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Not a fan of the Bob’s, but that is because I like a non-padded seat. The Tim McQuay is a model type made by Bob’s.
I like Kyle tack a lot also. I personally ride in a Piland, but you don’t see them around much.[/QUOTE]
Bob’s have different models that fit different behinds, but most tend to fit performance horses well, why they are almost as much used as new, other than silver and such add-ons, that require a newer saddle to be worth more.
I broke my tail bone years ago and need some padding.
A bare saddle tends to irritate my behind for the longer rides.
Many dislike padding because when it gets wet, as you do working cattle, it becomes squishy and takes much longer to dry than a plain or rough out seat.
Some saddlers get around that with close cell foam, but that also only can go so far to help in that situation.
For much showing, where you don’t have to ride in downpours, you are indoors or the footing outdoors if raining becomes too slick so classes are cancelled, padded seats tend to be the norm.
The quality in Bobs has always been above many others.
Their saddles are not stamped, but properly hand tooled with tight tooling, no large empty spaces in the tooling, that stays in the pattern, doesn’t has lines sticking out here and there once the leather is applied to the saddle, etc.
They tend to have good finishes all around, no frazzling leather on the edges.
