These are hand made saddles in Iceland by Icelandic saddles makers in a small shop in northern
Iceland just for the Icelandic horse and for regular Icelandic folks. These are not generally
sold out of Iceland as this small saddle shop is not particularly multilingual. Current prices
on saddles from this shop are roughly $2,500+. Generally these saddles are a bit narrow and flat,
and are considered close contact saddles. The saddles that are not
quilted are even more so. If you want to get the most out of your Icelandic horse, I recommend
these handmade saddles over the mass produced factory saddles, that are much more common place today.
I have other Skagfjord/Hesturinn saddles (Gull, De Luxe, etc), see below.
If you are looking for a particular Skagfjord/Hesturinn saddle and do not see it, ask ...
Of the three Hesturinn saddles of this series: Gull, Svadi & Galdur, the Gull has the narrow/shorter seat,
Svadi is the middle sized seat, and the Galdur is the wider/longer seat.
All three saddles have the same size tree. Only the top side of the saddle is different.
The custom Gull that I have is noticeably better in a number of ways than the regular Gull saddle.
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