Attaching a number to a saddle pad: UPDATE post 47

[Lord_Helpus]

[QUOTE=Tha Ridge;8194083]
So fug though.

OP, maybe I missed it, but what’s the problem with safety-pinning the number? That works for 95% of the population.[/QUOTE]

Tha Ridge, I must be in the 5% that cannot do it right or make it look good. I was embarrassed by my pathetic pinmanship at the last show. Not only can I not hide the pin, but I cannot even pin well when it is visible. Plus I got blood on my good pad from sticking myself multiple times.

But I have discovered that quilting basting guns are the PERFECT thing to use. They shoot little pastic thingys like the things that are put in under the armpit of clothes with the price tag attached. Only these are 3/8th’s of an inch long! Pad + number = 1/4th inch – This is so incredibly perfect that I will be repackaging them with a really cute name and marketing them through your local tack store.

ETA The video of how it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CfIu-CTSLQ

This is how the world will be attaching numbers to saddle pads in the years to come. You may laugh now… but once you try it you will never go back to safety pins.

[Tha_Ridge]

Oh, yeah, blood is not good.

I always wondered how price tags got attached! I truly had no idea. The things COTH can teach us…

[BITSA]

Safety pins…

[BITSA]

[QUOTE=Lord Helpus;8194454]
Tha Ridge, I must be in the 5% that cannot do it right or make it look good. I was embarrassed by my pathetic pinmanship at the last show. Not only can I not hide the pin, but I cannot even pin well when it is visible. Plus I got blood on my good pad from sticking myself multiple times.

But I have discovered that quilting basting guns are the PERFECT thing to use. They shoot little pastic thingys like the things that are put in under the armpit of clothes with the price tag attached. Only these are 3/8th’s of an inch long! Pad + number = 1/4th inch – This is so incredibly perfect that I will be repackaging them with a really cute name and marketing them through your local tack store.

ETA The video of how it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CfIu-CTSLQ

This is how the world will be attaching numbers to saddle pads in the years to come. You may laugh now… but once you try it you will never go back to safety pins.[/QUOTE]

I love this idea

[Lord_Helpus]

I just ordered a cheap one ($7) from ebay. It probably won’t hold up for very long, (Good ones are $20. Professional models are over $40) but I can see how well the idea works.

Will report back next week.

[Aaspen]

Tie tacks- that’s what I use. Bought 4 of them on eBay for $8. The flat side goes next to the horse and the domed side faces out. They are silver and look very nice and discreet. I put them top, bottom and on sides. I too was looking for a better option after accidently stabbing my mare with a safety pin one day!
I also have a small disc that has replaceable numbers in it. I had to buy it in Europe online. It was a velcro backer that can be pinned to your pad and the number disc velcros to the backer.

[Lord_Helpus]

Attaching a number to a saddle pad. UPDATE Post 47

Reporting back on the Tagging Gun.

IT WORKS! Easy peasy. Perfect.

Except that I ordered 1/2" tagging barbs (the little plastic pieces which hold the 2 things together). Turns out that 1/2" is too long for a tight fit (They work and are fine if you click all around the number. But I was only planning to click once on each side). So I have ordered 1/4" which will be perfect.
I found the 1/4" at “Tag4Less”. All the normal places do not sell the really small kind, so it took some searching to find the 1/4" barbs.

I love it when something works.

[KingoftheRoad]

Hi - just wanted to check back in and make sure you’re still happy with this solution for attaching your number to your show pad - I was getting ready to try and order more white safety pins, which inevitably end up rusting on my show pad after getting sweated on, and thought this might be worth a try instead. Are the 1/4" barbs working well? TIA!

[M_O_Connor]

Wow, can’t believe I missed all this…I use pins and like Night Flight keep them between the number and the pad.

But…if in doubt, the best way to attach the number to the pad, is just hand the number and the pad to a good groom and walk away! Never known to fail!