Your life isn’t in any danger riding in these.

….. I beg to differ on the notion real working cowboys can’t spend $4000.00 + on a handmade saddle. We consistently sell to working cowboys across the country as do many of my fellow Saddle Makers craftsmen. My base price is currently $5000.00 for a plain roughout or smooth out rig….. more often than not the average price range is 6400.00 with added tooling. But I totally get it…. It’s a good chunk of scratch and some save up for them. But when it’s a tool of your trade and you spend everyday in one it’s well worth the money as they are built to last a lifetime with proper care. Personally I have handmade saddles that my father had made when I was a kid that look fantastic and ride like a dream after 40+ years and ultimately will be passed down to my children to use and have as an heirloom. What I’m getting at is this….. upfront cost is vastly greater , but the long term is actually cheaper when compared to how many low cost saddles get bought and traded off for whatever reasons. Ultimately one must work within their budget and buy what they can afford….. just be sure you inspect what you buy and make the improvements necessary to keep you safe.

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$800 to $1400 is not exactly disposable to most people but okay.

I love when people say "I just trail ride". When I am training a horse or starting one, I may ride an hour a day. A barrel racer may ride an hour a day to leg one up and then twenty seconds to perform and the same for other show riders. True cowboys and trail riders may ride all day.

After thought and evaluation, I ended up ordering one. I'm a family man, and I'm a mule packer by trade so the reality is I am on a budget. I ordered basically the exact same saddle in the video except my stirrups fenders are strip down. I've rode it consistently for the last month and have put more miles on it in a month than most will in a lifetime. It's very easy for a custom saddle maker to critique one of these saddles. When you spend months handcrafting an item that's worth $3000 plus. The reality is when you do this line of work for a living you might only be able to afford a corriente. And it's easy to critique one in a shop but.... from the perspective of someone who rides 10 miles a day...., and rode over 800 miles alone last summer in the Sierra Nevadas with a custom horse saddle, ........the seat is comfortable and fits me well , the rigging positions are good when you ride multiple different mules of all shapes and sizes as I do every day, the bars and shape of the saddle fit all the 6 mules in my string fairly well, the saddle is extremely secure for sitting ( had a rodeo yesterday morning), and the saddle is very well done in appearance. At the end of the day I do this for a living and I'm surrounded by folks that do this for a living. Many have corrientes and like them, many admire mine, the only people I hear that down talk these are custom saddle makers. Are these perfect? No , but they fill a void for the working man or woman. Bottom line is when your in rough country alone and 30 miles from a road you need the best gear you can afford. For me that's an $1100 corriente and im not ashamed of it.