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| Hey all, I have a friend that has a custom saddlery, and is interested in making tack to target the barrel racing crowd. He's asked me to design some headstalls, breast collars, bronc halters, etc to help him get his product out there and start drawing in some custom orders.
Soo what are your favorite designs, trends, etc that get noticed? My style is pretty low key, so I'm not sure what's in these days. I appreciate your input! |
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I just read the headlines
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| I love beaded tack sets with just a little silver- like a discrete buckle set. Also love rawhide braided tack. But you just can't go wrong with high quality welll made plain leather, either. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | I agree with beaded tack |
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Extreme Veteran
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| Love beaded! I'd say some fringe is coming back. A little bit of bling but not excessive like we have seen in the past |
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | I love the beaded tack for sure. but my favorite is braided rawhide. I think it looks very classy and is neutral for putting on fun polos and colors! |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | My favorite is the buckstitch. its been around for years and is always classy in my opinion. |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | beaded, buck stitch, fringe, bling |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I like buckstitch, beads, and chunky turquoise. |
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Blessed 
Location: Here | Love the painted feathers |
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Location: Iowa | SG. - 2015-01-15 10:16 AM Love the painted feathers
^^^ Yes I love the painted feathers! If I could find someone who did custom work I would order painted leather feather for saddle accessories (like the crosses you can order) !! |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I really like the tack sets with colored stones... Like western dove type things.
I also really like acid washed cowhide.... Never thought that I'd say that, but my Luan's Leahers set has it (with bling on top) and it's gorgeous! |
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 Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | the more bling the better(to me there is no such thing as to much bling..lol)....i like fringe and feathers as well not a fan of the beading......
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Location: London Ontario | I like the beads when done right, if not it can be tacky looking. I also don't think there is enough bling....ever....I love Heritage brand stuff with the stones stamped all over. I also like a very well made headstall with tooling and a little silver. I find it so hard to choose when I try to order something. I change my mind 18 thousand times |
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| Rausch_Jessica - 2015-01-15 12:37 PM
SG. - 2015-01-15 10:16 AM Love the painted feathers
^^^ Yes I love the painted feathers! If I could find someone who did custom work I would order painted leather feather for saddle accessories (like the crosses you can order) !!
Look up Joe Wamsley on Facebook. He's out of North Dakota. He made my chaps when I was Miss Rodeo South Dakota. They had hand dyed leather "feathers" along the edges to mix in with the fringe.
If someone can tell me how the heck to post a pic, I'll post one! |
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Location: NC | I like buckstitch, metal studs, rhinestones and metalic dyes. I am not a fan of obnoiously bright colors or really big bingy stuff. |
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Location: Missouri | I really like the dark stain cutting horse/ reigning tack. Silver studs with the old star conchos. That or the beaded tack when done right is really pretty as well. |
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The Advice Guru
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| I really like the hand carved, two tone dye, or antiqued dye with occasional rhinestone set into the carving (leaf, flower, etc)
Bling my ride has one on their website/Facebook page it also has buck stitching on it as well.
Heritage brand any of their masterpieces are beautiful
One recommendation I have is if they are one eared bridles, see if he can put a throat latch on
Quality workmanship and quality leather are huge points for me |
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Location: The South | Buckstitch and beading are my favorites right now. |
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | I'm kind of just plain and simple. The most I will go is braided rawhide. I don't like gaudy things. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I think I've toned down a bit from when I was a teenager. My favorite thing is BLACK leather! I like the fringe. I may be the only person still on the animal print parade but I love me some leopard. |
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | SG. - 2015-01-15 10:16 AM
Love the painted feathers
I have painted feathers on one of my halters I designed. I have gotten tons and tons of complements on it. One lady even tried to buy it off my horse at a show once. I think feathers wings and crosses will always be in style. I LOVE bling though. I'm an excessive blinger. But I think nice carved leather with buckstitching or dots looks great too. Painted leather and beading is starting to grow on me but not a favorite yet. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| Buck stitch and fringe in natural colors.  |
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