I, enjoyed cleaning up this 10 1/2 inch child saddle. Made by Wyeth out of Saint Joseph, MO USA in the 1940s. Wyeth made pony express saddles. Researching Wyeth saddles, there are only one or two pony express saddles in museums. This little saddle is in it’s forever home as a loved childhood memory. Thank you for enjoying a peace of history.

I had the pleasure of restoring this 1920’s ‘Buck’ Stiener saddle. It has been in the clients family now for three generations. It is fully tooled and built well. I enjoyed working on this saddle. I hope you enjoy seeing a bit of history.

I loved working on this saddle. I really like the rose tooling. The history: This was hand crafted for the Sears and Roebuck Co. catalog by the Utahn Saddle Company in Vernal Utah. The Utahn name came about because the saddle maker wanted the name of his state as part of his company’s name, but Utah doesn’t allow the state to be in company names, so he put an “n” at the end.

The Saddle was completely tooled but not completely dyed under the foam seat that ripped apart. I think it was an after-thought on the part of the client to put a foam covered seat on top of the already tooled saddle seat. So the saddle maker only stained to the foam cover, leaving a partial undyed tooling and undyed seat. I was so excited when the dye matched and enhanced the saddle seat. Prayers answered!

The rose tooled saddle was probably a ladies saddle. It was very well cared for and in excellent condition to be a good using saddle today.