INSIDE AN AMISH HARNESS SHOP // Eli helps Fix the Harness for our Suffolk Punch Colts

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Today we are headed inside our local Amish harness shop! Eli (our Amish neighbor) helps fix the harness that we have for our Suffolk Punch Colts, Duke & Earl. Jim gives a tour of the harness shop and we can watch as Eli Fixes the harness with his different leather tools and machines!
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@davidmunro1469 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jim. You are so lucky to have Eli,s wondeful store. This man is a wonderfull craftsman.

@ponygirl5716 2 жыл бұрын

Eli is so nice to allow you to film for us. Thank him for me (and others here who also appreciate a close up view and the education).

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Will do

@johnking8679 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jim, thanks for sharing. It was interesting to see Eli in action making those harness straps.

@petermartinez5573 2 жыл бұрын

Another interesting and educational video. It's nice to see that there are still craftsman around that are knowledgeable in the old ways.

@ronharrison1776 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eli for allowing Jim to video you while you work . It is very interesting to watch .

@davidkimmel4216 Жыл бұрын

The smell of a harness shop is so special. Thank You for sharing 👍

@bsav4536 2 жыл бұрын

Jim you mentioned that you liked a biothane type harness, I hope I have that right. I would be interested in a short video explanation of the different harness materials and different types of harnesses. I always have been around riding horses and only ever had pony cart that we had a leather harness we used. Thank you.

@KA-om9oz 2 жыл бұрын

Bio and Brama web are synthetic. Lighter then leather and easy too patch up. Cleans up easy also. Cheaper then leather too.

@adambrink4475 2 жыл бұрын

Great to have crafting neighbors

@mariaberry7662 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It’s really great that Eli allowed us to watch his craft. 😁😁. > Wayne

@josephkeim4980 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim. Tell Eli hi👋 !! His wife Delila is my sister! I like the videos.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, I'll tell him! Thanks for watching!

@stevejackson8600 2 жыл бұрын

Keep your phone on Jim in case I need you to come down to Kentucky and plow some snow for me. We probably won't get much snow so dont worry, lol. It's good to watch Eli work. Biothane is what I prefer also.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, that's a long way to go to plow😄

@mmanut 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL SHOP. LINE SHAFT, LOVE IT‼️‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸

@mlr1941 2 жыл бұрын

Greeting Jim and the stars of your show! I find all these shows very inspiring with there content. Several years ago I had a industrial accident and then infected with cancer. But I live every day like it's my last. I have been discussing with my daughter purchasing a Belgian team here in Indiana, of course she rolled those eyes like when she was six, but she didn't say no like when I putt money down on a Hellcat Charger! LOL I'd like a show on how to measure a horse for it's harness? Keep up the good work and give those horses more carrots!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Good for you, living every day like it's your last- we all need to do that

@johnking8679 2 жыл бұрын

Trust in the Lord and you will ALWAYS have something to look forward to !!

@jemreandeau3583 11 ай бұрын

This was fun, Eli has a great shop. ❤

@neilturner2924 2 жыл бұрын

in uk tugs are what the shafts go through on light harrness

@kimfleury 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Eli's humble ability to laugh at his mistakes. He reminds me so much of the salt of the earth farm folk in my family. Most of them are gone now. There's only one left - my Great-Uncle Bob. I should say my last Great-Uncle Bob, since I had two of them, one on each side of my mother's family,, meaning both sets of her grandparents named a son Robert. He's in his 90s, but I remember all the younger ones as young men in their 20s and 30s, much like Eli. I always appreciate the memories your videos bring to mind. Thank you for that 💕🐎

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and for watching!

@mfc4591 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the upload, keep warm and well as winter approaches for you.

@cheapvodka9942 2 жыл бұрын

that new black harness looks so good

@ryanrhees9551 2 жыл бұрын

One of my great friends in Holmes county owns a Amish harness shop. Woodland harness in big prairie ohio.

@thomasneill6858 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a good middle buster for plowing up potatoes

@anotherstrangerontheinterw158 2 жыл бұрын

To visit such a shop myself would be wonderful. I’ve been learning about harness and showing to model it on my horse plushies. I have already replicated the harness of the hackney ponies at my barn.

@freddykonig4188 2 жыл бұрын

Das ist ja klasse so einen Sattler in der Nähe zu haben👍

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Ja ist es!

