Potentially stupid question re: Jeffries bridles

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So I bought a secondhand bridle on fleabay, my motto being a girl can never have too much leatherwork casually draped around the house :D It was advertised as a Jeffries but doesn't have a single manufacturer's mark anywhere on it. Before I contact the seller or leave feedback I thought I'd check I'm not being a plonker - anyone have a Jeffries with no mark or logo?
 
Yup, I had a jeffries show bridle without a mark on it. Now have a falcon caveson bridle for buds and that just has a teeny stamp on the end of one cheek piece.
 
Jeffries often don't mark their tack as they're fairly traditional. Anything they make for the showring is plain as a plain thing. Definitely no buttons or anything like that.
 
I have a Jeffries show hunter bridle. It does have faint makers stamps ( oval shape with Jeffries name in middle) on ends of cheek pieces. I was aways told Jeffires bridles have white stitching which mine has not sure if that's true or not.
 
Passtheshampoo said:
I have a Jeffries show hunter bridle. It does have faint makers stamps ( oval shape with Jeffries name in middle) on ends of cheek pieces. I was aways told Jeffires bridles have white stitching which mine has not sure if that's true or not.
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Not all of the lines have white stitching, the Traditional range is. Some, like the Falcon range, are self coloured thread.
 
Hmm. Not sure what to think then. It wasn't a particularly pricey bridle and is going to be used as an everyday job but the only mark on it is a 'c' for cob.
 
Ive got a Jeffries Wembley bridle & if you look on the head piece, stamped on the very top of it it says Wembley, but you dont really notice it unless you look for it.
 
I had a Jeffries bridle for Little Lad. That had a mark of some sort on it, though can't remember what it was. I sent it back as the quality was not what one would expect from Jeffries :( In their defence though, Jeffries were very apologetic :)
 
I've got several jefferies bridles of different sizes and not one has a size stamped on it (P, C, F rtc) however some do have the round Jefferies logo.
 
I only buy the Traditional Jeffries bridles as I like the white stitching and can't stand logos on the browbands, especially for showing. My Trad bridles only have a little round oval on the nearside cheek hole strap but they do wear off quick. I have one bridle that is about 3 years old that I use everyday and the oval Jeffries stamp have worn off. I love Jeffries stuff and they have excellent customer service too.
 
3bh said:
I've got several jefferies bridles of different sizes and not one has a size stamped on it (P, C, F rtc) however some do have the round Jefferies logo.
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Ive got one here next to me and just had a look and no, no P,C,F on this one either. Only a Jeffries stamp without the oval this time.

Why dont you post a pic OP? A lot of the Jeffries stuff is very distinguishable as Jeffries.


Same here SSG, I love the Trad range, I either have that or made to measure for my lot. Ive got a Jeffries bridle I got over 20 years ago and you can still *just about* see the logo on it.
 
OP, give Barbara Taylor- Evans a ring at Jefferies, she is the Sales Manager and will give you all the help you need to identify the bridle. Number is on their website. I dare not put her mobile on here she might not be impressed !
 
When I get down the yard later I'll post a pic. Last thing I want to do is (even accidentally) accuse a genuine seller of selling something not as described, and it is a nice quality bridle...I just expected a stamp of some kind. Never had a Jeffries before so I wasn't sure what's normal and what isn't.

Thanks, everyone, for your help with this - not exactly crisis of the century but a little interesting to me and I appreciate the replies.
 
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