WESTERN CUSTOM STERLING CALIFORNIA SADDLE BUB WARREN Start Price USD 45,000.00 Current Price USD 45,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 21, 2008 End Time Monday, October 20, 2008 Location Paso Robles, California See more about 'WESTERN CUSTOM STERLING CALIFORNIA SADDLE BUB WARREN' Description HAND MADE WESTERN CUSTOM STERLING CALIFORNIA SADDLE HI- THIS AUCTION IS FOR BUBS' NICEST SADDLE!!  WE'RE SETTING A HIGH STANDARD FOR YOU ALL HERE ON EBAY.  SOMETIMES ON EBAY THE REPUTATION HAS BECOME A PLACE TO BUY CHEAP THINGS.  NOT SO WITH US, WE ARE SHOOTING FOR THE MOON AND PROVIDING YOU WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY AVAILABLE!!!  SURE IT COSTS A BIT MORE, BUT LIKE THEM OLD TIMERS SAID, "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!"  THIS WAS HAND CRAFTED BY A MASTER LEATHER CRAFTSMAN "BUB WARREN!"  I AM GOING TO BE SELLING SADDLES, CHAPS, GUN HOLSTERS, BAGS, MINIATURE SADDLES, HEADSTALLS AND MUCH MORE RIGHT OUT OF HIS SHOP ON "1428 SPRING ST. IN PASO ROBLES, CA." RIGHT HERE ON EBAY!!  HERE IS A SHORT HISTORY ABOUT BUB AND HIS COWBOY COLLECTIBLES.... BUB WAS BORN IN THE OSAGE INDIAN LANDS OF OKLAHOMA.  HE EARNED HIS KEEP AS A CARPENTER, LAWMAN AND AS A WORKING COWBOY.  HE LATER LEARNED THE CRAFT OF SADDLE MAKING FROM JERRY FRANKLIN OF THE LEGENDARY FRANKLIN SADDLE COMPANY.  FRANKLIN RIGS ARE PRIZED BY GENERATIONS OF GENUINE BUCKAROOS FOR THEIR FIT, CRAFTSMANSHIP AND RUGGED DURABILITY.  BEFORE JERRY FRANKLIN DIED IN 1976, HE PASSED THE COMPANY ON TO BUB WARREN AND BUB HAS PRESERVED THE GREAT FRANKLIN TRADITION IN THE TRAPPINGS AND ART OF THE FRANKLIN SADDLE CO.  HE HAS EVEN MADE A SADDLE FOR CHARLEY DANIELS!  IT WAS IN 1984  AT A CONCERT AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO IN LAS VEGAS WHERE CHARLEY ORDERED A CUSTOM MADE SADDLE FROM BUB.  BUB MADE IT AND DELIVERED IT TO HIM AT ANOTHER CONCERT IN VICTORVILLE, CA. AND MET ROY ROGERS THE SAME NIGHT!! TODAY, RIDERS AND COLLECTORS THE WORLD OVER RECOGNIZE THE MUSEUM QUALITY OF ORIGINAL BUB WARREN LEATHER WORK.  EVERY PIECE HE PRODUCES REFLECTS THE HAND OF A CRAFTSMAN, THE EYE OF AN ARTIST, AND THE HERITAGE OF A TRUE SON OF THE AMERICAN WEST.  BUB HAS MADE MORE THAN 1300 SADDLES FOR RIDERS IN AMERICA, EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA!! HIS WORK HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE OKLAHOMA DIAMOND JUBILEE, THE PENDLETON ROUND-UP AND THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM FOLK LIFE FESTIVAL TO NAME A FEW.  TO ENSURE THE AUTHENTICITY AND LASTING VALUE OF HIS WORK, ALL BUBS' ORIGINALS CARRY HIS DISTINCTIVE BUFFALO SKULL TRADEMARK MEDALLION.  NOW HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO OWN AN AMAZING ONE OF A KIND PIECE OF LEATHER WORK THAT CAN BE PASSED DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION WITH PRIDE!!   I GUESS YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL SADDLE.   I AM GOING TO LET BUB TAKE IT FROM HERE:  THIS SADDLE IS BUILT ON A WEATHERLY SLICK FORK TREE, WITH A 15 1/2 IN. SEAT, 5 1/2 IN. HIGH CANTLE, 9 IN. FORK, THE HORN IS 3 1/2 IN. HIGH WITH A 3 IN CAP ADORNED WITH A CUSTOM SOLID SILVER BUFFALO SKULL HORN CAP.  