18Th Century Bridle Data

[MMArmoury]

Does anyone have pictures and specs for recreating an 18th century horse bridle?

[siamon]

I just got these and I wondered if anyone can estimate their age. The pivot joint is interesting to me, not made like modern pliers or scissors; the top goes through the bottom piece, and looks like it's welded somehow to the bottom handle. There's a very similar pair on pg 123 of Foxfire 6, but he doesn't say how old the tool is. The side shown almost looks like that gnarly, pitted looking wrought iron, but the other side of the pincers is smooth.

[Trox]

There are information about Bridles in the 1875 manual in my above topic http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=49430.

The Danish Royal saddler company Dahlman http://www.sadelmager-dahlman.dk/side38.html has lot of historical documents on their website, here is some from the old French saddlery the year 1878 . It has been rated as the best saddlery in the world http://www.sadelmager-dahlman.dk/side32.html. Just try the links and look at the pictures, some are in French, German and English too, (Google Translate is your friend).

Here is some leather museum links.

http://www.lederbibliothek.at/über-uns/

http://www.sattlermuseum.at/links/

You will find some inspiration and see what was the fashions of the 17. and 18 century saddler and Harness makers in these links.

Any detail patterns, perhaps that too have a look and enjoy.

Good luck

Tor