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#1 - This is the first set I did: natural, basketweave, silvering, wearlethers, "rear thingies", throatlatch and "V" browband on the bridle, and split leather reins.
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#2 - Brown with silvering and black seat, throatlatch and single leather rein.
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#3 - Brown with tons of silvering, decorated saddlepad, throatlatch, and double braided reins. |
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#4 - Black set with silvering, double earband, and working cheekpeice buckle.
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#5 - Dark brown with silvering, breastcollar, throatlatch, browband, and single leather rein.
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#6 - Natural with silvering, breastcollar, single earband, double leather reins.
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My first few bridles had painted buckles on the bridle with an adjustable loop until I got that wonderful extra-thin wire to make REAL WORKING slip buckles out of!! The older saddles also had a cinch that came from one side and buckled to the other, while my new ones have cinches that buckle on both sides (so are detachable). |
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#7 - Inspired by a set I saw at JAM '99 I made this very cool set! Brown, basketweave, silvering, itty bitty tassles by horn and on stirrups, "V" browband, itty bitty beads on bridle (!) and double braided reins. Eventually I would like to make a matching breastcollar, beaded to match the bridle. I had run out of beads, though, when this scan was taken. But I have more now, I just need the time! Shown on top on a CM by my and on the bottom on a resin by Pam Demuth touched up by me.
Little Update: made a regular brown girth and white saddlepad with wearleathers on it to show in pleasure on my black appy CM new SM QH, on which it looks very nice!
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Dark brown simple bridle.
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#8 - Natural with silvering, some basketweave, wearleathers on saddlepad. Dark brown bridle with strait browband (not the bridle that goes with it). This set plus the natural bridle I later made for it: "WOW'd the judges! It placed second to all Trads!", says it’s owner!!
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#9 - Brown, basketweave, silvering, black seat, breastplate, rearcinch, wearleathers, throatlatch, strait browband, double braided reins ~ AS FANCY AS YOU CAN GET!! Shown on unpainted SM Resin "Rakkas" by Pam DeMuth.
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#10 - Brown, basketweave, silvering, brown seat, rearcinch, wearleathers, throatlatch, strait browband, double leather reins. Shown on unpainted SM Resin "Rakkas" by Pam DeMuth.
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#11 - Dark Brown - SADDLE: D-ring rear slots, breastcollar; BRIDLE: browband, double leather reins.
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#12 - Black - baskwetweave, FIRST hackamore I've made!!
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#13 - Brown Western Set – SADDLE: basketweave, decorations, rounded edges BRIDLE: “wavy” bit, single earband, double braided reins.
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#14 - Brown w/ basketweave.
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#15 - Natural with rear girth, breastcollar, silvering, basketweave, fancy new style bit, "V" browband, actual BEADS on reins - just the works! The best! The fanciest! I'm keeping this one for when this "Rakkas" gets painted! FAR RIGHT: Top view of the set on Serengeti, my Rimspark resin, same guy shown at the top of this page.
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