I have a really great bridle with brass fittings and I love the way the black and brass looks on my grey horse. Years ago I remember seeing brass stirrups but am at a loss as to where to find them now. Any ideas?
HS makes Aurigan stirrups. Check with your local shop that sells Herm Sprenger and be ready to pay$$$$
oohh… drrrooooolllll… what a fun site. A shame it’s so hard to read.
Brass is lovelty to look at but a REAL pain in the butt to keep clean and “un-green”
Thanks so much. That website is great. I agree that brass if horrible to keep clean but I thought about using it just for shows/clinics, etc. I guess I am wanting a little more bling in my old age. My horse has a big head (well he is a pretty big horse) so a fancy bridle with glitz doesn’t look so great. The brass on his heavier bridle is a nice touch. Thanks again, everyone.
think carefully about adding all that bling- a woman came to a clinic at our farm with a brass-trimmed bridle, brass stirrups, brass bit- she was not a good rider and the horse was very naughty and all the bling just made the whole picture seem worse
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with brass fittings and brass stirrups- to keep them shiney, go to your local paint or marine store. You will find a product- a clear spray on lacquer, specially designed for all weather/marine environments. USE IT OUTSIDE. We put 3 coats on our brass and copper weather vane two years ago and the thing is still bright and shiney and practically bullet proof. I wouldn’t put it on a bit since I wouldn’t want my horse to eat it off the rings.
There’s brass buckles, then there’s BRASS BUCKLES AND KEEPERS AND TIPS and such… :lol:
I think brass buckles with normal keepers is not very blingy at all. Sometimes a little more subdued even than silver. The irons would be a tasteful touch, without going overboard, it sounds like.
I definitely agree about too much bling can be… uh… memorable. That’s why I don’t get to use fancy ANYTHING on my ponies. They are blingy enough. We stick to conservative, plain tack–no white padding, no silver piping :no: --and black, white or hunter green pads. In public anyway. :lol: OK, so we hide a very, very tasteful and understated browband under the forelock. It’s lucky, what can I say? :uhoh: If anyone sees us at home in our sparkly purple bell boots or plaid purple pad–well, I just like to make sure the hunters know we’re not a deer or moose, and the cars SEE us and slow down. :winkgrin:
My bridle is plain with brass buckles only. I am not usually in to the whole bling thing but I thought the silver from the bit and stirrups clashed with the brass buckles. I guess I won’t know how it will all look until I put it on the horse. If it looks too garish, then I will go back to my old stainless standbys.
Donna Barrett in Dripping Springs TX (just north of Austin, she had her first store in Austin and then moved out a bit) has a tack store called The Leading Rein. Donna can probably find you anything you want. She has a web site.
Donna really knows her tack.
I think Jaguar (Harry Dabbs) may do them also.
Also, don’t forget the brass spurs if you really want to go all brass. I bought some (never used) and they are displayed in a “display” type coffee table I have with horsey stuff in it. I never got enough nerve to use them!!!
I want to go down centerline with the Royal Stirrups. Niiiccee.
