RC: Retail source of biothane

[Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>]

Wintec has switched their biothane billets to leather.
jasmine
At 05:35 AM 1/14/00 EST, Farafix@aol.com wrote:
>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
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