rdb Report post Posted May 5, 2009 Not really showing off here, cause I really didn't have a clue while I was doing it. Customer brought his breast collar in for cleaning, and repair. Seemed silly to me, cause of it's disrepair, and home done patchwork, but I did throw on a new conway, semi clean, and harness dress, with several neatsfoot coatings. maybe a 45 minutes hour work. I could have made new straps, done a better cleaning, etc, but then the stupid light goes off, and I decide to just make a new one, and compare times of repair versus new. I rarely get horse stuff in, so I don't even have pictures to show potential customers. I don't even know if the original is even close to what they should look like, but I copied it anywho. Maybe you pros will tell me. The new one, a very simple copy of the original, took about three/four hours, between figgerin', cut out, gluing, dyeing, etc. I did change the flap over the Dee, to the front, instead of to the back, for just a little added eye value. Don't know which one the customer will choose, or both, but there ya go....at least I can say I made one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbird Report post Posted May 5, 2009 Great work Dave thanks for sharin Josh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rdb Report post Posted May 5, 2009 Thanx jbird! Anyone, please feel free to post pictures of yours here, too. I need to see the variety, and architecture, plus, it would be nice to see a bunch of them in one place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Report post Posted May 6, 2009 Here's a breast collar that I finished last week for a guy in California. He said he was very happy with it, which made me feel pretty good. I made it to match a saddle he purchased from me earlier. He wanted it a bit more contoured so it fits over the horse's shoulders better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hidepounder Report post Posted May 6, 2009 Here's a photo of a roper breast collar. This style is also contoured to ride above the horses shoulder to minimize restriction of movement at the shoulder. The breast collar is constructed of 11/12 oz skirting which is skived and folded back around the three connecting dees. I then back the skirting with 9/10 oz Califronia latigo which is also skived to fit smoothly at the dees. I install a 2" dee ring below the main dee so that the lower tug strap can be easily replaced. That is the piece that becomes saturated with sweat and becomes stiff and hard. It is constructed of doubled 9/10 oz latigo and all my hardware is stainless steel. There is a 1" dee attached to the center piece so that a strap may be tied to keep a tie-down from drooping. All pieces are glued with Barge or Masters and then sewn, including the side tugs, which are lined. This is probably a more complicated way to build a roping breast collar than it really needs to be, but I've never had one come apart! Hope this gives you some more ideas. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rdb Report post Posted May 6, 2009 Frank, Hidepounder..Nice stuff. That's why I like it here. Everyone shares. The last time I was even near a horse was years ago, so I don't know about the curve for shoulders. If I ever get the chance to do this again, I'll ask if I can fit it to the animal myself. If you were to put a straight edge across the bottom of the main body pieces, how many inches is the rise in the curve? The one I copied had about 18" wings. Is that about standard, if there is a standard? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
