![]() If you’re done with Passier, you’re also done with Prestige, Kieffer, Custom, Verhan, Smith Worthington, and a bunch of the other big names. If you reach out to Passier and say “Hey I used to buy saddles in your 28cm tree, do you recommend the regular or wide tree on your new saddles” I’m sure they will be able to talk you through it. If you are just riding one horse, I don’t see what the giant hassle is around getting the saddle adjusted once to fit that horse…if a youngster or one you use a half pad on to accommodate changes in fitness, possibly a hair wider than fitted to their naked back. :lol: You have ALWAYS had to have them adjusted by an approved saddler. ![]() ![]() Well, correct, I guess you’re done with Passier.īut I guess I don’t understand why you’re done with them now, instead of when they came out with this technology 40 years ago. I see nothing wrong with their claim that their saddles are “lifetime” saddles, considering everything above. The flocking needs to be taken into consideration, possibly billet configuration, etc. Because very rarely do you need to adjust the gullet and nothing else. But Passier is catering to a different level of horseperson, who is going to have the saddler out when they are fitting to a new/growing horse. I don’t understand what you mean by “not adjustable”. Again, this is the same as makers like Prestige, which can only be adjusted by a half size each “adjustment” but can be adjusted many times in a row to get to the right spot.įrom what I see, the new Passiers are being sold as “regular” or “wide” which should get you pretty close to the spot you need when buying new. The gullet is fitted with a plate (and the rest of the tree built around it) that can be adjusted by a saddler.Įvery single plate is adjustable throughout the whole range, so no, you are not “hosed” if you happen to buy the wrong thing or get a new horse. And if the standard on a saddle (because you CANNOT order it in a special width, only whatever they have deemed as standard) is too narrow by quite a margin, you’re hosed. Because if it follows the older saddles, you can only go up so many without causing problems. Yeah, well, I just looked at it online (couldn’t get the video to load) and it looks like you can replace the gullet, but you need to use a Passier approved saddler.
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