Browbands revisited

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:15 pm

Since my last thread where I had the poll and ended up buying the 2 browbands, I have actually bought 4 more. :oops:

I don't have much to say in my defense other than Cartier needs his jewelry. 8-)

I'll post pics soon.

Has anyone else gone down the rabbit trail of bling browbands? Or just me?

Chisamba · Postby **Chisamba** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:41 pm

He has the appropriate name for the jewelry, LOL

Quelah · Postby **Quelah** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:53 pm

Not browbands, but saddle pads, or blankets actually. Since Milagro is going to play at western or cowboy dressage, or both, I've been having a bit of fun with saddle blankets. But I have to stop because they're really expensive!

PaulaO · Postby **PaulaO** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:25 pm

Perfect name for a horse with 6 browbands!

My thing was saddle pads, especially Puffa Pads. The only color I didn't have was hunter green.

StraightForward · Postby **StraightForward** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 5:51 pm

Not just browbands, but entire bridles, and my horse isn't really even under saddle yet. I just picked up a rolled Vespucci on eBay this morning. :oops:

And I've been ogling matching saddle pads and fly bonnets.

I am making a pile of extraneous tack and vowing to get it listed for sale while I'm off work this week.

Flight · Postby **Flight** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:48 pm

OOh I want to see your browbands! Is it from the same place? The only reason I didn't get one, was because I couldn't choose

I'm a bit of a saddle cloth collector, which is silly because I tend to just use the same one over and over anyway.

If anyone notices a good quality black bridle with brass fittings for a good price, let me know

redsoxluvr · Postby **redsoxluvr** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:04 am

I stopped buying them and started making them. That way I can get exactly what I want,

exvet · Postby **exvet** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 2:35 am

Well, I bought my daughter a bling brow band for her for her pony several years back and it was from someone who's posted here. She loved it and we still have it though the pony was sold. Flash forward a few years and my daughter's making them and gave me a lovely one that I use on my pony. We have a few here and though I tend to be cheap and conservative, a bling brow band tends to be a must have in my book.....lol

svvdressage · Postby **svvdressage** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 3:49 am

Yep, i made myself a browband that I can change out the beads. I think I have 20 :shock:

Just a few

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:05 pm

Quelah wrote:Not browbands, but saddle pads, or blankets actually. Since Milagro is going to play at western or cowboy dressage, or both, I've been having a bit of fun with saddle blankets. But I have to stop because they're really expensive!

PaulaO wrote:My thing was saddle pads, especially Puffa Pads. The only color I didn't have was hunter green.

I have recently bought him 3 new saddle pads. I have looked at many, many more but have managed (so far) to stick with grey and shades of blue. I have been eyeing a deep green pad and a deep red pad (not red and green!) as I think they would look beautiful on him, but we tend to stay fairly conservative at my barn and I think they would be too much.

I got him this whole set, just this past weekend adding the fly veil.

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capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:18 pm

Here is the fly veil.

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And the 2 other pads.

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capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:21 pm

StraightForward wrote:Not just browbands, but entire bridles, and my horse isn't really even under saddle yet. I just picked up a rolled Vespucci on eBay this morning.

I bought Cartier a new snaffle bridle too (see my rolled bridle thread). But I felt entirely justified in doing so because he has been using a hand me down from Kuper for almost 2 years!

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:24 pm

svvdressage wrote:Yep, i made myself a browband that I can change out the beads. I think I have 20

Just a few

Wow! That is quite a variety!

redsoxluvr wrote:I stopped buying them and started making them. That way I can get exactly what I want,

I did that for a while, several years ago. Let me see if I can find any pics! ETA: nope, not on the iPhone.

These are great because you don't have to take the browband apart, which is definitely the drawback of my scenario.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:32 pm

exvet wrote: a bling brow band tends to be a must have in my book.....lol

Yes! I agree! :mrgreen:

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:36 pm

So there are 2 common themes underlying my recent rash of purchases:

1. Cartier has a lot of hand me down stuff. From Kuper, Brio, even Ynse I think. Bridles, saddle pads, halters, etc. Some of it is showing its age, and some of it I am just plain tired of after all these years.

2. Probably the bigger issue, the more I am away from him (working overseas), the more I want to buy stuff for him. :oops:

piedmontfields · Postby **piedmontfields** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:39 pm

Capstone, your taste in pads is like my taste. I love the simple dark cool colors on a pale grey! Somehow Emi looks dressed up just wearing black. That damask patterned one is really nice. Is it also an Eskadron?

