Recent content by cremedemonthe

Thermatex used to be here in West Wales (about 13 miles from me in Cardigan), my wife worked there years ago (1992 onwards) as did a friend of mine . I went round the factory and had a look. Nicely run and it was a shame when it shut down last year and everybody was out of work. I get very few...

Try a contact adhesive

I remember the rubbery carpet felt too! We had to make hand made Bellies on the seat, several layers of butt leather glued together to pattern and skived down by hand. Also we had to use web that we had to pre strain by hand. took us 3 weeks to hand make a saddle, no staples all blue tacks! Hand...

We had to hand flock these as well as the seats!

Aulton and Butler and my preferred trees.

There were 3 tree makers (all wooden) when I trained in 1987 Aulton And Butler wooden trees, you can still buy them from my equestrian trade suppliers, along with wooden Beebee, wooden Lariot, wooden Walsal Riding trees, plastic Treetec plastic and plastic Equi Plastic . Bear in mind a new good...

A 13-year-old girl was killed in horror accident when she suffered a fatal horse kick to the head as her mum cried "stay down", an inquest has heard. Maci Williams suffered a horrific head injury when she was kicked while helping lead a group of horses from a paddock to the barn. She collapsed...

I'm picking them up for no more than 20 quid locally at the mo, I do them up, no one seems to be able to get sales all across the UK, don't know why.

Oz

GFS used to make Haflinger saddles specifically for their shape. I fitted a few and they were good but that was a while ago, have a look on their website to see if it's still available Oz (Saddler)

No excuse! Get a helicopter pilots licence and land in my field! Happy New Year to you too, hope it's a good one for you. Oz

Thank you sbloom, cheques in the post. My leather conditioner would probably seal it but might darken it down so I would avoid it. We use resoline to seal lighter leathers if the dye might leach out but it can leave it shiny (but not always) but it is acrylic and no nasty chemicals in it...

James Sterling used to be associated with Shires equestrian, back in the 90s they were producing bridles mainly. They seem to have delved in to close contact saddles. I don't think Shires sell the range anymore though. Their bridles back then were made in India using English leather and the...

We bought 10 small bales of good quality hay on Monday from a farm just up the road from ours, still at the usual price we have been paying for 2 years which is £4 per bale. Same price for small bales of Straw. They have LOADS so no panic here.

I really don't know