My first leather halter!

[crazytailorlady]

Hey guys,

It took me about a week but I've made my first all-leather horse halter! I usually make rope halters but my sisters' pony needed one like this and I decided it might as well be my leatherwork practice. A little history, it is extremely difficult for me to obtain new leather for straps or anything due to where I live, however, my family has a long history of horses and we have loads of old tack and a lot of scrap leather pieces and straps that I've worked on repairing. This halter is made of such straps which is why I put doubles - it is cracky when bent too much. The noseband has an extra layer which is from a gorgeous but old piece of cow leather. I can't use it on its own but it adds for decorative effect due to color and I tested my stamp on it. Stitching is rough but I am trying to improve.  The halter is a fit and the pony is happy with it. Apologies if this was too long of a read, here are the photos:

 

[PastorBob]

nicely done.  I am glad you are able to repurpose the leather and make it "new" again.  Great job.

[tsunkasapa]

6 hours ago, crazytailorlady said:

it is cracky when bent too much

You might try oiling the leather wit neats foot oil or olive oil. Don't saturate it but be generous with old dry leather.

[TomE]

That's some serious sewing through so many layers.  Nice work!  You're motivating me to work through my broken tack.

[crazytailorlady]

17 hours ago, tsunkasapa said:

You might try oiling the leather wit neats foot oil or olive oil. Don't saturate it but be generous with old dry leather.

I'll try to obtain some of those for future use for sure. For these repairs I mostly used this paste thing thats an old famous brand here for leather care and restoration.