A new Tack Shop, and Haul

 This day brought yet another adventure for horse type things. A trek through some pretty countryside to a secondhand tack store. Now I love the idea of such! I also can't wait to get back. 

What I found there was some nice things- and it was all about the English this time too. I ended up choosing some gear that she hadn't had a chance to clean yet, but that's never been an issue for me. So before and afters! 

A driving bridle with brass trim, from the bargain bin. $2. I'm hoping I can get this cleaned up and possibly fit to use. If not, it'll still look cool on the wall as a decoration. 

The First bridle I chose. A Plain Raised, well used but nice leather English bridle. Very dirty, but not too crispy dry. $15

Another brown English bridle, Plain Raised with a flash. Nice leather but very dirty and rather dry. $15. 

Here is the Flash bridle, all cleaned and ready for use. It is beautiful leather! The reins I also bought from the same place, they don't fully match cuz they are fancy stitched, but I was close on the color. It's so hard to tell on dirty or dry tack what the color actually becomes once clean.

The first bridle, it too turned out beautifully. Another set of fancy stitch reins ($10)  from the same place but the color matches pretty well.  I look at these now and think wow! 

The 3rd bridle I chose was like the other 2, Plain Raised, but much darker. $15. As I was applying Passier Lederbasalm the stitches popped on one of the bit keepers. I plan to take this one in for repairs as it's still very nice leather. 

This beautiful set of dressage reins was in the bargain bin, I got them for $1. They're missing thier stud hooks but looks like an easy repair. I'll be taking these as well to the shop. 

Close up of the fancy stitch reins on the 2nd bridle. They were dirty and dry but turned out beautifully. The other set is nearly identical. I paid $10 for each pair. 

Bridle- $15.⁰⁰

Reins- $10.⁰⁰

I can't believe that this beautiful rig was waiting under all that dirt, grime and neglect. As it looks now there's no way $25 would buy it.  
 

Dressage reins- the 2 "droopy" sets came from this store- they are nice quality! $10 and $1 for the broken hooks set. The stiffer set of reins came in the Keiffer saddle deal. Here a closeup of those stiffer reins.

This set of dressage reins also needs a new stud hook on one side. (These came with the Saddleseat bridle/Keifer saddle deal) They are a medium quality, I'll see what the repair shop says if they're worth fussing about. 

It's been a wonderful streak of bargain hunting this fall, especially in these past couple weeks!