Horse that's passed over rainbow bridge - what to do with tail hair?

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My friend sadly lost her boy on Monday after a field accident :(

She took a large chunk of tail hair to remember him by. Other than bracelets, what else can she do with it?

Any suggestions welcome.

Thank you x
 
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there are several places that do jewellery from tail hair other than a bracelet , there are some that set some hairs in resin to make pendants and other decorative items , also rings and keyrings
 
I bought a silver necklace with a lovely bright resin pendant, which has my horses tail hair inside, and her name engraved on it. Very pleased.
 
I've got my boy's in a plait and I think that is how it will stay. It has pride of place on my display shelf. I thought about doing something with it but don't want it to fall apart. I smell it from time to time. It still smells of him for now x
 
I didn't realise how much length you needed to take for a bracelet when I lost my old girl so only snipped about 8 inches of mane and tail. At the moment they are just swatches in the cupboard with her trophies, but I think I will look into the rings. However I did keep a large bag of her fur when she shed her last winter coat, from her body and her white leg. There is a jewellers quite near me that will make an artificial diamond from a sample of crem ash or fur/hair and so I'm saving up to do that. It only needs a little bit and isn't as wildly expensive as you might think. I did try smelling the fur/tail swatches but they lost her lovely smell very rapidly. That is the bit I miss the most about her :(
 
I have my old boys tail made into a bracelet but my friend had hers made into a diamond ring :D

I get asked so many times ohh where did you get that from? They seem quite shocked when I tell them where (or who) it was from :p

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I still haven't dared to get Rodney's out, still way too raw. There are some fantastic companies on Facebook though. Main types seem to be standard braided hair bracelets / necklaces / pendants, or the same encased in resin. There was one company doing rings for around £25 which I planned on ordering.

Just still can't bring myself to open that box - my eyes are welling up just thinking about it :o
 
It does get better with time I promise you ... I wear my bracelet everyday as had the links done in silver - feels like he's still with me each day :o

My arab that was his best friend was sniffing it the other week and snorting which shes never done before (or done since) - it was completely a one off coinsidence but still made me smile as in my head I told myself she knew it was him :) x
 
I wish I'd taken a larger piece of Misty's mane (or any of her tail), unfortunately I wasn't really thinking at the time and just took a small chunk, don't think there's enough to make into anything. It sits on my chest of drawers at home along with two teeth!
 
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I wish I'd taken a larger piece of Misty's mane (or any of her tail), unfortunately I wasn't really thinking at the time and just took a small chunk, don't think there's enough to make into anything. It sits on my chest of drawers at home along with two teeth!
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Glad to hear I'm not the only weirdo who kept some teeth! She used to leave them in her feed bucket for me. I didn't know what the going rate for horse molars was from the tooth fairy so used to give her some extra (organic) carrots. I have a tooth from her little best buddy who passed 4 years before too.
 
Another vote for shpangle...i'm waiting for a pendant and a keyring to arrive and the guy is very open letting you design your own stuff. I only took a chunk of my boy's mane and he only needed a small bit to do both. I chose a criss cross mane hair pendant and then a keyring with more mane, his name on and asked for a piece of horseshoe confetti in the background. Looking forward to getting them :-)
 
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