Horse Tack- How to Clean
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Spring Time Check of your Leather Horse Tack
The clocks have been turned ahead, the sun is out longer, Spring is Here!
It is time to do a "spring check" on all your quality leather western horse tack and saddles.
Before you start your spring horse rides, a serious inspection of your tack, cleaning, oiling and conditioning of your tack is necessary. This spring time check is essential to keep your tack in good working order for the safety of both rider and horse. Not to mention increasing the longevity of the leather
First-
Take everything apart and inspect all your tack, including your saddle for wear. Especially at all areas ("picture 1") were your tack folds around the bits, buckles and saddle riggings. This is where there will be the most wear and stress. You need to replace any parts cracked or stretched. Chancing it is not worth the safety risk. Take your time, your piece of mind is worth it....
Secondly -
Clean all your horse tack and saddle 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.
This "spring check" is a great habit to get into, not only for adults, but for children too. Teaching your children the importance of good quality AMERICAN MADE leather tack and proper care will insure the safety of both your child and horse. It will also give you a sense of pride and confidence in your saddle and equipment....
Leather Care Products for Your Horse Tack
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Wear Leather's
A Buckaroo Innovation
Buckaroo Leather prides itself on the AMERICAN MADE quality leather we use from Hermann Oak Leather" to manufacture all of our western leather horse tack.As mentioned above, cleaning is important, but checking the durability of your horse tack is vital. Unlike imported tack that has no integrity, a quality leather horse tack will be more durable and much less likely to crack making it safer!
One of the ways to stop the wear on your saddles billets, are the Wear Leathers!
(Please see our video below or click here.)
One of Buckaroo Leather's innovations are the Wear Leathers (pictured here) on all our offside billets. The wear leathers stops your saddle rigging dee rings from wear into the billets, which can cause a stress point!!
What Makes a Leather High Quality
a Video by Buckaroo John
How to rig Your Saddle Latigos and Off-side Billets
Give Your Horse Tack a Western Look
Add Some Conchas to Your Horse Tack
While you are cleaning and checking your horse tack, you may want to "cowboy" up your tack a little. By adding some of the Conchos (pictured to the right) you can make your horse tack look like new.Antique Berry Longhorn Concha -ABLC (pictured here)
Beautifully hand engraved Sterling Silver concha with Brass Berry edge and Longhorn figure. This stunning concha in available with a screw back or loop back to accent your favorite headstall and give it a unique look!
Watch our How to Video on this product!
Silver Plate Berry Concha -SPB
Hand Engraved Sterling Silver in the "Old Mexico" style and finished with a Berry/Pico edge, this concha is available in several sizes as well as slotted, screw back & loop back. A beautiful addition to any headstall or breast collar!
Mojave Square Concha
Beautifully hand engraved "Old Mexico" Style sterling silver plate antique conchas with a berry edge. Available without a figure in 3/4"; 1"; 1 1/4"; with or without a figure in 1 1/2"; also available in 2 1/4" with one of the following figures: Bronc, Cross, Longhorn or Star. A unique and beautiful accent to your existing equipment, or choose one of our quality leather headstalls & breast collars for a one of a kind set.
Engraved Concha -SP
Hand Engraved Beautiful Old Mexico Sterling silver plate or Solid Brass conchas with pico edge; available with chicago screw back in 5/8"; 3/4" 1"; 1 1/4"; 1 1/2"; 1 3/4"; 2" & 3". Also loop back in (1 1/2" up)& slotted in (1 1/4" up).
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