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Not sure if it's cw period and if not, my apologies. If so, it's currently at a great price ($56). Can anyone id this?
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Gary Lee Bradford, Captain
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On patrol of the KS / MO border
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
This is a US packers saddle, (not a pack saddle, but the saddle used by "wranglers" of supply pack trains) there were many types made , this paticular style is made with a surplussed civil war era Grimsley saddletree, probably circa 1890-1910 era. seen a few of them around, this is what my general understanding of what they were used for.
Sgt. Jason Klug"I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers."
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
Jason, I've never seen anything like this military for any time period... The US Packers saddles I've seen were of the turn of the century western variety. Any concrete documentation on this ID? TEH[B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"][I]Zack Ziarnek[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
FOR REFRENCE ONLY:
NOT PERIOD! Check out the following link for information on "out of time period" Packer Saddles...http://www.militaryhorse.org/studies/pack/ddesign.php
What you have on e-bay looks to be the attempt to turn a surplus Grimsley tree into a quasi- western saddle for resale...Last edited by The Egyptian Homeguard; 10-26-2010, 10:14 PM.[B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"][I]Zack Ziarnek[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
Zack' s right. Ive seen these for years-even owned one. Junk really for CW and nothing relevent for this forum but in time....its probably its own type collector's item.
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
Hi, Ken,
Would it be worth getting it for the tree alone to build a Grimsley?[B][COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Ernie Martinez[/FONT]
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
Ernie, Not to butt in on Ken's question, but I think they cut the back of the tree down to mjake this type saddle... so you could probably come up with a good reproduction just about as easy as restore this one... TEH[B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"][I]Zack Ziarnek[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
Zack, you beat me to it!! Thanks. Sorry Ernie, he is right. Nothing to be gained by buying this, tearing it down, trying to rebuild it etc, etc. Just get a re-pop. Also, always keep in mind that it is better to buy the tree to fit the horse than try to make the horse fit the saddle tree.
Ken R KnoppComment
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Re: Interesting saddle on ebay.
i dont have any concrete evidence to back it up yet, im still looking through my resorces, there were several styles of packers saddles, the style you oposted in the link was one , theres also the 1913 mule saddle which looks like a mcclellan with a brass horn on the pommel, my info came from a gentleman whom i had talked to who saw my grimsley and said that it was quite simular to the saddle his grand father rode in the teens , and by what he had described was simular looking to the saddle that was on ebay, it is also quite true that it is not period for 1860s,
jason klug"I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers."
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