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Here one bridle i made, for a dressage rider. Any comment/critiques welcome. It is made out of Sedgwick leather, padded with calfskin, and entirely hand-stitched 10 point to the inch. here a close-up of another very wide noseband i made with that "double raised" effect, padded and with a piping.

well, i just ask wich one is best, i dont want to know how i should use leather. I never try any of these before, thats why i was looking for feedback. I do have a good feeling of what is good leather, when i can have it in my hands. I order by mail so i cannot see quality before i buy.

no sheepskin under the squirt?

welcome here, your picture is superb.

thank you

ok...for fishing that make sense to me. Better than leaving the fish dying by himself. Could it be use to knock poultry before bleed them? BigAlC your avatar look very nice.

ok that seem to be a one person thread lol!But here, i found that here the link http://www.leathermag.com/news/fullstory.p...uy_tannery.html and here the text: Tasman buy tanneryUnited StatesPublished: 04 June, 2008In January, Tasman industries completed the purchase of a 100,000 sq ft tannery in Hartford, Wisconsin.According to company president Norman Tasman, the company have immediate plans to double the size of the plant.Their most recent acquisition is crucial to the management's vision of making Tasman Industries a beginning-to-end processor and producer of leather products. The Wisconsin tannery produces various types of leather from deerskin, sheep and goats, as well as bison leather for L L Bean Inc. Including their hide-brokerage business, Tasman Industries now handle around 120,000 hides each week, nearly 20% of weekly domestic cattle slaughter. Those numbers increased over a six-decade period and have accelerated since 1989 when the company began acquiring other hide processors in Texas and across the Midwest. Between 1989 and November 2006, Tasman purchased or partnered with US plants in Omaha, Fort Worth, Amarillo, Des Moines and Boise. The company also recently purchased a facility in Portland, Oregon, providing their operations with a trans-shipping and collection point for their hides. About 90% of Tasman Industries hides are exported to destinations such as China, South America and Western Europe. Tasman Industries also have a joint venture with a tannery in Orizaba, Mexico, under which heavyweight hide material shipped from Tasman is converted into leather. The leather is then shipped back to Louisville and sold through a Tasman-owned distributor, Thoroughbred Leather. The leathers are then used to produce a variety of products, including gun holsters, utility belts and weight-lifting belts.Tasman, who employ around 225 people, hope to locate a leather manufacturing facility in Louisville within the next five years. If i understand well, my seller guy was rigth, Heavy skirting from Thoroubred leather is tanned in Mexico, but from US hide? Should be better than Tandy oak leaf? I am confused

hein?! I came back from thoroughbred leather website and they are in USa...look like the seller made a mistake or there is 2 tannery with the same name?

thank you very much Bruce. Well, now i understand what is an association saddle, i will sleep better (and always think about that turtle association lol!)

Hello! i need to order a side today and dont know what to do, i need your advice... What is best between Tandy "oak leaf" heavy skirting (last day sale...) and Thoroughbred leather heavy skirting from mexico also... For repairs! thanks a lot

thank you very much for information :-D This saddle on the picture look VERY nice, hope thats not for bronc?! If i understand right, thats a modified association? Do you have a front picture for me to see the swell? Why bars are not the same? What do they have particular?

He sell hundread to who?!! Street gangs...Kind of dangerous no? Well, maybe to police...

Drac: i could not had a clearer answer! thank you very much :-) I'm happy to know what it is, i'll keep it in my leather "museum"

By the same time, lets talk about the modified association... I dont know more about that one :-o

thank Luke...so is that a defense objet?

Hello, i see the word association style saddle everywere and i still dont understand what is the difference? What make a saddle be called "association"? looking to improve my saddlery knowledge... thanks in advance

Hello braider experts! here look at the picture...my husband find that in a local antique, he think it is something for self-defense, if you put the strap around wrist and make circle, knock.... It it weigted with a lead ball, quite heavy. overall length is 13inches thanks for your help

I just call Boutin but then i realize we are saturday... Do someone have their Fax number? i'd like to fax them my order (and my address! don't want to mess with my poor english spelling) Are the saltz latigo available as Back? would be nice...much less waste...what do you do with your latigo bellies? Mine sleep under my bench. I made a search on the web and also found hide house in California that carry the salz. I see that they have cognac and brown, dont know what to order, i'd like a medium/dark brown.

wow! Pattern are nicely done, just some numbers hard to read but well, thanks! I'll probably want to make these bags for my saddle one day. Fun to read pattern with the salt and coffee pocket :-) They could have placed the "us" stamp to another place, it is hidden by the strap :-/ What weigth did you use for the bag? Leather factory carry a ligth veg-tan pigskin that i use for many thing, good for lining to! It is light, but pigskin is a stiff "springny" leather so could be good to make those bags if best and heavier part is used. The wrinkling pattern: it look like old english girth hide, J.E Sedgwick still make that kind of print for baghide.

Well, look like i need to contact Boutin, i dont know this conpany, do they have a catalog, what do they carry? A FULL VEG TAN LATIGO FOR CINCH?! hum...really pliable? You can really fold it over a ring and it will not break? Kseidel, you compare chrome retan to what? alum?

thanks Darc, do you know if it is veg retan or other tannage?

You can put a sealant to seal you edges after burnishing but leave the grain like that. I do find the wickett and craig bridle dry so you may want to add a beewax based cream and polish.

Ok, i do use burgundy latigo, i love the siegel santa Ynez one, but when i repair old, even antique saddles, i'd like to match these old brown latigos and strings, sometime it look ugly with new burgundy strings... Were can i buy quality brown latigo, it look to me to be alun, yellow center. Weaver do carry an indian tan but the weigth is too thin for latigo cinch, probably right for strings...they sell ot for making lace. It say to be not color fast, is that bad for horse skin? I can understand you dot want this if you have a grey horse. And about alun, pure chrome and veg-retanned, what do you preffer? why? What thickness do you use for the latigo cinch (mounting side). I never try pure oil chrome for that, is it good? Maybe hard to find in the good weight (8-10oz) thanks!

Look neat!! I love this 3 buckle pattern bags. thanks for sharing this official pattern! I'll keep a print, theres even the stirrup hoods :-) What hide do you use for the part stamped us (sorry i dont know the exact term in english) ? Maybe that just cow that you fold to make the grain like that? It do look beautiful. Do you need to use something like a heavy linen as a lining?

It is beautiful! I am amazed to see all the talent on this forum!