ROCKING HORSE KIT

Rocking Horse

YOUR ROCKING HORSE KIT: 

Hardware and Materials


Whether you are making or restoring a beloved rocking horse, you are going to need to source the right materials and hardware for the job. Here we’ve put together a short guide listing the materials and fittings for making a quality rocking horse.

MATERIALS

LEATHER

At Abbey, we know leather, and source only the best for our customers. We are the UK distributors of J&E Sedgwick & Co. and Pittard’s leathers, and stock a wide range of vegetable tanned leathers and chromed tanned leathers. Here are our popular choices for making saddle, bridle and reins.  The 1900 Collection offers a dry sealed finish, while the bridle is open poured. Our nappa sheepkin is chrome tanned and offer a good selection of colours for lining purposes.

Other Materials


HARDWARE


We supply quality brass hardware to give your rocking horse an authentic look. 

Rocking Horse Bits


Bring your rocking horse to life with our quality rocking horse bits. All are make in our UK foundry. For solid brass horse bits, choose our rocking horse bit or Fulmer rocking horse cheeks.

Click the button ‘View product’ to see the price and add to cart


Stirrup Irons 


Our rocking horse stirrup irons are available in brass and nickel plated brass.

Choose from 4 different sizes – 63mm, 75mm, 85mm, 100mm. The smaller sizes have flat bottoms whereas the larger irons are open bottomed like normal saddlery irons but with a smooth surface.

Buckles

We offer buckles in smaller sizes including 10mm, 12mm, 16mm and 20mm. Here are some of our most popular buckles for rocking horses:

OTHER METALWORKS

Decorative Fittings 

REIN TIPS

FINISHING

FIEBING'S DYES


Fiebing's Leather Colours offer a choice of eight colours including black, tan, green, red and yellow.

Choose from a 118ml or 946ml container.
MORE GUIDES

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ROCKING HORSE KIT

Rocking Horse

YOUR ROCKING HORSE KIT: 

Hardware and Materials


Whether you are making or restoring a beloved rocking horse, you are going to need to source the right materials and hardware for the job. Here we’ve put together a short guide listing the materials and fittings for making a quality rocking horse.

MATERIALS

LEATHER

At Abbey, we know leather, and source only the best for our customers. We are the UK distributors of J&E Sedgwick & Co. and Pittard’s leathers, and stock a wide range of vegetable tanned leathers and chromed tanned leathers. Here are our popular choices for making saddle, bridle and reins.  The 1900 Collection offers a dry sealed finish, while the bridle is open poured. Our nappa sheepkin is chrome tanned and offer a good selection of colours for lining purposes.

Other Materials


HARDWARE


We supply quality brass hardware to give your rocking horse an authentic look. 

Rocking Horse Bits


Bring your rocking horse to life with our quality rocking horse bits. All are make in our UK foundry. For solid brass horse bits, choose our rocking horse bit or Fulmer rocking horse cheeks.

Click the button ‘View product’ to see the price and add to cart


Stirrup Irons 


Our rocking horse stirrup irons are available in brass and nickel plated brass.

Choose from 4 different sizes – 63mm, 75mm, 85mm, 100mm. The smaller sizes have flat bottoms whereas the larger irons are open bottomed like normal saddlery irons but with a smooth surface.

Buckles

We offer buckles in smaller sizes including 10mm, 12mm, 16mm and 20mm. Here are some of our most popular buckles for rocking horses:

OTHER METALWORKS

Decorative Fittings 

REIN TIPS

FINISHING

FIEBING'S DYES


Fiebing's Leather Colours offer a choice of eight colours including black, tan, green, red and yellow.

Choose from a 118ml or 946ml container.
MORE GUIDES

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Hover image

YOUR GUIDE TO LEATHERCRAFT TOOLS

Hover image

YOUR GUIDE TO FLOCKING KITS