As a CUSTOM SADDLE MAKER from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, we
build high quality handcrafted custom saddles and tack for everything you can
do “western” on a horse. Whether you are a cowboy or cowgirl at heart or one
who earns a living horseback, you’ll enjoy visiting our SADDLE GALLERIES of
uniquely beautiful but undeniably serviceable tools of the cowboy trade.
Whatever your chosen discipline or riding style, you’ll find the saddle of your
dreams from one of our galleries.
Hopefully, you didn’t come to the Jerry Shaw Custom Saddles
web site expecting to find the typical, ordinary, hum-drum saddles so common in
today’s market place. As you will soon see, there is nothing ordinary about our
extraordinary works of art. Each saddle is carefully designed, skillfully
assembled, and masterfully finished using only the finest and highest quality
materials available. Each of our saddles is individually handcrafted with one
type of buyer in mind. . . the discriminating horseman or horsewoman who
demands the very best for themselves and insists on the very best of equipment
for their horses.
We are keenly aware that your horses and what you do with
them are a substantial investment, both monetarily and emotionally. The saddle
you use must protect that investment by making sure that neither the rider nor
the horse has any concerns about what is between them. To be honest, we love to
hear people "Oooooh" and "Ahhhh" over how beautiful our
saddles are. But the best compliment we get is, "The minute my butt hit
the saddle, neither I nor my horse knew it was there!" The last thing you
want to be thinking about when you are making lightening fast turns in the
cutting arena or making scenic skid marks in the arena sand at the reining futurity
is how your saddle feels or how it fits your horse. So, in a way, it is a
genuine compliment when customers say we build a forgettable saddle . . .
forget the saddle and enjoy the ride!
A long time ago, when we began our business, we made our
commitment to build the best quality saddle that money can buy and offer it to
our customers at an affordable price. You can pay more but you can't buy
better.
When you visit our shop, you'll find us building great
western saddles in the same tradition of the great saddle makers of past
generations. You won't see assembly lines or a lot of high tech equipment. You
will just find a collaboration of master craftsmen, all of whom have been
carefully selected, not only because of their skill and expertise, but their willingness
to learn our unique trademark techniques, all working together and sharing
their knowledge to create elegant pieces of art that are built to withstand the
tough, rigorous work cowboy life and look great while riding comfortably.
We have the greatest respect and admiration for our
forebears who paved the way for modern horsemanship. We have tried to learn
from their ancient techniques while adapting to the evolutionary changes each
discipline has brought to the modern performance horse. We are keenly aware
that ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, whether you are talking about horses or riders.
As modern breeding programs tweak the conformation of their performance animals
to perform well in their respective disciplines the Jerry Shaw Custom Saddle is
also an evolutionary process. We strive diligently to listen attentively and
carefully to the needs, wants and desires of those we serve before a saddle’s
construction is begun. As your needs change our designs and methods will change
to accommodate your requirements.
We firmly believe that UTILITY and Beauty can co-exist in
perfect harmony in the western saddle.
We try to combine unbridled beauty, unequaled quality of materials and
workmanship, and the latest in style and class with unparalleled comfort for
the horse and rider.
Each Jerry Shaw saddle is painstakingly crafted to achieve
the perfect balance of form and function without sacrificing beauty. We understand that BEAUTIFUL doesn't equate
to BETTER, but we've found that it doesn't hurt for a great saddle to be
uniquely and distinctively gorgeous while being perfectly serviceable.
Please understand that we can and do build Plain Jane
saddles for those who want them, but even then we want them to be flawlessly
constructed, built of the finest of materials and evidence the handiwork of a
skilled and talented craftsman. Being a
Plain Jane is no excuse for shoddy or sloppy work and it won't be a part of
anything that is shipped out of our shop. We want everyone who rides a Jerry
Shaw Custom Saddle to be able to ride with pride. . . and we'll do what it
takes on this end to make it possible.
Above all, our goal is QUALITY, not QUANTITY. The result is
that every aspect of our saddles is an example of uncompromised quality. Just as the code of the rugged cowboy of the
of the Old West was to "always protect the brand" he rode for, each
saddle that leaves our shop wears our brand (my name) and is an ambassador of
our reputation as a saddle maker. Each
is permanently stamped with my name and represents us in the arenas, the trails
and the pastures for generations to come. For that reason, the quality goes in
it before my name goes on it.
Jerry Shaw
