Griffin
Well-Known Member
I have a Mystical Snug Rider coat that is at least 20 years old. I only use it in the garden now but it is still waterproof and warm.
It's refreshing to see, from a traditionally trained (1987) Saddler's point of view, quite a few who still use saddlery that is 40 years old or more. It shows with good maintenance saddlery can last a lifetime. I still have a saddle as well as lots of bridlework and harness that I made in 1987 that's like new. Well done to all of those who still use theirs, Oz
Probably many items but I know my sweat scraper is at least 30 years old.
Ive had one of those plastic plating combs in my tack box for years, I've never plaited anything, but it was free when I was a teenager 40 yrs ago ðŸ˜Folding hoof pick and plastic plaiting comb circa 1980-2.
Both were free gifts in a pony magazine for pony-mad pre-teens. The chrome plating has just started to flake off the hoofpick. My body brush and dandy both date from around the same time and are still perfectly good. I love using them.
I have a Mark Regent coat that I got when I was 7. The arms are detachable to make it a body warmer. It still fits me 25 years later as a body warmer. Which either means that the coat was very big when my dad purchased it or I’ve not grown very much!
That’s impressive they last me at tops 6 months before they get snappedDressage whip - given to me about 40 years ago.
My grandparents lived in a beautiful old house with Victorian stables. I used to play in the stables for hours, taking care of a yard full of invisible horses, attending to their every need. One day I found a big old leather backed body brush in one of the feed mangers. The leather had been half eaten away by mice but all the bristles still intact. I was so excited to have found a physical reminder of the horses that had once been there. My dad repaired the back of the brush by trimming away the remains of the old leather and filling the back of the brush with some sort of filler. I kept the brush all through my horseless childhood (even though it was too big to hold comfortably in my hand as a child, it was one of my prized possessions) and now I have horses as an adult it’s in daily use.
There hadn’t been horses in those stables for at least 30 years, and I was probably 8 when I found it. Which makes it at least 63 years old if not older. A daily reminder of my grandparents, my dad, the magic of those old stables and my dreams of owning a horse when I was little 😊
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