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I'm sorry rabbitsfizz, I may have mentioned that number meaning it would have similar elements to harnesses costing 700, which was my intention and hope!

Crupper is rolled and soft. I guess that's ok anyway lol

Well things have gotten somewhat jumbled up, originally I wanted an all synthetic harness, didn't want leather at all. Now I have synthetic with two kinds of leather lining. The black lining is thin and soft and that was what I wanted in the first place, just in brown and with a bit more...

Thanks for the votes of confidence and great suggestions. I was getting a bit down about the way it came out. The overall look is indeed boxy. When I saw that it was headed the wrong way I asked him to shave the brown down narrower before adding the black padding, and believe it or not he...

rbrown your pic is just adorable in so many ways, I'm in love with the two great looking horses with the beautiful autumn background! I did take him pics of the rather expensive and beautiful harnesses with the russet lining so he knew what I wanted. He was unable to source the right brown...

I paid under 300 for this harness. I took pictures along of some things i liked, but obviously everything wasn't understood. Honestly while some things aren't ideal my main focus was comfort and other than needing to tweak or rebuild that collar and maybe add a pad under the saddle i feel...

Marsha, he was just trimmed about 6 weeks ago, he's due but not overdue. He's on the same schedule as our show horses now but wasn't so he had gotten a bit long from being in between etc. I think it's the pic angle making them look a little odd. We adore him, he's my only mini and he's just...

That's what I'll do, but ill add some pressure on the traces coming from the same height as the single tree to get it to lay as it will when he's in draft. I have seen so many different designs of breast collars that range from totally straight with no curve to deeply scooped that I assumed any...

Thank you minimor, and please don't be sorry, this harness maker will fix anything that isn't quite right, he wants to make this a part of his regular product line and is way open to fixes and learning more. So if I understand correctly, I need to deepen the scoop at the top of the collar while...

I posted a few weeks ago about getting a new harness custom made at the Amish shop nearby. We've had some hiccups along the way but it's finally done and I'm mostly happy with it, although it needs a few adjustments. The harness maker was really clear that he would have done many things...

Yes it's for the appy! He's so many shades that I think just about anything would look good with him. Rabbitsfizz, I've seen those pin stripe transfers in the auto supply store, can't recall what sort of options are you there but I'll take a look because I do love the way the pinstripes dress...

Thanks horsenaround, I might have to look into brass hubs That sounds like it would really help the brass pop. The cart is currently dark green with red pinstripes but there is so much chipped and peeling paint that a total repaint is in order and the pinstripes are toast. So since all...

It does seem that breed show standards of turnout are much different and way less traditional. We aren't heading for the breed shows but can't rule out ADS events in the future. I'm trying to plan for the most we are likely to do in a reasonable future time period so I don't have to redo...

Thank you, yes I do mean brackets etc, some of them are rather visible though, such as the ones holding on the dash etc. Here are pics before I started tearing it down and now that it looks a total mess.

I'm in the process of getting my cart ready to paint. I've found that the paint on the metal throughout the cart is in nice shape and so plan to not repaint that, just the wood. Shaft tips are brass. Rein rail is brass. All the other metal work is painted black, like the brackets for the...

I'm sure it will be nice, and i think the last layer of padded leather will be stunning now that we are on the same page. The saddle is getting more work done also. Hmm, i think I'm having a hard time with the saddle having a tree question. It doesn't have the thick pads on each side of the...

Well I went to visit my harness in progress today. Ok, yesterday too. Yesterday I wasn't thrilled about the way things were coming, we didn't necessarily communicate well about a few points. To be fair this is the first such harness this man has built so a learning curve would certainly be...

My cart is similar and currently a much peeling and chipped dark green. I've looked it over with stripping and refinishing the wood in mind carefully. I've done quite a bit of wood refinishing of antiques in the past and the fact is that this is a very daunting job. I decided that it would...

My original plan was to share the cost ONLY after I got opinions. Just having fun because when I first posted this I was feeling playful and super cocky about what I ordered and certain that it's going to be amazing. Now I've had a few days and a couple more hours of internet research and I'm...

I believe the material is granite beta. Softer than biothane but a tiny bit stiffer than regular Beta. It's going to have padding anywhere there is pulling force on him so hopefully this will work out well. Anyone else have experience with that material or is that what we mean when we talk...