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Post by george on Feb 18, 2014 18:56:45 GMT
The only added buckles on an English bridle compared to a Western one would be for the noseband, which is optional here too, except in some competition and for hunting when it's part of the turnout rule. We don't all use one, I only put one on my current horse because he used to open his mouth so far the bit would slide inside it! Unless you get into double bridles, or polo bridles, or bizarre combination bridles with added Grakles, and so on, then it is a ton-of-buckles-everywhere sort of situation, lol.
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Post by mumbleswan on Feb 19, 2014 21:15:47 GMT
when jan's impressed with your tack you know it's got to be good, haha! they're so lovely, the saddle in particular is very realistic. *ispleased* I always admired Jan's tack, it's exquisite! So yes, thanks Jan I can't take too much credit as the pattern is not mine and it's taken LOTS of attempts to get it this neat. Anyways, I got my two tone saddle done on the weekend and it ended up looking a bit like the Ideal Grandee saddle by accident. The panels were a bit rubbish so might have to redo those. Rolo just needs a havana bridle now, he is getting fat from lack of exercise! I took some pics while putting it together so I can get a 'how i gone done that' post up soon.
@ thelonehick, I have never tried a western saddle, are they tricky? I'd love to try 'tooling' leather at some point, it looks fun!
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Post by EG on Feb 19, 2014 21:30:34 GMT
Ooooh, that looks amazing! (And snap, I have that magpie numnah too! ) Tooling leather is a lot easier than I thought it'd be - I haven't done any saddles but I have tooled a leather breastplate for one of my 1:6 scale dolls which turned out pretty well.
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Post by pip on Feb 19, 2014 23:34:25 GMT
the saddle is lovely - and so is the bay!! that's really pretty shading. the stirrup keepers are so perfect.
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Post by thelonehick on Feb 20, 2014 23:31:08 GMT
I like the two-tone on the bay--the color of the saddle "matches" the coloring of the horse. Depending on the type of Western saddle, they have have quite a few more parts. A "working" saddle wouldn't have as much silver and only basic carving (often basketweave), but would still have a double skirt and possibly a rear cinch for cattle/ranch work. Pleasure saddles have fancier carving and loads of silver. Barrel saddles are probably the simplest as they're single skirted and thus lack much carving. You can see how they go from basic "training" saddles to the blinged pleasure ones here: www.rods.com/horse-tack.html?cat=399
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Post by Jan on Feb 21, 2014 21:12:16 GMT
I like the two-tone on the bay--the color of the saddle "matches" the coloring of the horse. Depending on the type of Western saddle, they have have quite a few more parts. A "working" saddle wouldn't have as much silver and only basic carving (often basketweave), but would still have a double skirt and possibly a rear cinch for cattle/ranch work. Pleasure saddles have fancier carving and loads of silver. Barrel saddles are probably the simplest as they're single skirted and thus lack much carving. You can see how they go from basic "training" saddles to the blinged pleasure ones here: www.rods.com/horse-tack.html?cat=399That's a great link - lots of lovely reference pics, thank you. The blingy stuff is amazing but it's nice to see so many 'plain' designs too. Would love to have a go at some tooling one day though...
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Post by Tashie on Feb 23, 2014 6:18:45 GMT
The silver and highly carved ones are very beautiful but look very hard to replicate!!
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