THE GULLET IS 8 IN. HIGH BY 6 1/2 IN. WIDE AND SEMI-QUARTER HORSE BARS.  THE GULLET HAPPENS TO ALSO BE ORNATELY CARVED.  THAT IS THE FOUNDATION, A WOOD TREE WITH RAWHIDE COVER.  NOW I WILL ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE TOP SIDE OF THIS EXQUISITE SADDLE IS ALL ABOUT.  SLICK FORKS ARE SADDLES THAT FOUND A HOME IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA VIA A DEFINITE MEXICAN INFLUENCE.  THIS SADDLE HAS SQUARE SKIRTS WITH SMALL ROUNDED CORNERS, THE CORNERS OF THE SKIRT, FRONT SEAT JOCKEYS' AND REAR JOCKEYS' CARRY SOLID STERLING SILVER, ESPECIALLY MADE BY WALT DORAN, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO MADE JUST FOR THIS CREATION, NEVER TO BE DUPLICATED.  THIS SADDLE HAS BEEN RIGGED WITH A SINGLE FLAT BRONZE RING, PLACED IN A 3/4 POSITION (HAVING NO REAR BILLETS OR BACK CINCHES.)  PROPERLY HUNG RIGGINS WILL KEEP A SADDLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HORSES BACK WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF A BACK CINCH.  THE FENDERS WERE CUT WITH THE SAME SHAPE CORNERS AS THE SKIRTS AND JOCKEYS' TO MAINTAIN ARTISTIC  SYMMETRY AND DESIGN, WITH CALIFORNIA LEATHERS WHICH RUN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENDER, VERY TRADITIONAL THUS THE NAME, CALIFORNIA LEATHERS.  A LONG PAIR OF BEAUTIFULLY STYLED EAGLE BILL TAPADEROS HANG OFF THE FENDERS  AND LEATHERS, CONCEALING A PAIR OF MONEL VISALIA STYLE STIRRUPS.  THESE TAPS ARE FULLY LINED AND FULLY CARVED, ON BOTH SIDES, NOT A NORMAL PROCEDURE.  THE CARVING IS DEEPLY CUT INTO WICKETT AND CRAIG LEATHER, KNOWN FOR ITS SUPPLENESS.  THE HALF BREED (CINCH CARRIER) IS ALSO LINED AND CARVED TO HOLD THE SILVA HORSEHAIR CINCHA.  IT HAS A LATIGO WRAPPED HORN BASE, A MATCHING CARVED MARTINGALE AND IS ADORNED WITH THE MOST UNIQUE SOLID STERLING SILVER THAT HAS BEEN LAYERED, NOT ENGRAVED, WHICH SETS WALT DORAN APART FROM OTHER SILVER MAKERS.  SADDLE MAKERS DEVELOP THEIR OWN STYLES AND THIS PARTICULAR SADDLE ILLUSTRATES THE TYPE AND STYLE I HAVE COME TO ENJOY MAKING.  I CAN MAKE ANY TYPE, BUT I JUST PREFER THE TRULY CALIFORNIA LOOK.  THIS SADDLE IS OAK LEAF CARVED IN EVERY POSSIBLE PLACE, MAKING IT TRULY A ONE OF A KIND COLLECTIBLE PIECE OF HISTORY AND LEATHER WORK.  SADLY ONLY ONE PERSON WILL BE THE OWNER AS IT CANNOT AND WOULD NOT BE REPLICATED BY MYSELF.  I HOPE YOU TOO ENJOY THIS PIECE THAT WAS A JOY TO CREATE!! THANKS AND GOOD RIDIN', BUB WARREN YOU CAN CALL BUB AT 541-350-2876 AND ORDER YOUR HEARTS DESIRE TODAY!!  MY CELL IS 805-674-4566 CALL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS. PLEASE CALL BUB OR EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS!  PAYMENT MUST BE MADE AT TIME OF PURCHASE.  IF YOU NEED MORE TIME PLEASE CONTACT US.  A GOOD FAITH PAYMENT OF $5,000 WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO PAY, BUT THAT IS WITH CONTACTING US FIRST.  PAYMENT ALSO CAN BE MADE DIRECTLY TO BUB AT HIS SHOP.   WE HAVE A NO RETURN POLICY UNLESS I MESS UP IN MY DESCRIPTION TERRIBLY, SO PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS!! PLEASE SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY,  THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHOPPIN' WITH US, CANDI Place a Bid!