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Trimming leather on bridles
Topic Started: Dec 30 2008, 03:09 PM (225 Views)
mercury1
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I have a bridle that fits my horse wonderfully, except that the cheek pieces are adjusted all the way to the top holes of the crown piece. This bridle is new, so I may need to add a hole or two, which means trimming the extra will be necessary. If I do that, will the edges fray? How do I do this and keep it looking nice?
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seal harbor
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Send it to some one who does leather work and have the cheeks cut down. They will do this from the buckle end. I sent my old NC bridle to Beval's to have it cut down (all of it, nose band, throat latch and cheeks as this horse has a large pony sized head) and they did a lovely job. I don't remember what it cost, you could call them and ask.
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mercury1
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That's what I was originally going to do...but then the extra leather will be longer than the cheeck pieces. I would just get a smaller crownpiece, but it's a Courbette, and nothing they make meets their size measurements so it's a crap shoot as to what size they'll actually send.
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I agree with the recommendation for Beval. Their workshop is topflight and the bridle will end up looking like it was never altered. And their prices are pretty reasonable, too. Certainly cheaper than getting a new bridle, anyway!

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lauriep
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Get the buckles turned back on the cheek pieces. Then they won't have to go so far up the top piece. Ideally, you want all three buckles on the near side at eye level. If you measure how far down the buckle would have to be to be at that point, and then have it turned back that amount,, it will fall at the proper place.

NEVER cut the flaps of a bridle. It will never look the same.
Edited by lauriep, Jan 1 2009, 04:23 PM.
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mercury1
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Oh...I see how that works now. Thanks for the info!
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