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Hello to all, a friend of mine just bought a pair of black leather gloves that leave stains on her hands after use (horse riding gloves). She asked me a way to fix the dye to leather and then avoid stained hands. Do you have any suggestion for her? Thanks a lot in advance, Lorenzo

Sure it helped! I will go for alcohol-based Leather Dye then. Again, Thanks a lot! Lorenzo

Bob, I mostly do dogs stuff and horse tack and your tutorial definitely changed my edges: I want to thank you for sharing the "secret" with us! I have a question about edge dye product: my usual provider doesn't sell anymore Fiebing's Edge Dye. Can I use other spirit-based, Fiebing's Leather Dye, for edges too? Is there any substantial differences between the two products? Thank you very much, Lorenzo

A customer requested a pair of western reins with silver tips. Not really being into western bridlery, I'm asking if you could help me in finding those silvers. European suppliers would be appreciated, but US ones will work too! Thank you very much in advance! L.

Thank you for your appreciation! Well, these are showjumping and dressage horses: the first one is a german horse, the second a belgian breed and third one is a polish throughbreed. QH and appaloosa are not rare here, but italian and european breeds are of course more common.

Thank you Ken, exactly what I was looking for! I'm not into western riding gear, I lack correct terms even for searching through the web.

Hello to all! I'm into leatherworks since 2007, here are some of my works. This is the first bridle I've made... flash raised noseband and browband, black leather, size full: Here's an high ring grackle one with padded and raised browband, australian nut leather, size full: This is a padded stable halter, made with dark havana leather lined with black: And this is one of my latest works, a black bitless bridle: Other side: Comments and critiques are more than welcome! Thanks! L.

Hello to all, recently a customer requested a copy of the bridle below, but the hardest part seems to be finding those short silver tubes! Any suggestion? Thank you very much in advance! Lorenzo

Thank you for your replies! I think I will try with an acrylic paint then sealed with Resolene. L.

Hello to all, a customer asked for a red and a white leather bridles, english style. My fave products for coloring edges are the ones from Fiebings, but they don't produce nor a red or a white dye specific for edges. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you very much in advance! L.

Just my 2 euro cents: Usually I draw the curve/profile I need on cardboard then cut it out with scissors then mark on leather with a scratch awl then cut out with a round knife. L.

MADMAX22, Spence, thanks a lot for your appreciations. I will deliver the harness tomorrow and I really hope the customer will be satisfied as I am.

Hello to all, this is a custom dog harness made for a dobermann. Sedgwick bridle leather for collar and "reins" (how do you will call those?), 3mm neoprene and italian calf for collar's lining. The 2 reins are reinforced with a 2mm strong polypropilene rope core. Nickel plated brass and stainless steel hardware. Completely handstitched (2 needles saddle stitch). The collar seats between neck and shoulders and reins run under armpits, reconnecting to the ring used for attaching a leash. I choosed round "reins" instead of strap ones as this dobie has sensitive skin. Suggestions/critiques are more than welcome! Thank you, L.

Thank you very much for your suggestions and appreciations! I've noticed that on 95% of bridles the creasing is made that way but... it's tricky! now it is time to try. This bridle has 1/2", 5/8" and a 3/4" (the noseband) parts... used a round punch for all the holes in order to keep the project more uniform and because I have only one, rather large, oval punch. I use oval holes for strappings over 3/4" (i. e., the crownpiece of the headcollar I've posted here has 1" strapping and oval holes). In september I'll do a new bridle for a friend (this time, grackle noseband) and I'll follow your recommendations. Again, a big thank you! L.