The Red Bluff 0107

The Red Bluff 0107

 

  • This headstall is a 3/4 inch roll round Browband with a caveson and is made of Chestnut bridle leather.
  • The browband, caveson,and cheeks are rolled round.
  • The head has a 3/4 inch buckle on the left side behind the ear and 1 1/4 inch conchos at the bit ends, ½ throatlatch with a No.115 Sterling buckle and tip.
  • Caveson and browband are swelled in the middle with sterling plates that have 14 Kt. gold horse heads in the centers.
  • Solid sterling face chains with two 1 3/4 inch conchos in the center; top concho has the ranch brand in 14 Kt gold and the bottom concho has a 14 Kt  gold horse head in the center.
  • The face chain strap is 1/2 inch with three-piece sterling buckle set.
  • Browband conchos are 1 3/4 inch Sterling.
  • The browband and caveson both have 4 sterling ferrules and the cheek pieces have 5 sterling ferrules on each side.
  • All hardware is solid sterling silver.
  • This headstall can be made in Tan, Chestnut, Dark Brown, or Black bridle leather.

 

This headstall was a rebuild of a 1940-era Visalia Stock Saddle Co. headstall; all the sterling silver marked Visalia. It is property of a ranch family in the Cottonwood, California area. I refitted and polished all the silver and place on all new leather. This is a true piece of history.