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I bought a pair of Kieffer Dressage stirrup leathers that are a great design: simple loop at the stirrup bar, and one curved buckle at the bottom to adjust. Unlike other bottom buckle styles with conway buckles and leather casings, they are easy to adjust and can be "run up" for storage on the saddle easily.

One downside is the buckle tongue. Made of "wire" it's the same thickness around the "hinge" end of it where it attaches to the buckle. This leaves a nasty mark on your saddle flap if you shorten the stirrups enough that the buckle is above the edge of the flap. You can't see it in the image here but you can see the curve of the buckle.

Where can these be bought? Has anyone here had buckles custom made for them? Thoughts and suggestions? I'd like to recreate this design without adding a leather casing to protect the saddle - these wear out quickly and ride up unless secured.

 

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How are these attached to a saddle?  Does the stirrup go through the loop with the buckle, and the fixed loop go on the saddle's leather hanger; or visa-versa?

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Standard buckles can be curved using a press and simple form tooling. 

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18 hours ago, Silverd said:

Standard buckles can be curved using a press and simple form tooling. 

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Be careful if you use this method it may damage the integrity of the buckles and weaken them.

 

Hope this helps

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10 minutes ago, jcuk said:

Be careful if you use this method it may damage the integrity of the buckles and weaken them.

 

Hope this helps

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If you were to use cheap pot metal plated buckles yes....not cast stainless steel.  Common place method of metal forming.

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5 minutes ago, Silverd said:

If you were to use cheap pot metal plated buckles yes....not cast stainless steel.  Common place method of metal forming.

Silverd

You are maybe right but i always ere on the side of caution when making and repairing saddlery items especially something as vital as stirrup leathers.

JCUK

 

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27 minutes ago, jcuk said:

You are maybe right but i always ere on the side of caution when making and repairing saddlery items especially something as vital as stirrup leathers.

JCUK

 

I don't see them on the Abbey England site...

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51 minutes ago, Dunluce said:

You can get them at Abbey England

 

2 minutes ago, Silverd said:

I don't see them on the Abbey England site...

Silverd

Had a look too didn't see them either but Abbey do bespoke but it will cost.

JCUK

 

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