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Published: 2015-09-21 00:08:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 1497; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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My tokota's new tack design. Her handler is a saddled archer, and somewhat of an artist and biker chick. She makes all her tack herself, and therefore her tack is unique. It's all made from dark/black leather, with soft wolf-pelt padding to line it.The "normal" tack is what is usually worn.
Sled tack is simple for pulling.
Normal light is for hunting and anything else requiring easy movement.
Full tack is for show.
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I really love the design of these saddles. You did a really great job on them. I've been seeing more and more tokota art appearing in my watchers list and I'm really liking it.
I do have one tip for the saddle. You have a leatherstrap going from the stirrup to the mouth ring. I wouldn't do that because when the rider puts weight in the stirrups, while riding the tokota, it would weigh down in the mouth and it could possible break it's mouth if it also has a bit in or break it's neck if the rider for example makes a sudden movement during riding. The tokota could also throw the rider off balance just by lifting it's head up or bite down on the bit and throw it's head to the left of right side.
I hope this makes any sense. Maybe you intended it for different purposes, I don't know but that's the only thing on here which caught my eye as not really fitting well. I love that you made the rider an archer as well 
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Well the idea was so the rider could steer with her feet, like these drummers do: pixabay.com/static/uploads/pho…
The idea was for the tokota to not use a bit too. That's why it's just a ring on the bridle instead of a solid bit.
Does that make sense? I'm not sure if that's the best way for the rider to steer with her feet, but that's what cavalry drummers do, I think.
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Oh like that, yeah that makes sense. I also made a mistake. The reigns you drew are draw reins. They are used to correct the head of a horse not to stear. I had only seen them connected in between the legs to the saddle not to the stirrups. So my bad, they are commonly used to train horses. They can cause problems because riders don't use them correctly but they can't really hurt the horse. So in your case it wouldn't hurt the tokota unless the handler is really inexperienced with using these reigns. I'm guessing she isn't because she makes her own saddles in your story
Although, you can actually steer a horse with just your legs 
So if the rider of your tokota would steer with her legs by applying certain amounts of pressure or by teaching it to respond to certain feet positions of the rider, she would be able to steer without having to hold the normal reigns and she could: Let her hair flow in the wind, as she rides to the glenn, firing arrows into the sunset... xD . (yeah totally did not steal that from brave)
Thank you for the explanation though and my apologies if it came off as too direct.
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Oh no it's ok. I totally appreciate your input! ^^ I am not an expert on tack, and therefore I appreciate every bit of input or thoughts given.
I thought about the rider steering with her legs, but then I also thought that if the rider is shooting arrows from the tokota's back, she wouldn't be concentrating too much on the slight pressure of her legs, and she'd be more focused on the archery. That's why I thought that reins attached to the stirrups would be a good idea because then she'd simply need to move her legs back or forward to steer her tokota. Maybe I should give the saddle alternative stirrups that aren't attached to the bridle, but then that would maybe be a bit too confusing for the rider and the tokota having a spare pair of stirrups flopping about.
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Well take a look at this scene from brave.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9nZr…
She doesn't even have any stirrups at all. She moves the horse from left to right by shifting her weight from left to right. That is also a better way to steer a horse, without reigns and a bit. Like the indians used to do it
Also when a horse is either trotting or cantering, you cannot move your feet too much not back and forth at least because you would lose your balance and it would feel very unnatural. You need your body to be not tensed up but grabbing on to the horse with your legs and putting pressure there. At some point when you're past beginners level you wouldn't bounce up and down in the saddle but you'd go with the rhythm of the horse and it would feel like sitting in a rocking chair. If she would steer with those reigns as you intended even the slightest movement of her feet could move the tokota and seeing as it is almost impossible to keep your feet still at all times it would make the tokota go nuts haha xD.
So in short, those draw reigns can't be used to steer but just to keep the head of a horse down so it's forced to carry itself rather than leaning on the riders hands which becomes really heavy after a while too. Your rider wouldn't need stirrups to steer her tokota because she could use her weight and legs. When she gets ready to shoot she'll move her body anyways because the tokota's head might get in the way too, seeing as it's huge haha.
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