07-01-2011, 12:57 PM
If this topic is only about (re)constructing and (re)designing the horned saddle keep it separate.
Otherwise it will get into a combination topic again which can go of topic very easily.
Make a different topic for bridles, pack saddles and the other know types of saddles of the different regions and eras.
So in this way everyone interested in these things can find his/her answer(s) easily.
Everyone who has been riding or still rides a horse knows that you don't really need a saddle or a bridle.
Back on topic.
During the time I was starting research for saddle reconstructions some 10 years ago, the first thing I came across was the lack of organic material description except from the leather covers like the one from Valkenburg.
What I also noticed that some copper-alloy "horns" reinforcements had name engravings on the inside and on the outside of the horns.
So the first problems/questions arose:
1: Had the horned saddle a tree or not?
2: Were the copper-alloy horns on the inside or on the outside of the leather?
3: Where there saddles which did not need these horn reinforcements.
4: Was the saddle stuffed with horse hair or with straw, like the 18/19/early20th century saddles, or with a different kind of material.
I have been riding both the saddle with a tree and the treeless version.
Personally I liked the treeless saddle better.
Better comfort for myself and the horns did flex inward a bit towards the rider.
The horse where it was on did not seem to have any problem also.
Please try to keep to the authentic materials used and please don't use "modern" stirrups when riding.
Looks a bit stupid when you show a La Tene Celt/Germanic or Roman era Cavalry"man"
Otherwise it will get into a combination topic again which can go of topic very easily.
Make a different topic for bridles, pack saddles and the other know types of saddles of the different regions and eras.
So in this way everyone interested in these things can find his/her answer(s) easily.
Everyone who has been riding or still rides a horse knows that you don't really need a saddle or a bridle.
Back on topic.
During the time I was starting research for saddle reconstructions some 10 years ago, the first thing I came across was the lack of organic material description except from the leather covers like the one from Valkenburg.
What I also noticed that some copper-alloy "horns" reinforcements had name engravings on the inside and on the outside of the horns.
So the first problems/questions arose:
1: Had the horned saddle a tree or not?
2: Were the copper-alloy horns on the inside or on the outside of the leather?
3: Where there saddles which did not need these horn reinforcements.
4: Was the saddle stuffed with horse hair or with straw, like the 18/19/early20th century saddles, or with a different kind of material.
I have been riding both the saddle with a tree and the treeless version.
Personally I liked the treeless saddle better.
Better comfort for myself and the horns did flex inward a bit towards the rider.
The horse where it was on did not seem to have any problem also.
Please try to keep to the authentic materials used and please don't use "modern" stirrups when riding.
Looks a bit stupid when you show a La Tene Celt/Germanic or Roman era Cavalry"man"
Regards
Garrelt
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Living History Group Teuxandrii
Taberna Germanica
Numerus I Exploratores Teuxandrii (Pedites et Equites)
Ludus Gladiatorii Gunsula
Jomsborg Elag Hrafntrae
Garrelt
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Living History Group Teuxandrii
Taberna Germanica
Numerus I Exploratores Teuxandrii (Pedites et Equites)
Ludus Gladiatorii Gunsula
Jomsborg Elag Hrafntrae