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:51 pm

piedmontfields wrote:Capstone, your taste in pads is like my taste. I love the simple dark cool colors on a pale grey! Somehow Emi looks dressed up just wearing black. That damask patterned one is really nice. Is it also an Eskadron?

Yes, it is. I got it and the navy one from the same UK seller.
http://www.divineequestrian.co.uk/produ ... ilver-grey

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:15 pm

Chisamba wrote:He has the appropriate name for the jewelry, LOL

PaulaO wrote:Perfect name for a horse with 6 browbands!

In the beginning, the idea was that he was my "jewelry". I'm not sure why it took me so long to realize that he needed his own jewelry!

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:20 pm

This is the green one I have been agonizing over.

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PaulaO · Postby **PaulaO** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 1:22 pm

Greys look stunning in dark jewel tones. Cartier MUST have that pad.

Chisamba · Postby **Chisamba** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:13 pm

And emeralds in his brow band ,<3

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:57 pm

Chisamba wrote:And emeralds in his brow band ,<3

Like this?

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capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:05 pm

PaulaO wrote:Greys look stunning in dark jewel tones. Cartier MUST have that pad.

I think so too.

Josette · Postby **Josette** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:06 pm

The green pad with emerald brow band is gorgeous! Sapphire would be nice too with blue pad. I'm thinking red more for a dark bay or black horse.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:09 pm

Flight wrote:OOh I want to see your browbands! Is it from the same place? The only reason I didn't get one, was because I couldn't choose

Yes, the same place. I visit their site far too often. I actually went to their event weekend before last (it was near London and I happened to be in London) so I could see the colors in person. So I can make more informed decisions! :lol:

However, I have taken the opposite approach from you - I can't decide so I have gotten all of the ones that I love. :oops:

piedmontfields · Postby **piedmontfields** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:14 pm

I am a fan of Lemieux pads, so consider me another enabler :-)

demi · Postby **demi** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:14 pm

I agree, Cartier MUST have the green pad! And then we MUST have pictures of him wearing it!(with the emerald brow band, of course.)

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:23 pm

piedmontfields wrote:I am a fan of Lemieux pads, so consider me another enabler

Oh good! I haven't bought anything of theirs before so I was wondering. Do you think the green would be true to the photo? I'm having visions of it showing up more of a teal, which would not do at all! Lol

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:24 pm

demi wrote:I agree, Cartier MUST have the green pad! And then we MUST have pictures of him wearing it!(with the emerald brow band, of course.)

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:28 pm

PaulaO wrote:Perfect name for a horse with 6 browbands!

My thing was saddle pads, especially Puffa Pads. The only color I didn't have was hunter green.

Like this?

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capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:31 pm

Josette wrote:The green pad with emerald brow band is gorgeous! Sapphire would be nice too with blue pad. I'm thinking red more for a dark bay or black horse.

I have an aversion to sapphire for some inexplicable reason.

I do have this blue one, which was one of the original ones I bought.

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Which looks like this in the light.

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I also bought this blue one more recently, and haven't even had it on him yet. It fades from dark blue to lighter blue to an irridescent white. It is the one of my purchases I am most iffy about. We shall see how it looks on him!

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capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:41 pm

I was thinking of a red pad because of this browband, which was an impulse buy when I was at their event weekend before last. I ordered 2 browbands but I wanted to walk out with something in hand! :oops:

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But since it is not only red - it has clear and black diamond which is basically grey - I can use it with his many grey and white pads.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:46 pm

The third browband I got him was this one.

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It was my first (and last) time to buy one of the "megabling" style browbands. At least the colors are understated, but the extra width to the browband definitely makes it more imposing than the others.

And on him, plus a fly veil!

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My trainer had him all decked out for his appearance on a morning news program. The photo is not the best quality - was just a quick one while they were being filmed. And it bugs me that the browband was not situated properly with the piping on the veil, so it is obviously crooked. If I had been there...!

redsoxluvr · Postby **redsoxluvr** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:09 pm

I have purchased several LeMieux saddle pads and they are by far the best pads that I have ever used.
The D ring attachment is the best thing since sliced bread.
Color is true to the advertisement.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:15 pm

redsoxluvr wrote:I have purchased several LeMieux saddle pads and they are by far the best pads that I have ever used.
The D ring attachment is the best thing since sliced bread.
Color is true to the advertisement.

