Cinchas

[jwwright]

Thank You Emma and FJ.

FJ, on the differing colors of cord in the main cord body of the cinch, I don't splice the cord at all. The best way I can come up with to explain how I do it is...........each different section of colored cord is tied seperately, just as you would tie the cord body of the entire cinch, if using only one color. I hope this answers your question, if not, let me know, and I will try again. JW

[fjjensen]

JW

Thanks, your answer explains it well.

FJ

[mulefool]

Beautiful cinch. Is the covering of the hair where it goes over the ring on the shoo fly hitched?

[jwwright]

Thank You for the comments. Yes, the knot on that shoofly is hitched, but I can't take credit for that. That shoofly was prisoner made. JW

[TrooperChuck]

Those are beautiful! Where can I learn to make my own cinches?

[ArtS]

Tosch and Grumpy.........Thanks for your comments and questions. Yak hair has a coaser texture than Mohair, but not as course as Mane hair. Kind of in between. While mohair has some stretch and give to it, the Yak hair does not have much. It behaves much like mane hair. I have used all the above in my cinchas, and all make a good cinch. A new mane hair cinch needs to be broken in for quite a while on long haired horses, and the Yak hair does also..........but not quite so much.

Grumpy, if you are having troubles galling a horse with a clean mohair cinch, it will be worse with a mane hair or yak hair. I am sure you have already done your own diagnosis to find out why your horse is galling with the mohair cinch,but I would suggest checking to make sure that your rigging placement on your saddle is appropriate for this horse. There are a few horses out there that don't do well with a full, 15/16 or even 7/8 rig. I would also suggest that maybe you check to be sure that the cinch you are using is an appropriate length for this horse / saddle combination. A too short cinch will place the cinch buckles in bad spots on some horses.

Tosch, I, all things considered prefer mohair for my cinchas, but I do use yak and mane hair some as well. It has been my experience that a mohair cinch is a little more forgiving, especially on young horses, or on horses that are not in condition. I have found that durability wise, mane hair will wear longer than either the mohair or yak hair.

JW

I've often wondered if I'm using the appropriate length cinch. Where should the cinch buckles come to? I've included a picture.

Your work is awesome!

Art

[okiwen]

I know this is a very old thread but it sure made me want to learn to make Cinchas. Very nice, and functional. Not just pretty to be pretty. There has to be a book somewhere on this.

[Tosch]

Okiwen,

An interesting chapter on cinches - including drawings of cinches for single-rigged center fire-rigged saddles - along with drawings about how to build a cinch can be found in "The cowboy at work - All about his job and how he does it " by Fay E. Ward, University of Oklahoma Press. My paperback copy dates from 1987 and has the ISBN: 0-8061-2051-7. I know there has been a new printing. For all you out there in cowboy/buckaroo country it might be an interesting read. The book was copyrighted in 1958 and contains lots of interesting information along with very detailed drawings. I think you will like it.

Tosch

[Elton Joorisity]

Contact Darin Alexander at Art Cords. They have two dvd's and all the supplies needed to get you started. We make our own cinches here in the shop as well. I think the website is www.artcords.com

[David Genadek]

Contact Darin Alexander at Art Cords. They have two dvd's and all the supplies needed to get you started. We make our own cinches here in the shop as well. I think the website is www.artcords.com

I met Darin a few months back at the MN horse expo. I have since done two classes with Pop Wagner who works with Darin. The classes have been a blast. Some of the folks were having trouble getting one of the knots so we did a you tube video showing how it is done.

. I have also used Darins tapes to learn to do other styles. They have a lot of detail and are very worth the cost. Anyone interested in learning let me know and I can set up another class with Pop. I am in South eastern MN 20 minutes from the Rochester airport.

David Genadek