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IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO PURCHASE
AN AUSTRALIAN MADE STOCK SADDLE FROM ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD INCLUDING AUSTRALIA,
BE WARNED. IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE AUSTRALIAN
STOCK SADDLES BEING MADE HERE IN AUSTRALIA USING SADDLE TREES IMPORTED
FROM INDIA.
WHILST THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL WITH THIS PRACTICE IT CAN GIVE THE QUALITY
AUSTRALIAN STOCK SADDLES AND THERE MAKERS A BAD NAME AND MAY ALSO BE DECEIVING
THE END USER OR AGENT WHO MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE AUSTRALIAN STOCK SADDLE
THEY HAVE JUST PURCHASED OR SOLD HAS A MAJOR COMPONENT, SUCH AS THE TREE
WHICH HAS BEEN IMPORTED FROM INDIA.
PLEASE SEE BELOW SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR
ATTENTION IN RELATION TO SADDLES MANUFACTURED IN AUSTRALIA USING
SADDLE TREES IMPORTED FROM INDIA.
(1)THE STIRRUP BARS MAY BE WORKING LOOSE AND OR SEPARATING FROM THE SADDLE
TREE.
(2) THE GULLET OF THE SADDLE MAY BE SPREADING.
(3) CANTLE PIECES MAY BE SEPARATING FROM THE SADDLE TREE.
AND IN GENERAL THE TREE MAY NOT BEING STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE JOB AT HAND.
ANOTHER PROBLEM WE HAVE HEARD OF IS POOR QUALITY LEATHER BEING USED
THAT BLEEDS. THIS IS THE COLOR COMING OFF THE LEATHER AND DISCOLORING
THE RIDERS CLOTHES.
TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT BE SURE TO ASK THE PERSON FROM WHO YOU ARE ABOUT
TO BUY THE "AUSTRALIAN MADE SADDLE" FROM WHERE THE SADDLE
TREE WAS MANUFACTURED. |
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