This is in the category of "Stupid Quote of the Week", but it is something I run into all the time. A visitor to my shop reminded me again how much this upsets me!
It is about "How to Properly Install Spur Straps"
Once more this is a case of the "know-it-all" trying to teach the "know nothings"...or is that the other way around? More misinformation!
This time it is about what boot to wear your spur strap on.....the left or the right.
The people advising the uninformed on how to install spur straps are "people who ride horses a lot [and admittedly do it well] but are not real cowboys". They seem to think that spur straps need to go on the boot with the smooth or large side of the strap on the inside. When I asked why the answer was "for protection". My next question was "Protection of what, from what?" I never got a reasonable answer.
There is no reason for more protection than what is already provided by stirrup leathers and fenders...and the riding boots themselves!
As a saddle maker and craftsman I refuse to spend hours on beautiful tooling on spur straps to have some jackass turn the tooled side to the inside of his/her boot....no matter what they are willing to pay.
Hey! It's not complicated....just common sense which seems scarce these days.
There are a few photos here that might help the misinformed understand why spur straps were designed the way they were. All the photos are from the outside of the boot.
If you disagree email me
