To The Point Of Madness. Need Help With English Bridle (Dye) Leather

[Britkk]

Hi all, just an update - this leather still has issues and scratches very easily. I am not sure how people favor it, but for what I need, it's not doing the job. I contacted W & C and was a bit displeased that they brushed me off. I'm incredibly hesitant to spending $350 (or any amount) with them again.

[DavidL]

try barker leather for the real thing. Expect to pay double the price compared to W and C, it most likely will be top notch leather.

I was going to try the bridle leather from W and C the scratches can they be buffed out with a cloth or are they deep scratches?

[JanC]

This sounds like a bad batch from W&C. I use their Bridle and haven't had anything remotely close to this happen.

[robertmeco]

_{Try Herman Oak leather it is all I use}

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

W & C by nature is soft leather that mars more easily than other brands. On the rub off issue, if I work with black leather all day, my hands and clothes are going to have some black on them. I've never had the problem to the extent that it sounds you are having, but there will usually be some rub off. Now, granted, I've never used W & C's black English bridle, but I've used a ton of their black harness and other colors of bridle. It's not a problem specific to them; black veg tan leather is usually going to have some rub off. I build horse equipment so it's not as serious an issue as it would be for handbags or other personal leather goods. I dye edges with Fiebings Dye, either their oil dye or regular spirit dye, and finish either with gum tragacanth or harness dressing, depending on what I'm making and how much I'm getting paid to make it. I'm thinking that to get a really top end piece of English bridle, you are going to have to spend a lot more, as mentioned above. Best of luck to you.