@smd2768 2 жыл бұрын

When you mentioned Malone, NY I immediately thought of Almanzo Wilder and the book Farmer Boy from the Little House series. The book takes place in Malone and his greatest wish is to raise horses like his father. And every time I watch your videos and your filming of the less automated lifestyle of your Amish neighbors, I am reminded of this book and the rest of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books I loved.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we have visited there quite a few times.

@stuglenn1112 2 жыл бұрын

When I hear Traces I think breast collar harness and fancy carriage driving. When I hear Tugs its a neck collar/hames and pulling what ever needs pulled.

@mtngrl88 2 жыл бұрын

When my family lived in Delaware she would send her AQHA performance halter stallions to work with the Amish pulling logs. The Amish are great horsepeople, and those stallions came back very humble and gentle.

@pierrotgretillat9365 2 жыл бұрын

Salut vous super job tank you vidéo magnifique bravo

@louisecassidy5991 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, I love saddlery/harness shops, but rarely find a real harnessmaker these days. Got a saddler here I met in the 80's, he was just out of his apprenticeship and opened a shop, all sorts of leather things you never see. Had him do my saddle up, bit more stuffing, he moved away, he phoned me and said where. Moved again to here, phoned again, then I moved here, decades later. He says I was his very first customer, ever! If I was up this way on a trip, I'd drop the saddle in and he'd pack it a bit, Aussie saddles are stuffed with horsehair, and lined and sometimes counterlined with wool serge. You put the counterline and more horsehair over the existing original. They pack down over the years, and the serge wears out. Out of fashion now, the new Aussie saddles are on a western style tree but no horn. Old ones are cooler, lighter, and fit everything. There is not much call for harness here, and most of what is available is webbing dipped in plastic coating, strong and hose it off. All factory made. Toy harness for show horses! Very interesting, thanks Jim.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for sharing Louise

@jimhuskins8506 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this.

@nebbindog6126 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again to Eli. It was interesting to see how it's done. Looking forward to the leather working and further explaination of harnesses. Have noticed more and more Amish on utoob videos, Where can anyone go and not have a camera pointed at them?

@hokeepokee8102 2 жыл бұрын

Always a good day when’s workin horses with Jim video comes out

@jefferyschirm4103 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing smells as good as a saw mill ,leather , or gun shop ! Need to bottle that smell , ha ha !!

@rickyhayes8206 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched an Amish harness maker in Seymour MO. They do not use any gas or electric. He peddles his sowing machines. They are Old Order Amish and do not have any covers over their buggies even in the winter

@mmanut 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Custom Work. He Does Great Work‼️‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he does

@timothymoore2672 2 жыл бұрын

Always something new to learn Jim, Great work. TGBTG

@benzoverakers1877 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for providing us with such a wealth of knowledge!!!!

@br927 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!!

@richardhessert7862 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video as always. You must be well respected for them to allow you to film! Says alot about you. Seems difficult to find good honest folks these days. On a sad note- I'm hoping since you got that snow plow we don't get hammered this year. I got a new tractor this past late winter because we had more than ever then it stopped snowing. Lol. Please be safe and look forward to your next video!!!!

@lindareeds7863 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, Jim. Thanks, Eli, for letting us watch you at work.

@douglasbruce1713 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Stay safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

@jamesmorrison1884 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Jim thanks.

@robertlivingstone3947 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video jim

@dianestoltz8502 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool process !

@malcolmthomas9953 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim and thanks Eli for sharing your Harness shop and good info , your shop looks good . Truck looks good Jim just waiting for the snow , and thanks for the great video today keep them coming Guys

@sueupham2519 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@lolMyke 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. I love these types of videos I’m glad that your allowed to film some stuff. It’s been very interesting learning about Amish communities and their way of life.

@kingwood4357 2 жыл бұрын

Let it snow, you are ready for the first big snow now. I enjoyed seeing the inside of the harness shop, I enjoyed visiting the Amish harness and wood working shops in Pennsylvania where I grew up. Another great video.

@danamelby4090 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing harness shop is very interesting great info!!! We had a western plow went to a hinker plow what a difference great infestment!

@henrydeyoung7689 2 жыл бұрын

Fun video to watch. Informative. I hope you will be able to have some videos of the new harnesses being made. That is skill you seldom get to see.

