RC: Retail source of biothane

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Ed & Wendy,

You might want to re-consider biothane billets.  I have a Wintec & I'm 
guessing it's biothane, or something very similar used for the billets (it's 
a nylon webbing covered by a smooth plastic type material).  The smooth 
covering gets ripped pretty easily, esp around the holes you use most, and 
then you get pieces of the plastic getting caught up in the buckles of the 
girth.  I find this type of material for the billets makes it more difficult 
to pull the girth up to the hole you want --- have to do the last 2-3 holes 
from the saddle, which requires a very calm, obedient horse!  As my previous 
saddle was leather, the billets were leather & I liked them better -- more 
flexible & easier to get saddle tightened from the ground.
As I say, it may not be exactly biothane on the Wintec, but something similar 
that rips up worse than biothane might.  Perhaps someone else on RC can give 
more input.

Good luck!
Nancy
Md