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Asterisk Horse-collars & Harness

Locality: Henty, New South Wales

Address: 49 Allan Street 2658 Henty, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.asteriskhorsecollars.com.au/

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25.01.2022 DRAUGHT PAIR GIRTHS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Here are the two Draught Pair Girths (Show, 1 3/4" wide, near & offside sets, incorporating trace-carriers) recently completed [as part of a set of Pair Harness] for a South Australian customer.

24.01.2022 Here's the Light Delivery Dock (Show, linseed-stuffed) - which was completed recently for a NSW customer - viewed from the side.

24.01.2022 The second photo tonight shows a close-up of a Rim Mallet [the head of this particular mallet is made of brass; other rim mallets comprised differing alloys of metal]. This mallet was given to the proprietor of Asterisk Horse-collars & Harness in about 1982 by Keith Munro, a New Zealand collar-maker, & has been used to manufacture our collars ever since.

22.01.2022 DRAUGHT PLOUGH BACKBAND FOR TASMANIA: Here's a simple Draught Plough Backband (Work, unstained) completed recently for a Tasmanian customer.

22.01.2022 PLOUGH BACKBAND (WITH DETACHABLE GIRTH) FOR NSW: Pictured is another Draught Plough Backband (Work, stained black), with a Detachable Girth, recently completed for a NSW customer. These are sometimes requested by customers working young horses.

21.01.2022 DRAUGHT COLLAR FOR NSW: Here's a 23" Draught Collar (Work, check-lined, stained black) completed recently for a NSW customer.

21.01.2022 MOUNTING HOBBLES FOR VICTORIA: Pictured are a set of Mounting Hobbles/Quick-release Knee-Hobbles (Work, unstained) recently completed for a Victorian customer.

20.01.2022 DRAUGHT SENSIBLE-EYE, INDEPENDENT-CHEEK (WORK) WINKERS FOR TASMANIA: Pictured are a set of Draught Sensible-Eye, Independent-cheek Winkers (Work, unstained) recently completed for a Tasmanian customer.

18.01.2022 MORE SPIDER HARNESS FOR NEW ZEALAND: Pictured [on the model horse] is another set of Draught Spider Harness (Work, stained black, fully-adjustable version), with the Spider Crupper (Work, stained black), recently completed for a New Zealand customer.

17.01.2022 The second photo shows one of the regular Camel Pair Dray Breechings [together with the rest of the Camel Dray Pair Harness], with the stainless steel hobble buckles & rings generally used today.

16.01.2022 This second photo of the Light Delivery Breeching (Show) gives a close-up view of the box loops on the hip & loin tugs, & on the offside breeching strap. These box loops have been correctly sewn in, not stapled in like they are on most American harness.

16.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Pictured is the late Irish collar-maker, Tony Byrne [with several of his bodied-up collars hanging on a horse-drawn vehicle], who conducted collar-making short-courses at the forerunner institution to the Saddlery Training Centre, Salisbury, United Kingdom, in the 1990s. Most of the long-straw collar-makers currently in the UK were trained in this gentleman's methods [photo courtesy J McDonald].

15.01.2022 In this second photo of one of the two sets of Draught Pair Girths (Show) completed recently for a South Australian customer, the trace-carrier slots can be clearly seen.

13.01.2022 CAMEL DRAY BREECHINGS FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY: This first photo shows one of a pair of Camel Dray Breechings (Work, stained black) recently completed for a good Northern Territory customer. This customer specifically requested that all of the fittings be 'black japanned' mild steel [as they were in the heyday of camel teams in the first two decades of the 20th century], rather than the stainless steel fittings mainly used today.

12.01.2022 In this second, close-up photo of the Detachable Plough Backband Girth (Work, stained black) - completed recently for a NSW customer - one can see clearly how it's attached to the Backband.

12.01.2022 This second photo of the Light Delivery Winkers (Show) completed recently for a NSW customer shows a little more clearly the red patent piping around both the winker eyes & the forehead drop.

11.01.2022 The final photo for tonight shows a close-up of a Body Mallet [this mallet was also given to the proprietor of Asterisk Horse-collars & Harness by the NZ collar-maker, Keith Munro]. The head of this mallet is made from one of the heaviest hardwoods in the world, the South American "lignum vitae" ['wood - or tree - of life']. It is heavy, but not as heavy as the rim mallet. The additional weight is necessary to compress the wisps of straw as one builds the rim, so that the final product [the rim] - which acts like the tree of a saddle - is as hard as a piece of wood. This is not possible with a body mallet.

