A man who claims to be the last to derive his income from solely making saddle trees for traditional Australian stockhorse saddles is hanging up the tools. There are a number of people who make ...

Montana saddle makers may work in one of the most tradition-bound industries around, but local craftsmen are as adaptable as anyone to changing markets and tastes. Local saddle makers say there are ...

Birchwood Saddle Trees received a £10,000 donation from Walsall Business Support to purchase a bespoke bandsaw, spin riveter and extractor to support the fast growth of the business. With over 30 ...

FORT LUPTON – Barbara Kauffman was a systems manager for a high-tech firm in Boulder County when she decided to buy a new saddle. “My husband spent $80 for a book on saddles and I was so upset he’d ...

CODY, Wyo. — With the stove pouring out heat and the dog asleep on the floor, Gordon Andrus pulls down his visor and runs a finger over the carved leather of his new saddle. Here in his well-equipped ...

Master saddle maker Jeff Gollehon and his young colleague Sterling Campbell spend a good share of their work week cutting, wetting, shaping and tooling hand-crafted saddles in the loft area of Grizzly ...

The bench of a workingman shows unfinished belts, an Iron Maiden CD and a dirt-brown, relaced catcher's mitt, Rawlings' Johnny Bench model. Above it are hand tools, all wood and blade lined in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOVELAND — Rusty May bends over the bare bones of a future horse saddle, unwraps a long strip of leather that has been wrapped around the pommel like a ...

A Darlaston saddle tree maker is set for further growth after receiving a second funding boost from Walsall Business Support. Published Oct 8 Birchwood Saddle Trees has received a £15,000 donation ...

The effectiveness of LaminaHeat LLC (Greenville, SC, US and Dorset, UK) PowerFilm and PowerFabric materials in heated composite tooling and structures was recently demonstrated in a very big way, via ...

BUFFALO — Dusty Smith can look at a saddle and tell you if it’s been made right. A good saddle not only must be functional, but it should also be aesthetically pleasing. It needs to fit the horse well ...