Custom Orders

The saddles shown on this website are suggestions: just a starting point and examples of our work. To make a saddle that is truly your own, please consider the following options:

Leather Color
Horn
Swell Type
Cantle Shape
Tooling
Seat Size

Skirt Style
Rigging Type
Fender Length
Bar Width
Gullet Height
Stirrup Style

Here are some examples of each option. Click on the pictures to enlarge.
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Leather Color for Koen Saddles

	All Koen Saddles are made with the finest quality leather and hardware. The color of the leather is a matter of personal preference.
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Tree Type

	The size and body type of the horse used will influence the tree length and gullet height. The tree shape will also determine swell size and shape as well as seat size, horn type and gullet height. Some other considerations include Full Quarter Horse Bars or Semi-Quarter Horse Bars. Other types are available by special order.
Use this diagram to visualize your new saddle.

The standard tree is rawhide over wood and is coated with epoxy to make it more sturdy. This model has an F.C.H. or forward angled saddle horn.	The rubber bar tree is designed to offer the rider and horse the greatest comfort possible. Great for horses with back problems or riders with the same!
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Horn Type

	The #1 horn is standard on reining saddles and most general prupose western saddles. It is fairly short and is out of the way of the reins. It is shown here on the Basket of Roses Reiner.
	This is an O.D.4 horn. Is is angled slightly forward and is a moderate height. Is is used here on the Koen Flex Cutter.
	These are both F.C.H. (Forward Cutting Horse) horns. On the left is a 4.5 inch and on the right is a 4 inch. The saddle on the left is the B.W. Slick Cutter and on the right is the B.W Rough Cutter.
	This is a # 10 horn.
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Cantle Shape

Straight Cantle	Cheyenne Rolled Cantle

We can also do straight, rolled or laced cantles. These styles are shown on the Ranch Cutter and the B.W. Rough Cutter.
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Tooling Patterns

A) Barbed Wire B) Basket & Flower Stripe C) Border HH D) Windmill With Sunburst E) Waffle Stamping F) Diamond G) Basket of Roses



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Skirt Style


Semi-Square Skirt	Square Skirt	Round Skirt
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Rigging Type

While most Koen saddles are ordered with Koen's close contact system, some prefer other rigging types. Koen saddles offers several styles.

	Koen Close Contact Rigging
	Regular 7/8 Double D Rigging
	Flat Plate Rigging
	3 Way In Skirt Rigging
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Fender Length

Fender length is a personal choice. We can reccomend a general size, usually somewhere in the mid-range. This will accomodate people of average stature. Let us know if you are shorter or taller than average, we can easily make adjustments so that the fenders are what will fit you best.

Stirrup Style

Your new Koen saddle comes complete with everything you need to ride. Even stirrups. Select the style you like from these, or ask us if you don't see what you are looking for: we can order whatever you need.

Koen Saddles, custom reining, cutting, ranch and roping saddles

Heels down wooden stirrup, 3" tread, $55/pair
Aztec Design wooden visalia, 2" tread, $55/pair
Aluminum, plain, 2" tread, $51/pair
Engraved Aluminum, heels down pattern, 2" tread, $52/pair
Nettles #75 offset wooden stirrup with leather tread, $140/pair (if ordering a saddle, these are $50 extra)

Items A through D are no extra charge when ordering a saddle-pick any you like. Item E, the Nettles stirrup, is an additional $60 with a custom saddle. Just need stirrups for a saddle you already have? Just call and we can send you whatever you need!

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Cinches

We offer the basics: top quality neoprene or mohair. Let us know your choice when we ship your saddle.