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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SHERIDAN — On a recent snowy afternoon, Radovan Krkos of Slovakia, better known as “Radd,” was working on a saddle tree in the basement at King’s Saddlery. “The grass is tall in Slovakia right now, ...

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 tourniquet, takes up a maple dowel and begins a ...

BILLINGS — When you run your hands across one of Chas Weldon's custom-made saddles, you're handling a practical, functional work of art that's meant to be used, not propped up in an art gallery or ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – Victor Hermanson doesn’t collect accolades or reviews based on his craft, even though he could. Hermanson is a gifted saddle maker who lives on the outskirts of Las Cruces.

CHIRENO, TX (KTRE) - A fine saddle starts with a vision, something of the sorts Gerald Mora of Chireno had. "I had a dream that we would have a saddle and leather show," Mora explains. "So I got up in ...

NAPONEE — A passion for horses and the cowboy lifestyle led Newly Holmes, a custom saddle maker for Naponee, to found his business three years ago. Holmes started his business, Milliron ZB Saddlery, ...

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 ...