Stud guard tutorial

Finally! A tutorial! I'm sorry about the delay, I don't really have time at the moment to blog every day. I had my phone on me and thought it would be a good idea to do a tutorial, so whilst my friend made a stud guard for me, I took the photos and uploaded them to this blog. For those of you who didn't know, a stud guard is for horses which tuck up their front legs so far back their hooves touch their belly. When a horse is wearing studs, this could cause serious injury so a stud guard is great for that purpose. Most of my tack tutorials will be Traditional scale, as I might be starting up a model horse tack making business and most of the products will be Traditional scale. Keep track of my blog so you know when you can get things from the website! If this tutorial is not clear enough please comment below and I will respond as soon as I can!

You will need:
Leather
Craft foam (mine is quite thick but you can skive it down a little)
Elastic or leather lace
A glue gun or some EXTREMELY reliable glue (the reason 'extremely' is in capitals is because when you fold the leather round the craft foam it should be able to stay. In other words a glue gun is your best option).

Let's get started!

1. Cut a thin strip of leather, size depending on your model's scale. Make the length a little longer than the length you would like your stud guard to be.

2. Cut an oval shape of craft foam like this. Glue it on to the leather like this.




















3. Glue two leather lace strips on to the sides. These are the girth straps. Add buckles if you like.

4. Cut a large piece of leather, making sure that it will be able to wrap all the way around your stud guard. If you can skive it otherwise it may be too bulky.

5. Wrap and glue your stud guard in leather, and you're done! Add some buckles if you would like, and you can even adapt this tutorial to have it attach on to the original girth. If you have any questions or comments I would be extremely grateful! See you soon for another post.