HorsehairBraider Report post Posted November 30, 2007 Thought I'd show everyone this bosal I just finished. It's smaller than what you normally see. OH yeah, take a look at this for scale to see size: It's made of horsehair and thread. No core - horsehair has enough "life" it does not need a core. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeG Report post Posted November 30, 2007 Beautiful work! Without the second picture, I would never have guessed how fine it is. Way cool! No worry about any competition from here; even if my eyes were good enough, my fingers is wayyy too big! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rawhide1 Report post Posted November 30, 2007 Very nice I like the colors. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hilly Report post Posted December 1, 2007 Please excuse my ignorance, but just what is a bosal, and what is it used for? :scratchhead: I've come across more things on these forums that I have no idea what they are. Most I can find out by Googling, but all I get is that this has got something to do with a horse (besides the hair)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorsehairBraider Report post Posted December 1, 2007 A bosal is the noseband part of a sort of bitless bridle called a hackamore. At least, that is what we call it in the US. In Spain they call it a jaquima and as I understand it, the Spanish learned this little trick of breaking in a horse from the Moors many hundreds of years ago, and the Moors called it something like a "hakma". I don't have a picture of a full-size one I have made, but here is a picture of a teeny one I made (same size as the one shown) that is on a model horse, so you can see what it is for: I'll bet others can explain it better than I can, but the picture shows what it is and how it sits on the horse. This one is a thicker one (used in training a horse) and the one I just made is much thinner - used on a horse that is more trained and responsive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knotnutz Report post Posted December 1, 2007 OH WOW! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hilly Report post Posted December 1, 2007 So what does it do? Does it crack 'em in the jawbones if they misbehave? Bet you can tell I'm not a country girl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Craw Report post Posted December 1, 2007 Great braiding work. I especially like the contrasting colors. But, where'd you get such a big penny? Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HorsehairBraider Report post Posted December 1, 2007 Great braiding work. I especially like the contrasting colors. But, where'd you get such a big penny?Mike Thanks for the smile this morning... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opagon Report post Posted December 1, 2007 Very Nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Genadek Report post Posted December 2, 2007 So what does it do? Does it crack 'em in the jawbones if they misbehave? Bet you can tell I'm not a country girl It is a tool of quite communication and when properly used in skilled hands no Cracking is ever necessary. You talk to the horse through it. By nature horeses will do what they are asked when asked correctly. David Genadek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hilly Report post Posted December 2, 2007 It is a tool of quite communication and when properly used in skilled hands no Cracking is ever necessary. You talk to the horse through it. By nature horeses will do what they are asked when asked correctly.David Genadek Thanks. I'm glad it's used in a gentle manner, and not as a form of punishment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
