Repairs
When your saddle or tack is starting to show some signs of wear who better to turn to than the repair workshop at Stübben North America. With decades of experience backing us, you can be assured that any repairs will be up to the same high standards of the original manufacturing. We order parts and materials from the our workshop in Germany to bring your saddle back to its original condition. For more unique repairs, we hand make any necessary parts here in house.
Some of the services we offer are billet replacements, flocking adjustments, full panel re-flocking, foam to wool panel conversions (Stübben saddles only), custom knee blocks, replacing knee pads, replacing or adding flap reinforcement strips, or replacing flaps completely. Our repair team can also take care of seat leather replacement, biomex seat removal, adding biomex seats to saddles that do not have them, and tree replacement (with any tree size).
If you have a question about your saddle or accessories fill out a repair request and we will follow up with you by providing a preliminary quote and timeline for any necessary repair. Once the item is received at our workshop we perform a comprehensive examination and will update your quote with any necessary or recommended repairs/adjustments before beginning work.
| Service Offered | Description |
Price Estimate (subject to change)
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| Hourly Rate | Rate per hour for custom made parts and repairs. | 85 |
| Inspection | Inspect Saddle, measure and check tree, and provide estimate | 100 |
| Flocking | ||
| Total reflock | Total Reflock of panels with newest Stubben natural wool | 400 |
| Total reflock (1894, Serenity, Euphoria) | Remove the panels of the saddle from the tree. Strip all of the wool from the panels. Restuff the panels with brand new, natural, Stubben wool from Germany. Restitch any tufting in the front of the panels. Reassemble saddle. | 350 |
| Flocking Adjustment | Remove panels and adjust flocking as needed. | 150 |
| Spot Flocking Adjustment | Adjust flocking without removing the panels. | 100 |
| Panels | ||
| Full panel replacement | Replace panels with new panels (Stubben only) | 800 |
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Replace Panels and add RR (lift) in rear
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950 | |
| Widen gullet | Widen gullet channel by modifying the panels to make them narrower at the back. | 350 |
| Foam panel to wool panel | Order wool panels to replace foam panels. Add cantle mirror if needed. | 850 |
| Add velcro to panels (includes 1 set of blocks) – Dressage saddle | Remove any fixed blocks, disassemble the panel, and add velcro to the outside of the panel to accommodate removable blocks. Includes 1 set of blocks. | 400 |
| Additional Blocks | 60 per set | |
| Restitch tufting in the panel | Restitch the tufting in the front of the panel. Price varies based on difficulty. | 50 |
| Restitch panels to tree | restitch the panels at the front or back to the tree. | 100 |
| Flaps | ||
| Replace outside flaps (standard leather) | Replace the outside flaps of the saddle with new flaps, made with standard leather. | 500 |
| Replace outside flaps (deluxe leather) | Replace the outside flaps of the saddle with new flaps, made with deluxe leather. | 650 |
| Replace Optimum flaps | Replace the outside flaps on the Stubben Zaria Optimum model. | 800 |
| Replace knee pads (fronts) | Replace the padded front of the flap (most models) | 400 |
| Add reinforcement strips | Add a reinforcement strip to the bottom of the flap and reglue the flap as needed. | 400 |
| Add billet keeper | Add a billet keeper under the flap to hold the flap down while riding | 100 |
| Restitch bottom of flap | Restitch the reinforcement strip or the bottom of the flap. | 150 |
| Restitch fronts | restitch the flap to the padded fronts. | 150 |
| Billets | ||
| Replace long billets | Replace long dressage length billets. | 45 per |
| Replace Optimum billets | Replace billets on the Stubben Zaria Optimum | 50 per |
| Replace short billets | Replace short billets. | 40 per |
| Add point billets long both only (inludes rear billets) | Add point billet to the front of the saddle, and replace the rear billet. | 290 |
| Add point billet short both only (plus other billets as needed) | Add point billet to the front of the saddle, and replace the rear billet only if they are needed. Additional 30$ per rear billet. | 200 |
| Remove point billets and install standard billet | Remove the point billets, and install short or long billets on the tree. If the rear billet is needed so the holes will match there will be additional cost. | 100 |
| Replace billet guards | Replace the billet guards with new parts stamped with the serial number and tree size. | 80 |
| Restitch billet guards | Restitch the billet guards to the billet webbing. | 20 |
| Add Y billet system pair (not available on all models) | Add Y billet system. Replace forward billet. | 250 |
| Tree | ||
| Replace tree | Order new tree from the Stubben factory and install. Flap will be stamped with SNA after the tree is replaced. | 1000 |
| Tree size adjustment (Stubben Certified Tree Press) | Adjust the tree to the specified size and restamp the billet guard/flap. Please note that this can only be done once in the trees life and we are the only place that can adjust the tree of a Stubben saddle in the US. Any work done to the tree by independent saddlers will damage the tree and void any warranty. | 400 |
| Tree size adjustment (Altitude, Aviator, Phantom) | Price increases for Altitude, Aviator, and Phantom models. Adjust the tree to the specified size and restamp the billet guard/flap. Please note that this can only be done once in the trees life and we are the only place that can adjust the tree of a Stubben saddle in the US. Any work done to the tree by independent saddlers will damage the tree and void any warranty. | 700 |
| Tree size adjustment (Foam wedges) | Adjust the tree to the specified size with foam wedges attached to the tree points. These wedges can be removed later in the saddles lifetime so the tree can be returned to the original size. The tree is not altered during this process. We DO NOT re-stamp the billet guard when using wedges, because it is not a permanent change of the tree. Please keep this document for your records. | 400 |
| Saddle Inspection/Estimate/check tree | Remove the panels and gullet leather to fully inspect the tree. Check for squareness and all rivets. Provide letter of certification if the tree is checked and found to be sound. | 100 |
| Tree size adjustment with reflock | Tree size adjustment (Tree press or wedges) and complete reflocking of the panels. | 550 |
| Remove RR from rear of tree | Remove the RR wedges in the back of the saddle and adjust the flocking to standard. | 400 |
| Add RR to the rear of the tree | Add RR wedges to the back of the tree to lift the back of the panels. Adjust the flocking as needed. | 450 |
| Seat | ||
| Add seat foam/padding | Remove seat leather and add foam under the seat. Price varies based on the model. | 800 |
| Replace seat leather with skirt with Biomex | Replace the seat leather including biomex pads. | 1100 |
| Replace seat leather with skirt | Replace the seat leather. Padding can be added at this time. | 900 |
| Replace Scout cantle metal | Replace the metal cantle plate at the back of the seat | 100 |
| Misc | ||
| Clean and condition saddle | Clean, condition, and inspect saddle. | 100 |
| Replace pommel forepiece | Replace the forepiece at the front of the seat. | 175 |
| Replace pommel nails (Round nail, square nail, or D ring) | Replace any pommel nails, or front D rings | 100 |
| Add D-Rings (1 – 6 D rings) | Add D rings to side or front of panel. | 100 |
| Replace gullet leather | Replace the gullet leather | 180 |
| Replace cantle overlay | Replace the cantle overlay (some models) | 150 |
| Replace cantle overlay w/crystals | Replace the cantle overlay (some models) Including chrystals | 275 |
| Accessory Repair | ||
| Replace elastic girth ends | Replace elastic girth ends | 50 per |
| Other Accessory Repairs | We complete a wide variety of other accessory repairs. Please inquire about your unique situation. | Variable |