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Location: 31 lengths farms | By RockStar Custom Leather. Love it!!! Little wait for it but so worth it :-)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=797059930389203&set=ms.c.eJw...
and a special little note on the throat latch from them...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=797059837055879&set=ms.c.eJw...
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Location: NE Texas | Boooo!!!! Post pics so us non facebookers can see! LOL |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I still haven't learned to post them to my computer,and from there to here...I suck at this computer thing.... |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | That is such a cool headstall |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I found one on their website that I liked and but I wanted a brow band and wanted to incorporate some arrows into it also as I've always said CC is a Warrior. Kayla at Rockstar added the "Shes A Warrior" on the throatlatch as a surprise for us. I've never had anything made before but I'd say she nailed this for CC! Even the little details like the ties at the bottom being turquoise, the orange top stitching on the headstall itself and lining the headstall in blue. Love everything about it.
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Does anyone know how to cut and paste it for Herbie? |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas |
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Location: NE Texas | Thanks, southtxponygirl! And run n rate.....that is bada$$! LOVE IT!!!!!!! I might have to go check them out and stalk to see if I can find something Prince Richard might like to try on. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Herbie - 2015-06-15 1:38 PM Thanks, southtxponygirl! And run n rate.....that is bada$$! LOVE IT!!!!!!! I might have to go check them out and stalk to see if I can find something Prince Richard might like to try on.
I think I'll be stalking too, very cool headstall |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Thanks Southtx!!! You are awesome!!!
Their new stuff has really progressed! And I thought very reasonable. Mine was $185. The feathers and arrows are carved as well as painted and I love the texture she put on behind those also.
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | run n rate - 2015-06-15 1:41 PM Thanks Southtx!!! You are awesome!!! Their new stuff has really progressed! And I thought very reasonable. Mine was $185. The feathers and arrows are carved as well as painted and I love the texture she put on behind those also.
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Southtxponygirl - 2015-06-16 11:46 AM
run n rate - 2015-06-15 1:41 PM Thanks Southtx!!! You are awesome!!! Their new stuff has really progressed! And I thought very reasonable. Mine was $185. The feathers and arrows are carved as well as painted and I love the texture she put on behind those also.
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Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | If it were a one ear i'd be trying to talk you out of it! Love the slotted conchos where your bit attaches too. I hate chicago screws at that point and almost won't use a headstall that has screws there. This is very cool! |
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Location: Oklahoma |  I love it!! |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Thank you all, CC is so darn cute in it I want to punch her!!! |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | run n rate - 2015-06-15 6:08 PM
Thank you all, CC is so darn cute in it I want to punch her!!!
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Its the 3rd link on my original post...
We had been to the vet for her scope the day before, it was 109 and we were there for 5 hours between her and the gelding, then the next day when I took the pictures she was done with being messed with so she has her grumpy cat face on, LOL!!!
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Location: Jersey Girl | oOhhhh thats FANCY!!
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Location: Arkansas | Oh she IS a Rockstar in that RnR!!!! Fitting head piece for a true fighter. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | She looks da* good in her new headstall
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I had the throatlatch tightened to much but was trying to get it where the lettering on it would show up in the photo....The lady from Rockstar was like "OMG, is it too small? I'll make her a new one!!!" LOL!!! Nope plenty of room, just being stupid trying to get a picture of the throat latch... 
Again, I highly recommend them, very easy to work with, she kept me informed as to where CC's headstall was in the list. It was a little wait but I feel very worth it and the quality is beautiful. I will eventually have a breast collar made also but really didnt' want it too matchy matchy so will go with the same type "theme" and like colors but not exactly the same. |
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Location: North Dakota | I love it! She'll be the only horse in the world with a headstall like that! |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | And even if we dont' clock well she'll look good, LOL!!! |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Okay, so after my mom passed away I was gong thru a little basket of sketches she had done and kept to herself because she was frustrated that she couldn't draw like she used to and I found a sketch of a feather. I would like to design a breast collar to go with this headstall that isn't too matchy matchy if you know what I mean using the sketch of the feather but am having trouble with ideas for it. The girl that did the headstall agreed to using the sketch of the feather for it, just drawing a blank. Do any of you have some ideas for it? |
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Location: Phoenix | That is way cool. Love it!!!! |
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My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | run n rate - 2015-08-17 5:07 PM
Okay, so after my mom passed away I was gong thru a little basket of sketches she had done and kept to herself because she was frustrated that she couldn't draw like she used to and I found a sketch of a feather. I would like to design a breast collar to go with this headstall that isn't too matchy matchy if you know what I mean using the sketch of the feather but am having trouble with ideas for it. The girl that did the headstall agreed to using the sketch of the feather for it, just drawing a blank. Do any of you have some ideas for it?
I have NO Ideas, but I think this is an awesome idea to honor both your mom and your special girl. . . |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I'm kind of kicking around the idea of an image of a tepee on it somehow. My sister showed up with a shirt that says "I love my Tribe" with a tepee on it and we decided to get matching shirts seeing as we are all "momma's tribe" and incorporating it with the feather sketch mom had in the same color scheme that the headstall was done in. Playing with the design now. |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Bumping up for whomever was asking about custom work... |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | run n rate - 2015-11-05 6:13 PM Bumping up for whomever was asking about custom work...
