shorthorsemom
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I just wanted to share... I love my harness shop. Mr Esh is very reasonable and is a master craftsman on making beautiful harnesses.
Last year I bought a new better fit harness from him I was planning on using on my boys, but then I got Ike and his harness came with him, so my new harness has sat for quite some time waiting to be used.
I tried the new harness on Ike a few weeks ago and my trainer wanted some tweeking on the sizes of a few items so I stopped by the shop.
Mr Esh swapped out anything that needed a new size on any part of the harness for free. Minor charges for anything that wasn't a swap out for an original part. ..., I got a longer cavasson strap, he made me a longer tab tie back that goes from the breast plate strap to the saddle hook,
He made me new cheek pieces for my bridle minus the blinkers, he made two trace carriers for me, he made me a new shorter throatlatch for my bridle. He is making me a longer kicking strap too and fixing me up a halter with one of those nose buckles that you can put on over top of your bridle. I also swapped out the brown and black reins for all brown reins at the request of my trainer. He is also going to see if he can make some sort of leather guides that the reins can go through rather than tucking them under the breast plate strap. That one is an experiment...
It is so much fun working with a nice person that doesn't break the bank on your expenses. Pretty cool. I can't wait to use the harness... It needs breaking in now. Never ending adjustments it seems... but the journey is fun.
Take care...
Last year I bought a new better fit harness from him I was planning on using on my boys, but then I got Ike and his harness came with him, so my new harness has sat for quite some time waiting to be used.
I tried the new harness on Ike a few weeks ago and my trainer wanted some tweeking on the sizes of a few items so I stopped by the shop.
Mr Esh swapped out anything that needed a new size on any part of the harness for free. Minor charges for anything that wasn't a swap out for an original part. ..., I got a longer cavasson strap, he made me a longer tab tie back that goes from the breast plate strap to the saddle hook,
He made me new cheek pieces for my bridle minus the blinkers, he made two trace carriers for me, he made me a new shorter throatlatch for my bridle. He is making me a longer kicking strap too and fixing me up a halter with one of those nose buckles that you can put on over top of your bridle. I also swapped out the brown and black reins for all brown reins at the request of my trainer. He is also going to see if he can make some sort of leather guides that the reins can go through rather than tucking them under the breast plate strap. That one is an experiment...
It is so much fun working with a nice person that doesn't break the bank on your expenses. Pretty cool. I can't wait to use the harness... It needs breaking in now. Never ending adjustments it seems... but the journey is fun.
Take care...