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My problem is that I can't **find** anything made out of anything but  
nylon or poly (which has the same problem).  The cotton leads I see  
are way too fat and loosely wrapped.

Got a source?

On Apr 22, 2009, at 9:15 PM, k s swigart wrote:

> Cindy Collins said:
>
> > I have a good girlfriend here in Cody
> > who didn't wear gloves while dealing
> > with an excited horse. BTW, it was a
> > yacht rope lead. Two fingers on her
> > hand were "de- gloved" ....no skin
> > left, down to the bone and tendons.
>
> This, BTW, is why one of my first safety rules of horses is:
>
> Never hold onto anything made out of nylon the other end of which is  
> attached to a horse.
>
> Yachting rope is made out of nylon.
>
> I don't own any reins made out of yachting rope, and I wouldn't use  
> them if you gave them to me.  The only thing I use nylon lead ropes  
> for (that have been given to me or I have won as awards) is to tie  
> gates shut.  You certainly won't catch me using one for leading a  
> horse.
>
> My reins are leather or rubber and my lead ropes are cotton (as are  
> my driving lines and my longe lines).
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
> p.s.  It is also the reason that all my lead ropes and reins have  
> knots in the end of them (and some of the lead ropes have knots in  
> the middle of them too).  It is far easier to hold onto a knot than  
> it is to hold onto a rope.
>
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