Our barn has a healthy school horse program, that is also an IHSA club program. They have in the past used paper office tags with the horses names written on them, but they don’t last for obvious reasons. Does anyone know of someone who makes engraved tags that offers a bulk discount? Stamped would work too.
Are you getting multiples with the same name on them?
I feel like them all having different names will be where you the bulk part will fail in this.
I can say, that the brass circular tags I bought from Smartpak eons ago have held up well for me. (Not used on lesson horses but so likely not as much wear as you will have on yours.)
How nice do you want them to look?
There are several vendors on Amazon that make very inexpensive laser engraved tags. Not nearly as fancy as, like, Quillin’s brass tags. But very serviceable. I use them to label blankets, and they’ve held up fine for that use for years.
Here’s one seller: https://a.co/d/802hp8Q
Unfortunately they’d all need different names. I have some of the Smartpak ones on my personal bridles and they have worked well.
Thank you! They don’t need to be super nice. Frankly the school bridles aren’t all that nice, I’d just like to get some tags that hold up better than the paper ones.
The Amazon ones sound like a great fit for that!
Also poke around on Etsy? These teeny ones might make good bridle tags, too.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1191478213/custom-laser-engraved-tag-personalized
But you have a lot of options out there for about three bucks a tag!
If you are computer savvy a small budget priced laser engraver can be bought for $200. Circular brass one inch diameter blanks with holes and attachments are around 50 cents apiece.
You won’t be setting up a high volume business with a smaller budget laser engraver but you would be able to make whatever tags you want, whenever you want.
I did briefly look into this last night, but I was worried I wouldn’t be able to figure out how to use it
Got any teen neighbors? Back when I got my first smart phone, my tech advisors were two sisters who lived across the street.
