Another Darned Brit!

[Birdman]

Hello everybody,

I found this ste by chance after Googling for info on leather dyeing.

For myself, I was formally trained as a saddler working with bridlework, saddles with some heavy harness . ( But not collars)

This was about 22yrs ago and in some of that time I was making and repairing saddlery as a buisness. In the last few years I have been working mainly for pleasure and my own needs, but I still do some work for a few treasured old customers!

I hope this site will help me out with the skills of dying and tooling. At present, I am finding the terminology is somewhat different from that used on this side of the pond! We are two nations divided by a common language!

For my part, I may be able to help out with information relating to British saddles and bridlework?

For instance do you guys use what we call 'The Formula' or The Chart' when making bespoke bridles?

[Chavez]

Welcome to the forum!

[OdinUK]

Welcome to the forum Birdman:)

[Birdman]

Here some snaps of past projects.

Here is a falconry glove a hood box . All my stuff is hand stiched.

Foal headcollar, made from soft baghide with headstrap buckles both sides to allow for longer headpiece to be used as foal grows. The foal is only a few hours old here.

Full size head collar, reinforced headtrap, again buckles to both sides. The mare is the above foals dam. She is actualy American/French bred, and is from the family of and closely related to Fappiano.

This is an 'in hand stallion bridle. It is made the old fashioned way, the leather on the cheeks is split to allow grain on both sides, more expensive, but worth the effort.

It also has a raised nose band and clincher links in the browband. The buckles are brass that I had NPS.

Cavesson bridle, raised noseband and bib martingale.

For some reason the pictures have come out realy small....where am I going wrong?

[WinterBear]

Birdman--click on the picture and it'll enlarge to its uploaded size. They're just thumbnailed.

[Birdman]

Thanks! The wonders of modern technolgy! I will post the rest now I know.....

[Birdman]

Minature falconry lure made for use with American Kestrel ( Sparrowhawk) Made with pockets to insert mummified wings, and loaded with a small coin.

A simple way to convert a radio tag for leg mounting. Kangaroo leather

An early version of the box used to protect falconry hoods in the field. Baghide moulded on a block. Can be fitted to a belt, shoulder strap or trigger hook via the 'D' ring. The strapy things are the braces of the hood contained in the box

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Holster for radio tracking receiver. Bargin basement hog printed saddle flap leather leftovers! Blocked.

It is made so that it can be fixed to a belt, shoulder strap or saddle. Lined with synthetic fleece.

Falconry lure ( and a well used one) suitable for medium to large falcons. Panel hide, flocked and weighted with lead .