I have two Customs with colored welting. One with burnt orange and another with silver. The burnt orange is more subtle than I actually thought it would be, especially with wear.
I like the trend with customizing and adding flair to your tack. I think it breaks up the monotony of everything being black and adds something unique. I think tack/boot companies need to do it now to be competitive as that’s what the market wants.
I say go for it–I actually just ordered a saddle that’s black with a London tan piping and facing and can’t wait to get it–as I see it, if I’m spending that much money on a saddle, I want something a little special added to it (: but I feel like the Brown and black combo is still pretty classic
Yes, I have dark blue on current saddle and a lighter royal on new saddle. Both are black saddles. Friend has brown piping and brown on cantel - stunning on her bay horse. And yes, I read the thread about the metallic color coming off. My blue is a few years old and no issues at all. On a brown saddle - what are your “show colors”?
I bought my Dresch dressage saddle used. It was custom for someone else. It has gold welting. It looks quite nice and I have had the saddle 3-4 years now,and have received many compliments on it. It also has a square cantle.
I bought a Black Country about two years ago and ordered it with silver piping. The metallic wears off VERY fast under the leg. It still looks OK in other areas, but the saddle hasn’t been heavily used as I sold the horse it was intended for about six months after I got it. Eventually it will be white piping. Do I regret it? Not really, but I have considered some accessories to my show outfit that have gold in them and wondered if they would look mismatched/tacky, so even the silver is somewhat limiting. I also considered doing brown or navy, but didn’t want to be locked in to one or the other for my jacket color. If it looks like my WB mare and I are in it for the long haul in another year or two, I’ll probably buy her a brown saddle with black welting though, as I’ve already dreamed up a black/brown/white ensemble for us.
Aha, I found it. I will ask what the welting is made out of. I was looking at getting a Custom before I found Hastilow. The Custom rep never got back to me, even when I told her exactly what I was looking for, and made it clear that I was ready to move forward on having her out to fit. So, they lost out on my business.
I am probably going to be getting a navy coat, navy pad, and navy ear bonnet once things start going on sale in the fall. I have all black now, but I just got brown tall boots and I think a navy coat would look better than a black coat with my brown boots.
That looks nice!
I found these pictures of a Bliss of London, this is how I imagine mine would look like with navy. http://imgur.com/a/DgrvH
This sounds lovely! And I agree…I buy saddles like I buy cars; they’re intended to last for a LONG time (assuming fit, of course), so I have to LOVE it.
I have a black saddle with the royal blue welting you showed, then rhinestones on the cantle. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but that’s just fine. I love it!
I have a brown saddle with gold welting also. I have heard the same thing about the gold/silver welt, but mine is several years old and has been, at times, ridden in on 7-8 horses a day, with no sign of wear. It was bought for a previous horse and I have a new saddle on order that fits my horse better and fits me much better. I like the brown/gold so much I did the same combo again.
Talked to the saddle fitter last night, and if sounds like the blue is more of a royal blue than a navy blue. Rather bummed about that. He is having swatches sent to him, and hopefully they will be here soon. Now I have to decide if I want to go with cream or go with a plan b. Possible plan b is pink. Pink is my personal favorite color, but I don’t use it on my horse as she is already a pink-ish color. I do add hints of it when I can, like in the monograms on our saddle pads.
We’ve done brown and blue several times and I think it looks really nice. I’ve seen black with blue as well, on many dressage saddles.
Toulouse has a brand new Desiree dressage saddle with Genesis adjustable tree with a medium/dark grey welting and medium/dark grey stitching. It is drop dead gorgeous. You don’t really even notice the contrast other than it is a very attractive saddle. They also have jumping saddles that are chocolate brown with cognac welting which is subtle and very understated. The Aveline dressage has just a tiny touch of red where the tail of the stirrup leather tucks.
Yes, I think I am back to navy welt with brown leather. We are even talking about doing navy on the back of the cantle.
They are finally starting to build my saddle! I ended up going with the navy welt and brown leather.
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