How you likeing this headstall? I bet your getting tons of compliments on it.. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | Very nice!!! I have never been a fan of painted tack but I like this! |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I was leery of the painted tack thing too, but after going thru the ordeal with CC over the kidney stones and bladder stone removal I had started calling her my Warrior and I got this idea for the headstall that Kayla carried out for what I had in mind to perfection.
And yes, lots of compliments on this, the quality of the leather and the tooling under the paint job is amazing as are the details she added to the throat latch. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Now THIS is custom leather work. Great craftsmanship. Great price and it's even carved, lined and machine stitched and painted. You got that sucker for a STEAL at $185. Very impressed by the work and attention to detail.
The fact that the maker was concerned about the fit and offered to make a better fitting headstall shows you how much she enjoys her jobs and values her customers and clients. For sure putting them on my list.
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | My thoughts exactly!!! |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | So apparently Bar H liked it so much they pretty much copied it stitch for stitch and are mass producing it :-(
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Very sad more people are copying design after design and selling it as their own |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Yes, I sent Bar H a long letter about why Kayla and I designed the headstall we did and more about the mare and just basically gave them a shame on you.
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Location: OH. IO | run n rate - 2015-06-16 12:39 PM
I had the throatlatch tightened to much but was trying to get it where the lettering on it would show up in the photo....The lady from Rockstar was like "OMG, is it too small? I'll make her a new one!!!" LOL!!! Nope plenty of room, just being stupid trying to get a picture of the throat latch...
Again, I highly recommend them, very easy to work with, she kept me informed as to where CC's headstall was in the list. It was a little wait but I feel very worth it and the quality is beautiful. I will eventually have a breast collar made also but really didnt' want it too matchy matchy so will go with the same type "theme" and like colors but not exactly the same.
How about dream catchers with feathers on the breast collar?Dreamcatchers a symbol of unity with your momma:) |
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Location: Cali | Bar H Should be embarrassed or start with new designers because those arrows are / were unique  |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Shame on them! I bet if enough people called them out on it they would remove it from production.
ETA: I went to their website and it's on the front page. Can't find it anywhere to buy and you can't click on the photo. Maybe they took it out of production already? I noticed they first posted it for sale in February of last year...I'm a little late to the party...
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Location: Way up North | IRunOnFaith - 2017-02-20 8:55 AM Shame on them! I bet if enough people called them out on it they would remove it from production.
Pretty much all their designs are copies of other makers |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | AllAroundRider - 2017-02-20 9:07 AM IRunOnFaith - 2017-02-20 8:55 AM Shame on them! I bet if enough people called them out on it they would remove it from production.
Pretty much all their designs are copies of other makers
Oh trust me I know this. They copy everyone on everything and mark up their own items. I can get a cheap headstall from a feed store for half the price they sell a similar or exact design for. LOL I don't know why Bar H is still in business honestly... It's cheap tack. |
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Location: California | I remember seeing this thread before... Such a shame! I did a google of Bar H Tack-this is the first thing that popped up:
http://www.ridingwarehouse.com/Bar_H_Hand_Painted_Arrows__Feathers_Browband_Headstall/descpage-BHHPABH.html?gclid=CID9_bSVn9ICFQKUfgod3BYHfA
There was a tack set that I gave the lady all the ideas of what I wanted... She took my idea & turned it into amazing artwork, aaaaand then turned around and sold lots of the same set, with subtle differences. Thanks lady, the whole reason I paid $500 for CUSTOM was so NO ONE else had it! So now I make my own stuff. lol |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Kayla with Rockstar Custom Leather was very up front, she will do a design similar but not an exact copy, color ect. of a piece she has done for someone else. Then there are the little details, like the added little surprise she put on the throatlatch for me, the cheek pieces being lined in a complimentary color leather and the ties for no additional charge. Bar H and others may copy, but not those little details and to tell you the truth, the prices they were charging for their copy is not much less than I paid for my original. Money well spent in my opinion for a headstall I waited 40+ years to have made for a special little horse.  |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | The fetlock is still slightly swollen, I've been putting her Cu HOrse wraps on and that helps take it down quite a bit. We've been flooded out the last week or so, today I got to put them back out and I'm sure the fetlock will be swollen again tonight as she was tearing around with her tail in the air acting like an Arab this morning. Sound at the walk and trot but doesn't want to catch that lead in the back in small circles. Tried putting her in when it happened and she refused to eat and just spun circles so she is back out and praying for her being "well behaved"...but she is an epic failure at being an invalid. |
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My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | run n rate - 2017-02-21 4:19 PM
The fetlock is still slightly swollen, I've been putting her Cu HOrse wraps on and that helps take it down quite a bit. We've been flooded out the last week or so, today I got to put them back out and I'm sure the fetlock will be swollen again tonight as she was tearing around with her tail in the air acting like an Arab this morning. Sound at the walk and trot but doesn't want to catch that lead in the back in small circles. Tried putting her in when it happened and she refused to eat and just spun circles so she is back out and praying for her being "well behaved"...but she is an epic failure at being an invalid.
That's the warrior coming out in her!!! (Hopefully she'll calm down enough to get herself healed up properly.) |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Thank you Chandler's Mom, the fetlock was slightly puffy last night again from her romping around when I let her back out but she was moving well at the walk and trot. Sometimes her inner Warrior makes my stomach hurt....
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