
>
> Malcolm Booth
> Northern California
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mickie Newnam [mailto:akela@peoplepc.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:34 PM
> To: Ridecamp
> Subject: RC: French saddles
>
> Linda,
> Are the saddles you mentioned from France the Slesse saddles?  If so, I'd
> heartily endorse the concept.  Haven't ridden in one but at the recent
> Equine
> Affaire in columbus OH I was helping my cousin saddle shop and we looked at
> them (her instructor is a rep).  Talked at length to the creator, Jochen
> Slesse, and he knows his stuff.  My cousin even told him that for someone
> who'd
> never ridden distance he knew all the issues we had with saddles (he did
> event,
> I believe, so there was some of the same concept).  And he could show and
> explain how he dealt with them.  My cousin didn't order one, simply because
> of
> the price -- just out of her budget at this point.  But for someone wanting
> an
> English-style saddle that can really be custom-fit and adapted as the horse
> changes, they'd be the place to go! Don't have a URL but if they have a site
> looking up "Slesse Saddles" should bring it up.
> Mickie
>
> "Linda B. Merims" wrote:
>
> > The thing I find particularly exciting, unmined territory is
> > the wide variety of European endurance saddles.  Teddy Lancaster
> > posted the URL of a French saddle company several months ago
> > whose products looked extremely interesting.  (I'd repost the
> > URL but the Ridecamp archive seems truncated and I can't find
> > it.)
>
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