Bill Cutting of Fresno has owned the Visalia Stock Saddle Company since 1982. We thought having the serial number would mean it would be easy to track down the company, access its records and learn when and for whom the saddle was made. The leather of the saddle is beautifully tooled all over with California poppies it has extensive silver mountings including 66 engraved conchos of various sizes, a horse engraved on the pommel, 16 caduceus plaques, a presentation plaque reading “Visalia Stock Saddle Co., San Francisco, Ca No. This spectacular silver-mounted saddle caught my eye a few months ago. Eight beautiful sterling silver conchos give this saddle an additional accent of prominence.What’s it Worth? Visalia Stock Company saddle – The Mercury News Close Menu Acorns and the inscription “SALINAS ‘82” with a cowboy carrying his saddle indicates that this saddle belongs to the All-Around champion of the Salinas Rodeo in 1982. The leather is soft and immaculately stitched. While this is a trophy saddle it was designed to be used and ridden in, not just laid out as display trophy saddle. One can only imagine the excitement of winning this beautiful saddle. His craftsmanship won great recognition as well as multiple awards like “Heros of Western Art and Craftsmanship” and the Will Rogers award as “Saddlemaker of the Year.” In 2004 Bill became a member of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association (TCAA). This particular saddle is one of the 22 All-Around Champion saddles specially made for the Salinas Rodeo and was purportedly won by Mike Beers. He was influenced by Stanley Dias and developed his own interpretation of the Visalia stamping style. 12th 1936 - March 11th 2011) was born in Three Rivers, near Visalia, CA where he started working on saddles in the family owned tack shop. The matching bridle and martingale are included in the price.īill Maloy (Dec. Featuring 22 pieces of sterling silver pieces, out of which eight are large conchos overlaid with a gold horse head. Even the 17 inch tapaderos are fully hand stamped and adorned with intricately engraved silver conchos. This solid black parade saddle is a statement to true elegance. Today, over 100 years later the company is still active and successful, focusing on furniture and transportation. When the automotive industry was born, the business savvy brothers saw a new opportunity and adapted their portfolio to upholstery. Their saddles were commissioned by the rich and famous of the early Hollywood era and were used in many early westerns. With the arrival of the new century and an expansion of the company into “Keyston Bros.”, they started building saddles. He specialized on hand braided whips and lashes. James Keyston started “Keyston” in 1868, a period in which the gold rush and “the forty niners” where still a reality in San Francisco.
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