| Status |
Available
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| Shoulder Piece Size |
12 3/4” long by 2 3/4" wide where it will cross your shoulder tapering to 2 1/4” at the front end and 2” at the back end.
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| Shoulder Piece Leather |
Genuine English Pebble leather. Solid, heavy-duty and well broken in. The color is very dark brown.
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| Shoulder Piece Stitching |
Artificial sinew hand sewn into hand punched needle holes. I added the buckstitching along each side, made from oiled leather lacing, and worked it thru hand punched diagonal slits - then thoroughly hand rubbed it to give it an aged patina and character.
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| Shoulder Piece Distressed Level |
Medium. A couple of minor surface checks and surface wear although the pebbling is still quite visible.
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| Shoulder Piece Notables |
The hand cut and shaped shoulder piece is slightly curved and favors the left shoulder of a right handed player.The leather strap guide keeps the rein strap cantered on the longer shoulder piece. Lined with new suede leather on the back side.
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| Strap Style |
Western Rein
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| Strap Width |
9/16"
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| Strap Leather |
Very old and high quality dark brown harness leather, thoroughly broken in soft and supple. Skived to 3/16”. Dead-on vintage match to the shoulder piece.
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| Strap Distressed Level |
Medium/high. Nicely aged vintage character with some surface checking visible along the full length.
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| Strap Notables |
Hand dressed and burnished edges and slicked smooth on the bottom. The rein strap fits snug in the strap slots and things won’t slide around without intentional help.
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