Used Dakota 350 Saddle

What is a pleasure saddle, anyway? It is a saddle you expect to feel comfortable when you are in that seat for long hours at a time. The material Dakota uses for padding our Cultured Cowboy saddles is not cheap carpet foam like many of the other "value priced" saddles out there. It is a superior grade that will not compress nor deteriorate in short time.

This used Dakota Saddle proves these good seats! Many years of service & still sitting pretty! And all the skirts, everything is in really good shape. 

 Oh yeah, and there is no pressed paper lining the skirts where leather is supposed to be. The finished top layer will not peel off, because there are not lots of 1/16 inch thin layers glued together. (beware those auction saddles!) You get real leather with Cultured Cowboy! Years from now, you will enjoy the same comfort as when the saddle was new. This one is shown with a floral spot print, on skirts, jockey & fender. (just enough tooling to keep the leather from curling), 

Leather conchos, and stained, oiled, rust suede seat. Jockeys and fenders smooth side out for easier cleaning. Standard pleasure horn is there, but not so tall as to get in the way.

That 5 inch cantle will help hold you in the seat on steep upgrades. The laced Cheyenne roll makes this saddle easy to handle. Comes with rear dees under the conchos, but you can easily add two more at the front corners. 

No breast collar dees on this one. Hook to the front rings, or add them later.  Heavy Duty synthetic fleece. Fits inseams of 30 - 36 well.  Comes with your choice of Semi QH  bars.  7/8 position Stainless steel double rigging gives you loads of strength. Plenty of room in the thigh area. Life doesn't get much better than all this! 

Not much wear in the original stirrups. (tells us that the saddle actually was not ridden much. This saddle came to us after the death of someone's family member. Had been hanging in a barn for several years. Cultured Cowboy reconditioned the tree and all the leather. 4 liters of Lexol, almost 2 bottles of extra virgin olive oil, and a whole lot of time & love!  It's older & a little stiff on the skirt edges, but will make a fine saddle for someone. 

Suede seat actually measures 16 3/4. This saddle was actually golden brown when new and had gone a long time without conditioning. We really didn't care about the color so we loaded it with conditioning to bring new life into the leather. This darkened the saddle a lot! Expect a few light age cracks, but we checked everything out OK.

No. DAK-350 Pleasure  TREE: Steele Equi-Fit Fiberglass Covered  Semi Quarterhorse Bars  HORN: 3 1/2" high, 2 1/4 in cap. CANTLE:  5" RIGGING:  Stainless Steel Double 7/8 Rigging. STIRRUP LEATHERS: 2 1/2" with leather covered buckles FINISH:  Spot Basket. COLOR: Oiled Golden Brown WEIGHT:  Approximately 36 Pounds   Seat Sizes Compare New At: Our CC Price     $  17" $1580.00 $789.99     $ Special Note:  Cultured Cowboy now has this used Dakota 350 saddle in stock. Good Shape!   Click here to visit the new Dakota 350 page.  Horn is tight. So are all the pommel nails & screws. Fleece beneath is in great shape. ke You can see the great shape the rear of the cantle holds. .Other side view. Saddle comes with the flank set included. Nylon off billet & tie strap. (We might be persuaded to add new nylon straps from BigHorn at our cost. Here are the cracks I mentioned earlier. Stirrup leathers are still in shape to perform as a pleasure saddle should. None are torn or deep. If the saddle had been oiled earlier, these would have never happened. - Good lesson - Condition your tack!  Notice the stitching on skirt is in fine shape too.  Fleece bottom in very good shape.