Headcollars without grommets

[cptrayes]

Does anyone make a headcollar without grommets in the holes any more? They are completely pointless and they always fall out.

I'm looking for nylon extra large with noseband adjustment on top of the nose with no grommets!!!

Can anyone help?

 

[be positive]

I always use this type, I can undo one handed when taking two out to the field. Not sure if full will be big enough but they are usually generous.
www.gooutdoors.co.uk/matchmakers-economy-headcollar-p123655

 

[cptrayes]

Thanks, do they rust? We are a bit wet here!

 

[Paint Me Proud]

i have a Gallop one - plain nylon with no grommets
link here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gallop-Nylon-Head-Collar-and-Lead-Rope-Set-Silver-Fittings-/110785325628?pt=UK_Horse_Wear_Equipment&var=&hash=item5f78c39ec0#ht_854wt_1037

 

[cptrayes]

I think I have one of those, and it's not quite big enough to be easy to get on My boy has a big head - but then he's a big horse

 

[be positive]

Thanks, do they rust? We are a bit wet here!

No, I have had some for years and they are still going strong. Wet here too

 

[katastrophykat]

i have derby house's own ones- perfect for the field, adjustment on the nose and head and under the throat- £3 each! mine are a year old, used in the field every day and perfectly fine.

 

[cremedemonthe]

I had to stop and think what you meant by grommets for a minute, you mean eyelets?
Reason they drop out is because they don't seal the webbing properly when putting them in. If any of your eyelets fall out and the hole left looks frayed, get either a soldering iron or a small round file or anything metal , long, thin and round.Heat it over a flame, then apply to the edge of the webbing that's frayed (in the hole where the eyelet has come out) only for a second, no more. It seals the edges of the holes and acts as a eyelet in itself. Don't touch the webbing until cool as it has a very high melting point and will burn you.
Oz

 

[cptrayes]

I keep a soldering iron in the tack box

I'd just like a headcollar like they used to do, without them in to fall out again. Why on earth did they start, because the holes are perfectly fine by themselves as long as they are burnt in properly Rugs have got the darned things in now as well. I can't understand it, surely it costs more to do them with eyelets?

 

[cremedemonthe]

Each eyelet costs a fraction of a penny really, they are supposed to make the webbing last longer with metal against metal which they do if put in properly, but as I said, cheap massed produced saddlery isn't always made properly!
Good idea to keep a soldering iron to hand in your tack box as you do though, I use one of my large round awls, just the right size for burning and sealing polypropylene webbing, Oz