Why Do Many Saddle Companies Use The Lower Quality Wool?
Two reasons: MONEY & LACK OF CONSUMER INFLUENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. 1. MONEY: It costs Centaur BodyWorks approximately $120 in wool to correctly “re-panel” your saddle with our wool. The other saddle manufacturers spend about $5 per saddle, and hire non-professionals, which they can pay less than a Master Saddler, to pack your saddle with wool. Many saddle companies will simply not give up that amount of profit to flock saddles with high quality wool. 2. CONSUMER INFLUENCE AND KNOWLEDGE: Many saddle companies figure that most of their consumers will NEVER KNOW THE DIFFERENCE between the low and high quality wool! You can bet the horses do. It never fails to amaze the people what actually comes out of their saddle. And we get lots of “ooohhhs” and “ahhhhs” when they feel our superior wool. Simply, most riders and consumers are NOT educated about proper saddle fit and materials. And many saddle companies are devoted to keeping the consumers in the dark, because if there clients were educated,
