Thursday, May 22, 2008

Cowboy Up your Tack & Saddle with Silver...........

As mentioned before and below,
trends in Horse tack seem to follow cycles.

The use of silver adornments on Western
Horse tack is seeing favor by many
western performance Horsemen

There are so many affordable styles
of Conchas and buckle sets on the
market today it very easy to
cowboy up your horse tack.....

They are still handcrafted and
engraved as the old time styles were.....
Very high quality and still very
affordable!!

There are more styles available
because many different finishes have
been developed......
You now have choices like antiqued,
pictured to the right, that give you
the old west weathered look right
off the shelf.......

The upper right picture is the
new concha buckle set. It gives
you an old west look......


These are all easy to put on
your bridle, saddle, and breast collar...

The conchas come with a bridle loop back
for your headstall .....
Screwback or slots for your saddle....

Some headstalls have Chicago screws
at the buckles making it easier to change
them out for silver....
If not you can have a saddle repairmen
or shoe shop modify it for you.....

I see the trend now swinging back
to the old west past when more silver
was popular...

The wider shaped headstall cheeks
with conchas running up and down
them and all over the breast collars ....


You can see how beautiful this
slobber strap looks with a simple
silver buckle!!!!
It also makes it so easy to
change out your mecate
and bit....

Our family has manufactured
quality AMERICAN made horse
Tack for 28 years and built
our reputation on
THE BRAND TO DEMAND!!!!
BuckarooJohn











Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Natural Horsemanship movement has created highly functionable Horse Tack......

The Natural Horsemanship Movement has
evolved tack items as Mecates, slobber straps,
Rope Halters and complete Mecate Bridles
into very popular training and pleasure
riding choices. They are all so versatile........


Rope halters of course have no hardware and
are so adjustable. They are designed to place
pressure points were needed and roll up into
an easy pack away size or leave on under your bridle.....

There are now designs with rings tied into the cheeks
to connect your reins to and ride on down the trail......

Side pull headstalls have evolved somewhat from
this also.....

Mecates tied onto your bridles with slobber straps
have become so popular because they are available
in so many different materials to fit your personal
preferences. Also because you can easily adjust the
length of your reins......

Slobber straps are also available in many different
styles. From plain get the job done, to custom
hand tooled, also with silver conchas and buckles....
The popular ones lately buckle on and off the bit
without having to untie your mecate.....


Our family has been dedicated for 28 years in serving the western horseman the safest most durable Quality American made leather horse tack.......
Please take a moment to leave a comment(just click on the word comments below each post)with any questions
or suggestions on future posts you would like to see talked about.
BuckarooJohn Buckaroo Leather
The Brand to Demand

Monday, May 5, 2008

Spring is Here!! Time to Prep your Tack.....



It is time before you start your spring rides to seriously inspect, clean, condition and oil all your quality horse tack.

First
take everything apart and inspect all your tack for wear, especially at all areas as pictured were your tack folds around the bits, buckles and saddle riggings.. ...
This is were there will be the most wear and stress.....
Replace any parts cracked or stretched.....

Chancing it is not worth the piece of mind and safety risk......


Quality leather horse tack will be more durable and much
less likely to crack..

Unlike imported tack
that has no integrity and will crack
and stretch making it unsafe!!!

Secondly clean all well with lots of water and glycerin

saddle soap. Don't be afraid to get your tack wet. You have to get all the dirt and sweat out.

Third hang it all to dry.

Before it is completely dry oil with a good quality neetsfoot oil...

The drying process will help suck the oil into the leather....

As pictured to the right we offer wear leathers on all
our off billets because it stops your saddle rigging dee rings
from wear into the billets. Causing a stress point!!

Our family has been dedicated for 28 years in serving the western horseman the safest most durable Quality American made leather horse tack.......
Please take a moment to leave a comment(just click on the word comments below each post)with any questions
or suggestions on future posts you would like to see talked about.

BuckarooJohn Buckaroo Leather
The Brand to Demand

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Mounted Shooting And Cowboy Reenactments Growing in Popularity.....



Mounted Shooting and Cowboy Shooting is growing


big time throughout the United States, Big Time!!


Mounted Shooting of course is on horseback


and Cowboy Shooting is on foot ....


It takes hours of practice for both. It is all judged
on accuracy and timing. Of course mounted shooting
requires hours of horse training also....


You are judged on period attire and tack.....
That is much of the attraction and entertainment....
You also have an alias like Cactus Jack or BuckarooJohn...
Some try to name and follow the life of real cowboys and
cowgirls of history!!



Buckaroo Leather makes many
Quality American Made period
Horse tack items as Headstalls,
Reins, Spur Straps, Breast Collars,
Chinks, etc........


There are many publications out now about how
it is done and were the competitions are ....



Our family has been dedicated for 28 years in serving the western horseman the safest most durable Quality American made leather horse tack.......
Please take a moment to leave a comment
(just click on the word comments below each post)
with any questions or suggestions on future posts you would like to see talked about.
BuckarooJohn
Buckaroo Leather The Brand to Demand