Leather Backs

What is English Leather bridle? 

English bridle leather is one of the finest leathers. Bridle leather is a vegetable tanned leather that has been waxed and greased on both sides of the leather. Originally used for horse bridles due to its strength, bridle leather is now also widely used in the fashion and leather goods market.  We supply leather bridle back in a range of thicknesses starting from 3.8mm up to 5.2mm in thickness.

Why buy Sedgwick bridle leather?

Sedgwick leather offer the finest quality English bridle leathers. Sedgwick leather bridles are made using traditional currying methods and machinery and is world renowned for its quality. Sedgwicks achieve this through carefully sourcing only the best quality cattle hides and with meticulous quality control methods at every stage of the process. Only the most flawless leather leaves their tannery.

What is bridle back used for?

Bridle back is mainly used for equestrian purposes but is also widely used in the pet industry for making dog leads.
Sedgwick bridle back is available in 3.5-4mm thickness in a variety of brown bridle leather and black bridle leather. As Sedgwick’s leather bridle backs have an open grain texture, we recommend you regularly apply leather care product to your leather, which you can view here.  

What is rein back leather used for? 

Rein back bridle leather is used in harness work for making traditional English leather bridles. Due to its length, it is suitable to make driving reins or extra-long dog leads.

How are your bridle backs sold? 

Our Bridle backs and harness backs are priced by the half pair. For a full pair enter a quantity of 2.