10.01.2022 DRAUGHT INDEPENDENT-CHEEK WINKERS FOR NEW ZEALAND: Here's a photo of two sets of Draught Sensible-Eye, Independent-cheek Winkers (Work, stained black) recently completed for a good New Zealand customer.

10.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Recently, Tim Peel was the fortunate recipient of some historic collar-making plant & hand-tools which had originally been used at CE Bowden & Sons Saddlery in Newtown, Sydney, NSW [they closed down in about 1972]. Here's a photo of the little Collar Press [Tim has restored the lower frame which had rotted away] - designed specifically for Light collars such as pony, donkey, sulky, buggy & coach.

10.01.2022 LIGHT DELIVERY SADDLE FOR NSW: Here's a 5 1/2" Light Delivery Saddle (Show, red/white/black patent, two girth points) completed recently [as part of a set of single-horse light delivery harness] for a NSW customer.

09.01.2022 LIGHT DELIVERY DOCK FOR NSW: Pictured is a Light Delivery Dock (Show, linseed-stuffed) recently completed for a NSW customer.

09.01.2022 A NEW PERPETUAL TROPHY FOR THE BARELLAN GOOD OLD DAYS FESTIVAL: Here's a photo of a scale-model Bennett waggon, an idea conceived by Tim Peel & made by Alan Langfield, Wagga Wagga, NSW, in 2020. It's a new perpetual trophy for the Barellan Good Old Days Festival, to be awarded to the best DRAUGHT TEAM each year, once COVID-19 is no longer an issue. It will be rotated through all of the traditional Australian teams from year to year, ie. horse, camel, donkey, bullock & goat teams. Each team must be historically correct in the vehicles & harness/gear used. Contact the Secretary for a copy of the full set of rules for this competition on Mob: 0447 736 856.

09.01.2022 The third & final photo for tonight of the Light Delivery Breeching (Show) completed recently for a NSW customer shows a close-up of the backstrap box loop [& a standard loop to the rear of the hip straps, to take the point of the backstrap].

08.01.2022 DRAUGHT PAIR KIDNEY DROPS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Here are two Draught Pair Kidney Drops (Show, black patent, ovals & spots) completed recently [as part of a set of Pair Harness] for a South Australian customer.

07.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Pictured is the proprietor of Asterisk Horse-collars & Harness ploughing - with 'Shandy' [on the land] & 'Dusty' [in the furrow] - in a paddock on the banks of the Nepean River, NSW, on Christmas Day 1985 [photo courtesy J Peel].

06.01.2022 In this second photo, we show a close-up [on the model horse] of one of the two sets of Draught Sensible-Eye, Independent-cheek Winkers (Work, stained black) completed recently for a New Zealand customer.

06.01.2022 LIGHT DELIVERY TRACES FOR NSW: Here are the Light Delivery Traces (Show, half-round, with internal, waved stitching, trace-end chains & points for the hame-tugs) completed recently [as part of a set of single-horse light delivery harness] for a NSW customer.

05.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Most of the long-straw collar-makers in Australia & New Zealand - in the hey-day of the horse- were either trained in Britain or had been trained by a British collar-maker. Walsall was at the centre of the manufacture of collars & harness. This photo [taken about 1900] shows collar-makers at work at premises in Lime Street, Walsall [photo courtesy of the Walsall Museum & Art Gallery]. Of particular interest to us is that these men are all using both rim AND body mallets in the manufacture of their collars, as we do in Australia [clearly seen in front of the tradesman at the front left of the photo]. On 30 October, we posted a photo of the late Irish collar-maker Tony Byrne, whose methods are used by the majority of collar-makers practising in Britain today. These people only use body mallets.

05.01.2022 LIGHT DELIVERY WINKERS FOR NSW: Here are a set of Light Delivery Winkers (Show, Sensible-Eye, fixed-cheek, with box loops, red patent piping around winker eyes & forehead drop, throatlatch with chain-on-red-patent extended rein drops, rolled & swelled noseband, 5 1/2" Military Driving Bit & a Fly Terret) recently completed [as part of a set of single-horse light delivery harness] for a NSW customer.