A Sharp’s Saddlery Horse Saddle
By Winston McWilliams

Sharp’s Saddlery is a full service horse saddle shop. The owner of the shop, Clay Sharp, is a master saddle maker. My favorite horse saddle on his website is the Old Time Slick Fork Saddle.

The Old Time Slick Fork Saddle is a horse saddle made in the style of the late 1800’s. It was originally created as a movie prop when the film needed period authentic saddles.

Also for sale on the Sharp’s Saddlery website is a horse saddle made for kids. It is made for a girl and has a tooled star and heart on the seat. This leather horse saddle has brass hardware and stirrups.

Some people prefer a lightweight horse saddle. Sharp’s Saddlery sells a horse saddle called Sharp’s Lightweight Wade Ladies’ Trail Saddle. This horse saddle is strong and functional and weighs only thirty six pounds.

There is another horse saddle that Clay Sharp makes for Sharp’s Saddlery that is quite a sight to behold. The horse saddle is called Modified Association with Wood Post Horn and Matching Western Canteen. This horse saddle has semi-square skirts.

The Modified Association horse saddle has floral tooling in the corner and on the border. It also has a burgundy padded seat and cheyenne roll. The post horn is wood and latigo wrapped. This horse saddle also boasts endurance stirrups.

I do believe that the western canteen is something



else with the matching breast collar. This is just quite the horse saddle. Any cowboy would be proud to ride on this custom horse saddle or any saddle made by Sharp’s Saddlery.

The most lightweight horse saddle that Clay Sharp makes is also the most durable. The twenty four pound Endurance-style tree is very handsome. It does not have all of the fancy tool work that a Sharp’s Saddlery horse saddle usually has, but it has a simplicity that is really very beautiful.