You may or may not be able to feel this crazing to the touch. May have surface cracks in the leather, usually fine and superficial crazing, often found on the seat and panels. Often you will see friction rubs at the seat edges. Typically there will be creases on the knee pads, sometimes deep creases. These saddles will have significant rubbing on the flaps. No holes or cuts in the leather that go all the way through. Good Condition:Ĭompletely serviceable condition with moderate wear but no repairs needed. A very small spot worn through the leather on one or more of the blocks is permissible for this rating, but only if the blocks exhibiting this are underneath a flap. A few minor surface scratches or nicks in the leather may be present, but always superficial and never deep. Light creasing on knee pads is typically seen. These saddles may have some visible but minor seat edge rubs. There can be minor color variation on the leather from sweat, rain, or general wear, often on the flaps but usually on the seat and panels. Saddles in this category will typically have light to moderate rubs on the flaps from boots and stirrup leathers, usually with more rubbing toward the bottom of the flaps. A saddle in excellent condition has been lightly used and has been very well maintained. There may be some very subtle color fading, but usually not. Any color variation present will be subtle. The billets will be in good or better condition. If there are any surface scratches or nicks they will be very small and superficial. Occasionally you will see extremely light seat edge rubs. Saddles under this rating will have only very light and normal wear.
The billets will typically show some light creasing. There will be no color variation, no fading of leather, no scratches, dings or damage anywhere. Saddles in this category will show very little to no use. Both typing out the number for clarity, and sending us a number of photos will assist us to determine your saddle details.Explanation of Condition Ratings for Saddles Exceptional Condition:
#SADDLE SERIAL NUMBER SEARCH EQUIPE PLUS#
To speed up the process for you, please send us all numbers and letters that you can see, plus any stamping of model names.
Simply contact us with your serial number and we'll do our best to tell you all about your saddle.ĭepending on the age of your saddle, your serial number will either be on a sewn in tag, or stamped on the under-flap of your saddle. If you are unable to find the answer to your question using the above information, please email our specialist product team who will be able to search our older records and get back to you with more detail. If your saddle serial number begins with the letters WIP, or has the EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution badge in the chamber or HART badge under the back of the seat, then it will feature the complete EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution which means that you can easily use the risers within your saddle. If your saddle serial number begins with the 10 or higher as outlined above, then it will feature the EASY-CHANGE Gullet System. Most Wintec saddles feature a changeable gullet, however depending on the age this may require a specialist saddler to unstitch your saddle and change. In most cases, the last two numbers will represent your saddle seat size in centimeters, this will usually be preceded by a dash, for example -44 (36 cm/14", 38 cm/15", 40 cm/16", 42 cm/16.5", 43 cm/17", 44 cm/17.5", 46 cm/18".) Changeable gullet v EASY-CHANGE Gullet v EASY-CHANGE Fit Solution If the first two numbers in your serial number are a 10 or higher, then the first two digits represent the year of manufacture.
The below is a very rough guide to help you to work out the age and size of some of our newer models. Since Wintec brightly burst onto the riding scene in 1986, our serial number process has changed many times and unfortunately there is no one way to accurately read your own serial number. Want to find out more about your Wintec Saddle?
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