New Bridles

[entiendo]

Ah, come on there is more to it than that.

[Penden]

Gorgeous! I really like the knot in that first pic

and I like the pink color, too

[roo4u]

oh yes! icelandic....i knew it was one of those frozen kinda places...very cute. oh dear not purple oh man ill have to look at that

[entiendo]

You are no fun roo.

I'll post a couple of picture of a mini show halter I made, one of my first projects and you can see how purple looks on a horse.

[roo4u]

that is very cute...i did a bunch of halters for our minis out of paracord only i did flat braid noses...thats a nice purple looks about the same as the purple i get when i dye my own. and i see that the white you used is the same kinda white that i buy from hardkte. if i dip that white in the purple dye the color absolutely pops out at you. oh rats i can see a new purple project in my future...

[KnotHead]

I know from my own experience with horse hide that the quality of the braid depends on the quality of the cuts you make and all that quality depends on the moister of the hide when you do the cutting and braiding.

Too much of a dry moist will give the hide you cut and braid with a stretched out white look.

Too wet and the hide is like messin with a bowl of noodles that have been over cooked. LOL... If ya can relate to that one.

I don't get to mess with raw hide type braiding much. But I know that having the right temper, or moister to the hide is essential and very critical to the cutting and braiding. This will prove to be very critical when tying the casa knots and the interweaves. Like stated above, the hides temper must be just right; or you will experience problems later on.

Brian...

[entiendo]

Yes, that's why I haven't tried rawhide yet knothead. I consider it sometimes and I feel overwhelmed. Just not ready I think. I'm sure someday I will.

Yes Roo, it's just a plainly died natural purple. I've seen the bright purple you could be talking about. If you use a lot of those hides I can understand why you want your hides drum stuffed. That's the only way to go when you go with those bright colors.

That white was actually a chromed tanned hide. It was terrible to braid with but wasn't so bad to do buttons with. I still gave away the rest of that hide though. When you braid with good leather using chrome tanned wasn't working for me, it took the fun out of it I think.

Edited June 6, 2010 by entiendo

[roo4u]

i think the white i buy is meant to be shoe leather. does stretch a bit more than regular stuffed roo but i tried a dry white and it was sorta yellowy...and got dirty real easy. i dont really care for this coated white but it stays white white and that was the important thing for show leads.

im getting ready to try my luck with rawhide and its very scary...if i cant get the hang of tempering right away then i lose valuable braiding time (and money) on it

[entiendo]

Yes, that white was bright and shiny! I'm sure it's great of show leads.

LOL...be sure to let to keep us up to date on your rawhide fun!