A matter of tack

[Alison Farrin <alison@hirschcompany.com>]

Hello ridecampers!
After buying a new bridle for my Arab and carefully ordering it in Cob/Arab 
size, I had to, as always, take it down to the shoe repair and have them 
shorten everything but the browband.  I think I have done this with just 
about every leather bridle I have ever ordered.  In sheer exasperation, I 
am thinking about hooking up with a couple of manufacturers to do 
semi-custom bridles and starting an internet business selling leather 
bridles measured in inches.  Something like three headstall sizes, three 
noseband sizes and three browband sizes.   You measure your horse and place 
an order for the three individual sizes that most closely match your horse. 
 That's just three Arab sizes.  If I expand this, I think I'd go up to 
warmblood size and carry three extra large sizes too.  I hear Warnblood 
owners complain about not being able to get anything big enough.  So, tell 
me are there enough of you out there still riding with leather tack that 
have the same problem and would consider this a solution?  Would an extra 
$10 added to the cost of a compareable off the rack bridle be reasonable? 
 (It costs me $12-14 plus time to get the bridle altered, so that doesn't 
seem out of line to me - but please tell me if it does to you!)  Please 
respond privately as this is only marginally endurance related, but I will 
tally responses and post the totals back to the list.

Alison Farrin
alison@hirschcompany.com

Alison Farrin
The Hirsch Company/Innovative Pension Design


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