Who makes decent side reins anymore?

[Gingerwitch]

Well the last pair I brought on line - the elastic was sooooo stretchy their was no way a contact would ever be held.
The pair before that - the clip broke a month after using them - (3 times !)
and the only ones i can find at my local tack stores are the webbing ones - and i personally dont think these are any good.

Does anyone know where a good old fashioned pair of side reins can be purchased from and i dont want cheap and cheerful. I want something to sit in my tack room for the next 20 years.

 

[hadfos]

Dont jeffries make them??I had a pair yrs ago and they were fantastic!

 

[Gingerwitch]

I've checked them out, and they do look quite good but at nearly £70 quid I am trying to find a local stockist to actually touch them before i buy.... like i say the previous 2 pairs came via the mail - and i should have sent them back the same day, they were *rap with a CAPITAL C.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[JessPickle]

I know people who have had these for absulute years but they are certainly not cheap :O

http://www.katenegus.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=107

 

[Gingerwitch]

Thanks JessPickles - looks like a good item to check out !

 

[_daisy_]

ive got a lovely pair of sabre ones, dont think they are actually that expensive.

 

[burge]

I have a pair that I had made up by Fox Saddlers in Wetherby about 20 years ago. Still as good as new. Had them made as I didn't want any elastic bits in them at all and could find none off the peg.