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Location: ND | I'm curious to hear opinions on this company as far as custom tack work goes. Does anybody have any experiences to share - good or bad? Thanks. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Ehhh.... I'm not impressed...
I googled them.... And I will probably get a few people angry at me for this post but hear me out 
I can buy the same conchos from any local tack store and do exactly what they did to a lot of their $250 headstalls for a whole lot cheaper.
My idea of custom tack is actually getting a piece of tack that I personally can't make in two seconds by buying a tack store headstall and adding tack store mass produced conchos to it like a lot of "custom tack" "shops" are doing.
It better be a piece no one else can get easily or make themselves easily and it better take some time and love to make. If I pay $250+ for a headstall (Which I have done multiple times before.) I want it completely handmade from scratch from the ground up with quality leather and I want it maker marked. Not stamped. Maker marked. There is a difference. Some companies let people stamp their brand or name on the company's mass produced tack and leather goods that these "makers" decorate. That is not maker marked. That is stamped. There is nothing custom about slapping a stamp or brand on a mass produced tack item....
It also better have higher end maker marked hardware and conchos on the leather tack.
I also don't like the cheap hardware they used on their "customs" pages. I'd rather spend $250 on a set of real silver mounted conchos and buckles for a headstall from a silversmith and put them on a nice slick out herman oak leather headstall to show those suckers off... But that's just me. 
If I were you I would spend my hard earned money elsewhere or at least find a maker who puts more effort into their work. When you pay for custom tack you are paying the artist for their hard work, time, attention to detail, as well as quality top of the line materials and ideas. THAT is worth paying big bucks for. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Just went to their site, dont look bad at all to me, looks like pretty nice stuff, unless I went to the wrong web site. What link are you looking at? The one I went to had a sliding horse on the home page. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-05 4:22 PM Just went to their site, dont look bad at all to me, looks like pretty nice stuff, unless I went to the wrong web site. What link are you looking at? The one I went to had a sliding horse on the home page.
Same one. Tack does look nice yes I will agree but isn't what I would consider custom work or pay top dollar for. Just rubs me wrong that they call it custom is all. Maybe I'm alone in my opinion but like I said I'm very picky about "custom" tack.  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | IRunOnFaith - 2015-11-05 4:26 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-05 4:22 PM Just went to their site, dont look bad at all to me, looks like pretty nice stuff, unless I went to the wrong web site. What link are you looking at? The one I went to had a sliding horse on the home page. Same one. Tack does look nice yes I will agree but isn't what I would consider custom work or pay top dollar for. Just rubs me wrong that they call it custom is all. Maybe I'm alone in my opinion but like I said I'm very picky about "custom" tack.
I agree it does look good quality, but if I was going for custom I would be going to Runningroam Tack, Luanns places like these that I know for a fact that you will be getting custom |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-05 4:31 PM IRunOnFaith - 2015-11-05 4:26 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-05 4:22 PM Just went to their site, dont look bad at all to me, looks like pretty nice stuff, unless I went to the wrong web site. What link are you looking at? The one I went to had a sliding horse on the home page. Same one. Tack does look nice yes I will agree but isn't what I would consider custom work or pay top dollar for. Just rubs me wrong that they call it custom is all. Maybe I'm alone in my opinion but like I said I'm very picky about "custom" tack.
Could not agree more!! They both use better leather than what is pictured. I know for a fact RunningRoan doesn't just place an order for "custom" tack pieces to slap their brand and Tandy brand blinged conchos on. It's actually made by hand. Big difference. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I'm gonna put a vote in for Rockstar Custom Leather out of Oregon for custom work. |
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Location: run2win land | Thats in my area and I've never heard of them. I love Runningroantack.com and Rockstar custom leather also. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | run n rate - 2015-11-05 6:09 PM I'm gonna put a vote in for Rockstar Custom Leather out of Oregon for custom work.
Yept another good one, love the headstall that you had them make for you |
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