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Weaver
Deer Ridge Collection Deer
Ridge - This weather resistant
leather makes excellent trail tack. Enduring, still
with attractive looks. Weaver
Leather puts it all together in a "more than
traditional" working horse look. Great for roping, team
penning, gymkhana, or trails. The deerskin linings
make this tack a unique and comfy collection.
The Deer Ridge collection is actually divided into
two parts:
Deer Ridge horse products are made from Sunset
harness leather with Solid Brass hardware. Liners of
breast collars, headstalls, nosebands and reins are
saddle tan deerskin for comfort. Stitching also
coordinates with the liners to tie it all together
for you.
Deer Ridge II horse products are made from russet
harness leather with nickel plated hardware. Liners
of breast collars, headstalls, nosebands and reins
are brown deerskin for comfort. Stitching also
coordinates with the liners to tie it all together
for you. Handcrafted
from rich beautiful russet harness leather, this horse
equipment has an antique look, which breaks in
easily. Ropers to team penners, this all around
collection of tack appeals to a wide variety of
horse riders. Coordinate
with anything harness leather usually does!
You can oil either
product to darken to taste.
We
are often asked, "How often do I need to clean,
or oil, my tack?" My mind's first response is
always, "As often as it needs it."
Seriously, there are people who just don't know. I
have been with horse lovers that probably have not
conditioned their horse equipment since they brought
it home the first time. Leather is skin that has
been treated to make it useful. Like the skin on
your body, it needs to be cleaned and moisturized by
natural oils. As long as your skin is attached, your
body's moisture will keep it supple. When you get a
blister, and it begins to peel, you notice it gets
hard and easily falls apart. The skin has cut itself
off from the moisture and it's soon gone. Leather is
the same way.
I got
in the habit of wiping down my tack every time I
finished for the day, before I went to eat supper.
Working with it daily, you can see the subtle
changes. Sweat, salt, rain, dry weather, all can
crack it. I keep a rag in a jar that is laden with
Lexol, but...Weaver Wipes are even smarter! I clean off all mud and grime by water hose,
then wipe dry with an old towel and then apply
another light coat of oil. Every now and again, it
might need a deep cleaning. But by doing it all
along, I get much better results by good treatment
often.
If
you have students, friends who always want to ride,
or "hangers-around", a great way to
introduce them to tools of the trade is to have them
condition the tack. Just like grooming the horses,
they gain confidence through familiarity. You get
stuff done!
...However, if you choose not to take care of your
stuff, we always have more to sell, & really
need the money! God Bless, CC
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