@kennethoblenesjr8493 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim, lost my saddle and harness shop in 2017 when the place burned down. Enjoyed seeing the operation. 👍🎅🏻

@newman_LaRue_Jr 2 жыл бұрын

Hot knife . I go to Amish shop here in western Kentucky and saw mill most of all thank Eli we appreciate it

@290wayne 2 жыл бұрын

Eli. Does such nice job. He seams so nice. Thank you ELI...

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he does

@donaldshields2483 2 жыл бұрын

Hi enjoy all your videos they are very good I learn a lot from them and you and your wife do a very good job I’ll be watching

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@erikatowle8695 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this so much. I was suprised Eli has a diesel engine running his sewing machines! And he pulled out a bic lighter to burn the threads😄 i guess i thought they weren't allowed to use anything modern.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is interesting what they can use

@gastoncannon4710 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍 very Interesting video, thanks! And thanks to Eli. ❤️

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@robertsimmons1264 2 жыл бұрын

My blacksmithing apron was made by an Amish harness maker in PA. Had a couple of belts made by him also. His wife made some great bread and pies.

@briannapier8337 2 жыл бұрын

Wish there were a lot more shops around like Eli's

@ellencarver5575 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video I really enjoyed it very informative Eli is a real craftsman. It’s a joy to watch him working. I would love a look around his shop it looks fascinating to me. We have very good saddlers here in the U.K. but nothing on Eli’s setup

@sinterklaasowijk 2 жыл бұрын

thanks again for bringing back the memories. I myself have made my horse harness from seat belts and lashing straps, behind the same kind of sewing machine, but with an electric motor. The electric motor is still present on Eli's sewing machine. He has come up with an ingenious system, with that diesel engine. I made the holes with an electric soldering iron. It works the same way

@ellisc.foleyjr9778 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! another great Video Jim. I was thrilled when you said Ely was going to let you video him. and the shop I remember your last visit there when he was not there. I can relate to his work. years ago when I was a kid I worked at a Tanning factory. and the owner's son had a workshop on one of the floor and he used to do all kinds of leather work, and showed me how and let me use his punches to do some art work on a belt I got and made myself with his assistance. that was over 50 yrs ago I still have the belt . but unfortunately my waist line has sort of out grown the belt ha ha. but please, please thank Ely for allowing the video I look forward to more of his work in the shop and shoeing. God bless you both for sharing. ECF.

@jerryjarrell2373 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video Jim thank's for sharing and I hope you and your family has a wonderful Thanksgiving stay safe and God bless

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

You also

@sharonf.49 2 жыл бұрын

So interesting, thank you to Eli for allowing an insight into his work. The Lord bless . Thanks Jim also for sharing.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@randybutler4772 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Keep the snow up there please.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@willwipf7030 2 жыл бұрын

Harness making brings back memories of my childhood watching my dad make and repair,Eli got a good sized shop I remember getting in dad's way , trying to figure out what happened to all his equipment,after I left home at a really young age everything seems to have disappeared got some odds and ends after he died but mom was still upset cause I left so early age,

@warrenfromga9945 2 жыл бұрын

Please tell Eli thanks from me for allowing you to video his shop. He is so talented. I enjoy seeing the Amish and I very much respect their lifestyle. Thank you for recording and sharing Jim, I find it all so interesting. I guess Brenda was slacking today, except for taking you to get your truck. :) Just teasing you Brenda.

@henkw69 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. And thank Eli for allowing you to film at his work. Greetings from Friesland (Netherlands).

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@robertfiorito9888 2 жыл бұрын

You are pretty lucky to have a harness shop so close by. We are lucky Eli let's you film for us. Thanks for your videos. I enjoy watching them.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Yes we are! Thanks for watching!

@hattiemercer5764 2 жыл бұрын

Nice plow

@davefarnsworth3020 2 жыл бұрын

Sure wish I had a good harness shop close by. I'm in North Idaho. In the past I've dealt with Midwest leather company. I just recently had them build a new single logging harness. They've been slowed down a little bit do to health reasons. Wishing them well as I've liked dealing with them, and hope they'll be there for future harness needs.

@rickyhayes8206 2 жыл бұрын

My dad used chains years ago and called them trace chains. They wrapped them where they rubbed the horse.

