Originally I planned to build this saddle for myself, and then decided it should be the first of the limited edition saddles.

Mexican cowboys in Arizona taught me to slip my dallys on one of these little brass horns. Those guys with their sixty to a hundred foot reattas can handle any cattle in the country.

Even though it is not a true vaquero saddle, I named it in honor of them and the other great Mexican cowboys that were the beginnings of the American cowboy.

The skirts and fenders are larger than normal to allow more inverted carving and a lot of brass for a touch of class.

I like center fire rigs. I have had them in many of my personal saddles. They were very popular in the 1800's, and you can rope anything you want to with one.

The short roll on the cantle was also popular in the 1800's. It gives you a little lip to hang onto in case of a wreck.

With the addition of separate front jockeys, old style stirrup leathers, and the fancy dyed inverted carving, this is a rig any working cowboy would be proud to ride.

Each saddle has a numbered silver plate that at reads:

El Vaquero

Edition number

Made for you

by J. J. Croft

El Vaquero is built on a Butch Cassidy tree

6 1/4 "x 9" gullet, 5" cantle

Edition size: Five

$10,000.00