What Is This Hardware Called?

[xlr8tn]

I am in the process of making a bridle for a friend and unsure what this piece of hardware is called. Anyone use this before and where can I find one. I believe it hooks to the bit and there is one on each side.

[gary]

http://abbeyengland.com/Store/tabid/77/txtSearch/Hook/ProductID/68260/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

It's called a hook stud, and I think Weaver Leather has them in different sizes. Yes I've used them and they are a pain in the rear. Typically you have to hand sew them in, and need a special clamp to put in your stitching horse to hold the whole thing while you sew it. Maybe the wider widths can be sewn by machine, but when you get down to 3/8"width or even 1/2", that's a hand sew job and not a fun one.

[xlr8tn]

awesome...thanks for the info.

[gmace99]

Yes it's a hook stud however I have never had to use a special clamp to stitch them. In the factories I have worked in all the hand stitches stich them in normal clamps

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

If there is a way to stitch these and do good job in a regular stitching horse jaw, I would like to know how to do it. Any instructions I've ever seen show using a special clamp that clamps in the jaws of a stitching horse to allow hand stitching in the second side of the keepers. Of course, the jaws of our stitching horses in the US may be different than the ones in the UK, as there is a lot more of that type of work done there than here. Do you have pics?

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

I just had to find and watch the Jeffries factory video after I wrote the above. They do indeed show someone stitching a bridle cheek in a regular stitching horse, (or clam, clamp, whatever). I do think the jaws are a little finer than most of what we have in the US. However, the video did not show the whole process, just a couple seconds worth, so I would really like to see, start to finish, someone sewing the hook stud and keepers in on a 3/8 wide cheek. There is just not a lot of material there, once you get enough of it in the jaws to hold it for stitching. I'll check back here the end of next week, as I'm heading out of state for a sale and the forecasted weather looks like I'm going to be stuck away from home for an extra day or two on the return trip.