OK big hijack now. When my grandfather was a child (during the depression) he lived on a collective farm. His duty was to care for the cows, and he had this favorite cow. He was into woodcarving as a boy, and I have this lamp that he carved that is an exact likeness of that cow's foot. The cow is long dead. He said it gave him pause to eat her, but the meat was wonderful. My granfather is also long dead, but a little bit of both of them lives on in that lamp which is now just 2 feet away from me as I type. </hijack>

In the interest of answering the question. If you go to nashbar and sort by price, there are several saddles at the bottom of the pricerange that although leather are also NOS. SO those cows have been dead and sitting in a warehouse for 15-20 years In the $20 range there are a few vinyl covered saddles to choose from that look alright.