David Motes has made a name for himself as one of the nation’s top team ropers with his fifteen appearances in the National Finals Rodeo, four times winner of the NFR Average and $900,000 career winnings. The David Motes Roper features a Bullhide covered tree, hand stamped Waffle tooling with hand carved Shelton Oak border and brown pinstripe trim.
Tree: Bullhide Saddlesmith ‘Motes Roper’
Seat: 15", 15 1/2" or 16" Brown suede
Cantle: 3 1/2" hand tooled
Horn: 4" dally; latigo wrap; rawhide binder
Rigging: Full double; stainless steel dees; applies pressure directly to tree; most popular rigging for ropers and
all-around cowboy use.
Finish: Natural Gold; hand stamped Waffle tooling and hand carved Shelton Oak border tooling with Brown pinstripe trim
Trim: Hand engraved Sterling silver
Stirrups: 3" deep roper style; hand laced rawhide