Bitless bridle - 3

A more simple version of the bitless bridle: noseband cheekpieces are directly stitched to noseband.

Padded browband and noseband, black leather with same color paddings, stainless steel fittings, cob size.

Racing reins

Reins made for an american girl into racing.
Some specs: 7/8" wide, 58" long, buckle bit billets, 24" Equus rubber grips and black Sedgwick leather.

As their final use, I moved rubber toward bit billets more than usual equestrian reins. For the same reason they're also wider than common reins.

Rescue plan for an expensive breastplate

What you can do when you buy a Passier's Auriga breastplate but find out it's too small for your horse?


Simple! You can contact me and ask for 2 straps like these one.


Nothing esoteric, 4 loos and a buckle... but always better than baling twine!

Basic leash - 2

Similar to the first one, but tougher: this is made from a 3/4" strip. Same leather, same length (1 m), same finish and ultra-strong stainless steel trigger hook snap. Made for a male dobermann, previous one was for a female dobie (same owner).

Rope bosal

Several months ago I took on to make a bosal made of rope... finally last week I found the opportunity. Main rope is 1 cm thick, other colored one is the same I use for rope browbands.

Black padded bridle

Spring is in the air and I spend too much time indoor... but at least results are nice!

A simple but effective bridle, made in black leather with padded browband and noseband. Custom-cut, it's a small full, or large cob... buckle billets, usual stainless steel buckles. Matching reins have Equus rubber grips.

A detail shot from right...

... and one from left...

Many thanks to Elena and Nick :)

Rolled leather

A few shot I took during the making of this tubular rein.

The strip is only creased, to provide a stitching line on both sides. Due to the nature of this work, burnishing and coloring would be useless at this point. Here's the stitching phase:

I soaked leather into the water before stitching. Small core cord is not glued.

After the stitching, I proceed with usual finish, starting with beveling.

But before that I used sand paper on the edge, for making both sides even.

At this point I soaked again leather in water for a few seconds, applied a layer of saddle soap and passed through the rein-rounder.

After the rounding phase, edge is almost done: alcool dye and acrylic finish and le voilà!

Tubular leather rein

My latest effort (a real one this time):

It's a single rein made in dark havana leather, with hook billets. I used thin linen thread for billets and strong poly braid for the tubular part.

Tech specs: 3.5 m total length, tubular part is 1 cm thick and it's 3.25 m long, billets are regular 5/8" wide ones. It took nearly 20 meters of thread to get the tubular stitching done.


Soon I'll publish some "making of" pics too...

A new braided rope browband

Italian leather (one of the last bits of my first leather butt), purple and black cord,  size cob.

Padded collar

Made with hazel bridle leather, 3/4" wide, neoprene padding lined with caramel panel leather, stainless steel fittings. Suitable for medium size dogs, adjustable from 13" to 17".

Made for an american friend to match this equestrian leash: