Almost, but not quite..

I almost like this one. It looks like a nice, good quality, well made saddle...except for the hair on cowhide seat and swells. I don't even really mind the accents on the skirts and fender. That seat would either be prickly and uncomfortable even through jeans, or slicker than snot. It would also look moth-eaten after long use as the hair starts to wear off. The swells, well, I just don't like the way they look.

AAK!

Someone killed and skinned a Muppet to make a saddle cover!!

This would get SO filthy in my barn, it would be covered in dust and barn cat hair in no time.

Time for some Nair. Seriously.

You might recall the first time I posted mohair accented tack. Well, someone found some new stuff. This looks even more unsettlingly like pubes than the first versions. Now, where is my razor?

Pink Zebras

I dunno about you folks, but I have never seen one. This bridle however, sports pink zebra accents. Oh, and lots of rhinestones. Yuck.




Sorry about the short post, it's kind of To Heck With it Thursday, which shall be followed by F-It Friday.

Cowhide Catastrophe

This would look so weird on a brown and white paint. I am not all about the hair on part on the swells especially. If it were a double skirted saddle, I might could tolerate the lower one being cowhide, but as it, it is a bit overwhelming. Just not my cuppa.

Zig Zag Zebra

Thanks to a reader that sent this. Wow, this set makes my eyes cross and my head hurt. It has zebra print hair on cowhide, rhinestone conchos, the leather is cut in a zig-zag pattern. Ouch, I need some Excedrin...

Accessories Make the Outfit

I found the matching bridle and breastcollar for the leopard print saddle from last week. Awesome huh? Actually the bridle and breastcollar by themselves wouldn't be OVERLY offensive, but combine this with the saddle, and eek, overkill.

Too Much for Me

Wow, you guys have been working overtime to find stuff for this blog! My inbox was chock full of Tacky this morning.

Here we have something in leopard print (as you all know, my tacky little weakness) that is too much even for ME.

Wow, the entire skirt is hair on leopard print cowhide, as well as the swells, and STIRRUPS. Holy cow, that thing is hideous!

Lime Green Leopard

Oh my, what, um, interesting spots you have. Hair-on cowhide dyed LIME GREEN with leopard print, and big 'ol teal rhinestones, which, by the way, do not match the green at all. Awesome, really.

Start things off right...

To start off the new year, I present the first Tacky Tack of 2010. Thanks to an intrepid reader who sent the link to this spotted monstrosity. Now, I LIKE leopard print, a peek into my bedroom and my closet can confirm this. Leopard print shirts, bedding, candles, cowhide rug and fuzzy throw. It is, however done tastefully, as an accent print, not SOLID leopard print. Really. I also own NO tack that is leopard print, none. That being said, even I cannot find it in my heart to like this saddle set. It comes with a bridle and matching breastcollar too. It seems to be actually made from the same printed cowhide that my rug is made of, which I know from experience is slick and if rubbed the wrong way, very prickly.

Big Hairy Deal

You know, for the life of me, I can't see the appeal of the hair-on cowhide seat. That would be slick as snot and would shed all over your butt.

Fuzzball

Egads, why? Another one? What the hell is the obsession with the angora accents? If you took off the white pubes this would be a NICE saddle. As is, there is no way I would ever ride in it.

Bunny Fur Fiascos

Today I have some accessories with a bit of a bunny fur issue. The first is a set of headstall and breastcollar that sports trim made of zebra print rabbit fur. Oh, and it has the requisite pink rhinestone encrusted conchos. This is perfectly hideous, not to mention it would be hard to keep unmatted and clean. Bunny fur is a booger to keep looking nice and fluffy.



Next we have a fuzzy leopard print English saddle pad with black bunny fur trim around the edges. It also has a leopard print concho thingie with a gold tassel on it.



Now, I will admit a certain amount of attraction to this. I kind of like it in fact, especially if you removed the silly looking tassel thing. I am not a "fur is murder, OMG you can't kill the poor little fluffy animals" type person, not to mention my somewhat questionable attraction to leopard print. My favorite winter hat is trimmed with coyote fur and my favorite winter boots have bunny fur on them. So, I am not morally offended by this saddle pad, I just question the practicality of it. I know that horse sweat is difficult to get off of THEIR hair, and I know bunny fur is MUCH softer and fluffier than horse hair. It stands to reason that this stuff would be absolute hell to clean.

Wild Thang

You make my um, eyes hurt. More animal print hair-on cowhide tackiness. Complete with the requisite rhinestone and cross concho embellishment. Ew.

From stripes to SPOTS!

Looks like what Cruella De'ville's horse would wear doesn't it?

OMG Poor Cookie Monster!

Holy crap, someone made a saddle out of Cookie Monster! God, why?

Attack of the hairy tack...

I bet all of you are sitting at home looking at the um, somewhat obscene, curly haired saddles from Tuesday's post wondering, " I wonder if they make a matching bridle and breast collar for it? If they do I SO want one!" (sarcasm)

Well, your unspoken wish is my command, I present to you, the matching bridles and breast collars.

Oh and look, it even has big rhinestone conchos. (Love the toilet in the background btw, is that where you are going to dispose of the offending item?)

Still looks like pubes to me. I just don't understand the allure.

It seems that tastelessness knows no borders...

Yesterday I brought you some saddles that had some, um, interesting hair on accents. Today I have something even better. An ENTIRE SADDLE made of hair on cowhide. And yes, is is an English saddle oddly enough. Nothing says English style and class like big brown and white spotted cowhide huh? Wow, not only is this the epitome of tacky, can you imagine how slick this sucker is? Ever tried jumping bareback? Well, this saddle would be just like that, only it would cost more. And not to mention the fact that it would be prickly. Oh, and now we have to groom our saddle as well as our horse. Gosh, what were they thinking when they made this?

Hairy

Ok, this is quite possibly THE most bizarre thing I have ever seen. WHY would you want this? It looks like something from a bad 70's porn. Can you imagine how uncomfortable this would be to ride? Seems to me that the hair would end up matted up in your butt crack! Or, could you braid it and then ride on it to make dreadlocks? Or perhaps you are supposed to use this if you are a nudist and fond of "bareback" riding?

Hey look, the second one comes with a matching saddle pad!

Yikes

Holy Cow

Thanks to a reader who sent me this saddle.

Another hair on cowhide travesty. One wonders, knowing that hair is slick as snot (and really itchy too) for the most part, why would you put it on a saddle seat?

Pictures are worth a thousand words.

I can't find words to describe this, so I will let the photos do the talking. All I can say is it is a very expensive, custom made Ansur Classic saddle with hair-on dyed cowhide. They want $1800, they claim it has never been used. I was so traumatized after seeing this, I had to get off of the Internet.



Brace yourselves...