@ingeborgm6147 2 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing! I grew up in Germany, (am German of course ) and am old enough ( 82 ) to know how to threat these machines as they work on the same system as did our sewing machines on which I was allowed to sew a wonderful blue summer shift when I was 16 years old. (It was after the war and we still used the Singer machines with foot peddle which no doubt some of you may still have in your families from Grandma.) While I am watching this Amish young man do his work in his sewing-room, a thought struck me. How do the Amish feel about solar power? I would think solar is okay! That could light up the Amish community in every way if they were to approve solar power! By the way, I am from Oberfanken in Bavaria and have visited many Amish villages when we lived in Ohio and Michigan where I can freely converse with the Amish folks if I speak my Franken dialect. That and the similar cooking made me feel close to them and my home when I suffered from home sickness. I did! All people do when they are far away from loved ones and all that is familiar. I hope this was not too boring. Thank you!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for sharing about your history, so interesting(not boring at all)! The amish around here cannot use solar, it surely would change things for them.

@aldredske6197 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim!!😀😀 I just came across your channel and really love it. Everything you do with the horses brings back some great memories of my father and I working our horses on the farm and in the woods when I was a younger man. I just lost my last team of blacks in the last year and a half from old age. They were both over 32 years old. I lost my mare first and less than a year later I lost my gelding. I think he died from a broken heart because he was with his mate since they were a year old. Keep up the great videos my friend!! Logger Al

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!And thanks for sharing

@erikatowle8695 2 жыл бұрын

Im so sorry for the loss of your partners💔

@aldredske6197 2 жыл бұрын

@@erikatowle8695 Thanks Erika!!😀😀❤

@mercurymike66 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the different types of materials for harness - Leather, bio, nylon, etc...

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Will try to talk about it sometime

@charlottecampbell4327 2 жыл бұрын

We said "tugs," (for traces), and what you called a belly girth we called a belly band.

@twags62 2 жыл бұрын

Very much like factory years ago before electric motors allowed each machine to be independent of line shaft.

@bobanmilosevic3897 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍💪🙂COOL

@biddydibdab9180 2 жыл бұрын

Jim, you mentioned that your working harness is made of “bio”. What is bio? Don’t synthetic harnesses tend to cause more rubbing than leather? You sure are lucky to have a multi-talented neighbour! Your truck and plow look monster. Great video.

@thirzapeevey2395 2 жыл бұрын

Hubby's work is having the same problem. Weaver leather can't get hardware. Tell Eli thanks from me, for letting us look over his shoulder. I'm still not sure how I feel about all this nylon and bio harness. I know it is much easier to care for, and cheaper than leather, but if you get into a mess, it doesn't give or break. I think I would want the buckles put on with leather, so something can break and release the horse if you have a runaway, like the halters with leather crowns. Next time you go into Malone, can you film out the window? I've always wanted to see that town.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, will let him know that he is appreciated.

@l.d.b.r5141 2 жыл бұрын

Good day Jim I was wondering if you could tell me what are the different types of buckles or hardware for harness might have because I'm trying to make myself one for my horses.

@gerhardwidmann5016 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️

@hokeepokee8102 2 жыл бұрын

Tug and traces thing is the folks that work horses vrs the CDE/ show crowd. Hey I’m in NC I’d like to know how close he is to me?

@templeknowles1290 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, love your channel. Wondering what the cost of a full harness might be for one of the horses? Thanks

@WorkingHorsesWithJim 2 жыл бұрын

It varies very much, hard to say. Thanks for watching

@ponygirl5716 2 жыл бұрын

Tugs vs traces-I was taught to call the loops that hold the ends of the shafts-tugs. The long straps that connect the breast plate or collar/hames to the single tree-traces. And there are many different names for the single tree. I’ve heard you call it an evenener- I’m not sure if that is particular to a work or draft harness arrangement? And then I’ve heard swingletree. And I can’t remember -there are a couple of others. But you are right that most of the people in the driving world-at least those with whom I associate-go by my wording. I don’t know which is ultimately right or wrong, and I don’t think it really matters.

@fion1flatout 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Yorkshire, england and everyone round here uses the words 'tugs' and 'traces' same as you... But it makes more sense the wat Jim uses these names! Very odd.

@ponygirl5716 2 жыл бұрын

@@fion1flatout Just like any language-perhaps there are dialects depending on where you are and what you are doing. ???

@AL-qt6eb 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Which words do you say to the horse for left right and stop and back? I know the Isländic people say 'hooo' as Stop command. Western Riding Trainers say whoow as stop signal. In different regions in Germany they use different words for "Turn left' 'turn right'. I am very interested because my little Schleswiger draft horse is 2 years old and we have to start Training soon. Greetings from northern Germany 🤗