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You need to share that pattern! .[/QUOTE]
Here you go!
[QUOTE=CarrieK;7754348]
Here you go!
Reconstructing History Ladies Breeches or Jodhpurs
Reconstructing History Equestrian Patterns[/QUOTE]
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! 
What’s a grab strap? (I’m serious.) I mean, beyond the “strap to grab” part–I figured that out.
I love roached manes–so low maintenance and very handsome on a good neck.
Kodiak; some folks use an old stirrup leather. A local saddler made a “grab strap” for me, which I ended up not caring for out hunting so used it when I gave my niece pony rides. It was rolled leather on top and tooled on the sides.
When I started hunting my horse’s mane was roached and he looked great and it was convenient. After a while I realized I was losing out on an easy way to grab hold in an “oh crap” moment and let it grow out.
CarrieK - thanks for posting the patterns. I too am a collector of proper flared britches and they are a real bear to find; much less fit in to.
Thanks, I’ve heard of the stirrup leather. I was just trying to figure out the mechanics of where to put something on the neck that would be at all useful. I’d heard about grabbing the top of the breastcollar, too, but have always been too busy to look for it when things get exciting.
The worst drawback of a roached mane is mounting from the ground…
Um, yes. When I took my then- 4 yo son foxhunting on my 26 year old mare (the only thing I had that would NOT jump a fence if pointed at it, though it was her first time hunting too), we had the Master’s permission to take our own line since he knew I knew how to stay out of the way, and we honestly didn’t think my son would last more than an hour. Wrong, but that’s good.
Anyhow, at one point, hounds are running, and we enter a single file trail in the woods, our forward progress blocked by a hilltopper who can’t keep up with the hilltoppers! My 4 year old son complains loudly, ‘Mom, can you make that lady move out of our way?’ Sadly, ‘that lady’ didn’t hear or didn’t care and did block us til we got through the woods, thankfully only a short stretch.
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On the boots with zippers… I understand they are not traditional, but say a member has had an accident to the ankle which prevents it from flexing very well.and has to have a zipper to get their boot on? Would that be allowed? Maybe if the zipper was concealed?[/QUOTE]
Pretty much everyone at Red Rock including MFHs seem to wear zippered boots these days, but you’d never notice, because you are busy remembering to keep your mouth closed to keep bugs from splatting into your teeth while hounds are running.
You need to share that pattern! I adore proper flared breeches. I have a bunch of vintage pairs, but if they fit in the waist and hips, they rarely ever fit in the calf, and vice versa. I would dearly love to have a few pairs made that actually really fit everywhere, but without paying B. Weatherill’s outrageous Savile Row price to have them made bespoke (as I cannot find anyone else that does proper ones anymore).
Oliver Brown will make you some baggy hunting ones https://www.oliverbrown.org.uk/ladies/shop-by-collection/hunting-collection.html
I did a very informal count the other day hunting and I’d say over half of our fields had zippered boots on btw. We’re in ole Virginny. So not to worry ya’ll !!
Carry on!
^^ That’s about what I’ve noticed. I have also noticed that almost everyone at one hunt (wg, I think it’s yours) who wears a velvet helmet, has the ribbon pointed upward rather than downward. At another hunt, almost everyone has the ribbon pointed downward, which is supposed to denote staff/masters. There are also quite a few non velvet helmets, but it is still cubbing season and hence informal.
Thanks for the puffy pants pattern. I love the FEEL and I think they look cool too.
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I really prefer the look of the shaped brown pads over the shaped white ones that seem to be de rigueur here.[/QUOTE]
Agreed! What are everyone’s thoughts on shaped brown sheepskin pads? I love them but don’t usually see them in the field. Is it entirely faux paux?
I prefer the look of a dark shaped pad, but I find they are hard to locate on this side of the pond. And, when I have found them, they are mostly AP shaped and definitely not forward enough for my saddles. 
I like not noticing the saddle pad.
On a dark horse I prefer dark shaped pads.
I’ve been ordering mine from http://www.horsehealth.co.uk/lemieux/lambskin-pads/lambskin-gp-jump-numnahs?zenid=6ed91bfbb37fe6c967950cae9fc68b42
I’m usually the only one not wearing white/buff fleece, but nobody has ever commented. That might mean that as intended it’s subtle, or it might mean they have more important things to watch out for.
Since I’ll have to order a custom size anyhow I thought I might go with brown for my next one. I thought it might last longer as it wouldn’t need to see the washer as frequently
I think I had an entire thread about muted/dark fitted pads on here a while back. In the UK they prefer dark fitted pads–not sure where BLEACH WHITE came in to play on this side.
I use a black or brown sheepskin during cubbing season, though. I purchased both in the UK, not that expensive made by ROMA. You can also find the fitted poly pad numnahs here in black and I believe brown.
JSwan this cracked me up!
Why not just buy a velvet cover for your ASTM approved helmet? I wear a velvet cover over my GPA helmet for hunting and it looks fine and only cost about $25.
OP Please not a velvet cover.
You. Look. Fine. In. The. Hunt. Field.
Well mounted, neatly attired, correctly turned out.
I get it that this has turned into a far broader chat but for goodness sakes, I hope we have sufficiently convinced you that worrying about attire is in the (thankfully) foggy past, if it was actually ever anything more than a whispered threat.
I’ve hunted almost 5 decades in varying states of array, and 40 years of which in a jockey skull cap, and Have. Never. Heard. One. Word. About. my helmet or other attire.
And I’ve hunted with some of the snootiest. There really are far bigger fish to fry.
Thanks, CarrieK, for those links to the Reconstructing History patterns!
