I have a silly question. When you order halter tags online, who do you have “install” them? Do you do it yourself? If so, how?
Also, I have a Stubben saddle that has a brass plate on the back with Stubben on it, but room for some engraving. Same questions. Do you just unscrew it, take it or mail it somewhere, then rescrew it? I’ve never done this before.
TIA.
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Also, I have a Stubben saddle that has a brass plate on the back with Stubben on it, but room for some engraving. Same questions. Do you just unscrew it, take it or mail it somewhere, then rescrew it? I’ve never done this before.
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following! my new fancy stubben has that brass plate too… i was thinking you must send it to stubben or something?
actually, i’ll send my local stubben rep an email and report back!
Awesome…please let me know what you hear back!
If it’s like every other saddle and plate I’ve had, including fancy French one$, the saddle plate is held on to the back of the cantle by small nails/brads, there’s nothing complicated at all. NBD to remove it for engraving and install but you do need some kind of tool to remove it, like a flat screwdriver to pry it off . Way back when, I had a shoe repair guy remove one of mine for a few bucks, with a flat screwdriver to pry it up. Tack store used a small hammer to reinstall it after it was engraved at no charge. That was the first one, did that little chore myself on all the saddle plates since then.
Halter plates are more involved, usually some kind of flat screws with a flat backed…receiver?..don’t know what it’s called…on the inside where it’s against the horses face. Typically, any tack store that handles engraving and saddle repair will have the appropriate fasteners and tools or they (should) know who does.
If you have somebody around whose handy and has a few basic tools, they can usually handle these.
almost every tack store on the planet knows how to put on saddle, bridle and halter plates!
You bet, the bridle and martingale plates are usually brads with the sharp point nipped off flush with the leather. NBD.
I put halter plates on myself. Never had an issue. The Chicago screws are especially fool-proof. Just center the plate, mark where the holes should be, use a small-hole punch to put the holes in the leather, and then line up the plate again on a flat, hard surface like a cement floor. Put the top part of the screw through the plate and the leather and line up the bottom part. One good smack with a hammer on the top part of the rivet will fasten each Chicago screw once and for all.
As for the Stubben saddle plate, I ordered a new Stubben from a Stubben rep, and my saddle came with my name engraved on the plate. I didn’t even ask for that to be done. I would think anyone who does engraving would be able to do it for you as long as you removed the plate first. If you’d rather have Stubben do it, I’m sure they would.
Chicago screws, thank you. Havent heard that name or thought of them since my days on the Western side where they are more common. Thanks.
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