Charro Bridle

5/18/2013

I found a picture of a really neat charro bridle a couple days ago, and decided to try to make one.

I was able to find more photos of the charro bridle, which I'm very thankful for. It's a lot more complex than I would have thought at a quick glance.

Last night I started working on it, it doesn't look like much, but it took a while to braid.

Surprisingly those pieces of string should assemble together into a browband, crownpiece, and mecate. The only missing parts are the cheekpiece and the bosal, which will have to come later, because I have no sinew and the cheekpiece is attached to the bosal.

I'm really excited about this bridle, next I need to start thinking about a good accent color for the knots. Any ideas?

3 Comments

Jordan link

5/19/2013 08:32:19 am

What are those braided out of, Is it embroidery thread? Also what kind of braid is it?

Brazos

5/19/2013 08:44:57 am

I used embroidery thread. For the narrower pieces I split the embroidery thread in half, so each strand only has three threads instead of six.

I used a four strand round braid to braid it, one of my past posts shows how to braid it, part three of my halter and lead tutorial. In the tutorial I made a solid color lead rope, but it's the same braid.:)

Jordan link

5/19/2013 09:35:27 am

Ok thanks a lot that never accured to me to split the treads to get a smaller braid like that*facepalm* haha

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