Thank you for the recommendation!

I always cut the Velcro straps off the front of my saddle pads. They are so awkward and I find that my pads rarely slip.

Chisamba · Postby **Chisamba** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:43 pm

Yes i like the green with that brow band.

piedmontfields · Postby **piedmontfields** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:51 pm

redsoxluvr wrote:I have purchased several LeMieux saddle pads and they are by far the best pads that I have ever used.
The D ring attachment is the best thing since sliced bread.
Color is true to the advertisement.

I agree, but I have only bought grey and black because Emi and I are so conservative :lol:

We, the enablers, unite...

Flight · Postby **Flight** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:28 am

I'm a LeMieux fan as well, mostly because I need the high wither fit. I like the D ring velcros too, I always chop off the other velcro tabs.
(My recent saddle cloth was plain black - boring I know! But the same as the green one pictured)

Love all the bling, Capstone!!

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:14 am

Ok, ok! I have inquired with Equiture about the emerald browband. If they haven't shipped my latest order yet, I will have them add it. 8-)

And I will be following up on the saddle pad too.

You guys are persuasive!

(Not that it took much...)

StraightForward · Postby **StraightForward** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:17 am

piedmontfields wrote:We, the enablers, unite...

Oh yeah. Now I have a LeMiuex seller's shop bookmarked. The D thing is genius, I always cut off the ones that go on the billets, too. My only complaint is that their color line doesn't seem to be designed for the red headed mares. I am definitely getting a full set of brown, either LeMieux or Eskadron or both

Can't wait to see Cartier's emeralds.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:23 am

StraightForward wrote:
piedmontfields wrote:We, the enablers, unite...

Oh yeah. Now I have a LeMiuex seller's shop bookmarked. The D thing is genius, I always cut off the ones that go on the billets, too. My only complaint is that their color line doesn't seem to be designed for the red headed mares. I am definitely getting a full set of brown, either LeMieux or Eskadron or both

Can't wait to see Cartier's emeralds.

I love this one but not for Cartier. Would it work for your mare?
http://valleyhorsewear.com.au/index.php ... uct_id=406

I definitely vote both!

StraightForward · Postby **StraightForward** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:13 am

I was looking at that one. I found a tweed Pikeur coat today, and was wondering if this pad would be legal with the little patch on it.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:17 am

StraightForward wrote:I was looking at that one. I found a tweed Pikeur coat today, and was wondering if this pad would be legal with the little patch on it.

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I'm not sure if it would be considered advertising.

StraightForward · Postby **StraightForward** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:36 am

Hmm, yeah, I kind of remembered something like that. So the patch would be OK if I could redact any name brand, I guess?

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:44 am

StraightForward wrote:Hmm, yeah, I kind of remembered something like that. So the patch would be OK if I could redact any name brand, I guess?

Surely it's not considered advertising if it's simply the maker of the pad. But I don't know.

StraightForward · Postby **StraightForward** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 6:41 am

Well, it says amateurs may not have a business or product name unless they own the business, so I think it would have to be removed or covered up some way, but the patch itself would be OK.

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 3:00 pm

capstone wrote:Ok, ok! I have inquired with Equiture about the emerald browband. If they haven't shipped my latest order yet, I will have them add it.

And I will be following up on the saddle pad too.

You guys are persuasive! (Not that it took much...)

Help! I can't find any sellers who have a green Lemieux dressage saddle pad in stock. I inquired about the one that I had found and I was told it was a mistake that it was still listed on their site.

I wanted the Vogue but the ProSport is the other one that seems to have come in green.

svvdressage · Postby **svvdressage** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 3:23 pm

Pad looks slighly different

http://www.centerlinestyle.com/lemieux- ... d-emerald/

capstone · Postby **capstone** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 3:34 pm

svvdressage wrote:Pad looks slighly different

http://www.centerlinestyle.com/lemieux- ... d-emerald/

Yes, that is not the same style as the Vogue that I posted but is like the ProSport that I had seen.

Thank you!!

Ironic that I didn't find it because I was searching for green and they call it emerald.

Moutaineer · Postby **Moutaineer** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:04 pm

I am about to push the button on my first double bridle purchase, which feels a bit grown up...

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