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>If you like Passier's seat then you will like just about any model. The tree
>and the shape of the seat is pretty much the same as the GT or the Nicole or
>a
>PSL. (Now the OS!)
Uh...sorry, but the Rembrandt OS is not a Passier...it is made by Whitman.
Rembrandt is their dressage saddle line.
I tried the OS...my horses loved it, but I did not...the twist is very wide,
which I found uncomfortable. Not every one will agree, since many like a wide
twist, but I could not get comfortable in it.
The OS has no "points" in the tree, making it very comfy for the horse....and
Whitman does a good job on the panels as well. My only complaint about the
Rembrandt saddles is the overall finish and workmanship....while the leather is
not bad, the finishing touches are not so hot. The Rembrandt saddles end up
looking really used really quickly. I would love to have their ideas put into a
saddle of European quality, as the seatwork and overall design is good.<<<<
Me:
Sorry for the error, I was mistaken about the post.......my mind was roving
somewhere in "saddle land" about someone's passier.
Interesting the no point system, have you tried it on a horse's back yet? Has
anyone tried this type of tree here on rec. eq.? I have an old Rembrandt
saddle myself, a Victor model with the adjustable tree (apx.7 years old) and it
came out the year before the Integra. I have always like the saddle very much;
and I had it restuffed last year by the saddler, Gary Stevenson, the Saddle
doctor, he related information to me about the the Whitman Company.
It seems the company uses many saddlers to make their saddles and has some
bummers and some greats. My saddle was made in Switzerland and could be a
"copy-made-in-their-factory" Passier only with an adjustable tree. The seat,
the panels and the leather seems identical to a Nicole which also debued that
same year I bought my saddle. People mistake it for one all the time!
So, I would suggest you try to find out where your saddle was made and by whom.
It might help you on the decision, it might not matter, who knows.
As to the narrow twist and wide one, that is a personal reaction for sure. I
also have a Neidersuss in a wide tree for my paint, who has that wide QH back,
and It has a decidedly wider twist than the Victor. I was fitting the horse
and me to a lesser degree when I purchased it and found the wide twist a tad
*wierd*, then I rode in it for a few months and low and behold I like it better
now. You get used it, but I ride in each saddle and find each comfortable.
Ying and yang.
Good luck......in your search.
Regards,
Jaz, and so it goes......