REE HEIGHTS, S.D. - Lonnie Smith's duplicator saw screamed as it trimmed an 8- by 4-foot cut of wood. This process created three wooden bars to be used to create a saddle tree, or a frame around which ...

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 ...

BARNESVILLE, Minn. – People are often surprised by what Cliff Langerud does for a living. The Barnesville man is a saddle maker. He's made more than 550 saddles by hand. "They're absolutely wonderful, ...

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 ...

Part of an unfinished saddle by leather artist Jerry Shaw in his work space in McKinney, Texas on August 15, 2012. Shaw does does everything from guitar straps to chairs, but his main focus is horse ...

On a recent Friday in New Plymouth, Idaho, Flying V Saddlery owner Jerry Vincent is found not in his colorful retail shop but instead in a back room where he is skillfully working a small strip of ...

When Larry Swanson got a Lucky Seven leather kit as a young boy in Minnesota, he didn’t know he was getting a kit that would start a talent he would use for the rest of his life. Larry Swanson is the ...

TOWNER, N.D. (AP) — The skill and craftsmanship is evident in every saddle he builds. Not only must a custom-made saddle from Sandhills Saddlery be as comfortable as possible for both cowboy and horse ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. RICHARD OLIVER, owner of Oliver Saddle Shop in Amarillo, measures out ...

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