Lookin’ for some North Carolina Trails
Thank you Cinnamon for the opportunity to build this fun project. Built on a Dusty Smith tree this saddle features a 14 1/2″ seat on a 3B style tree. Equipped with a flat plate...
15 Apr, 2017
Thank you Cinnamon for the opportunity to build this fun project. Built on a Dusty Smith tree this saddle features a 14 1/2″ seat on a 3B style tree. Equipped with a flat plate...
3 Apr, 2017
Willy is a seven year old Haflinger that we built a saddle for two years ago. Everyone had thought Willy was not going to grow much more but everyone was also mistaken. Willy has...
5 Mar, 2017
Karen asked for some roses so we tried to accommodate her wishes. It has been some time since I was asked to do some roses on a saddle. I did a lot of these...
22 Jan, 2017
Samantha will be getting her first Western saddle in a few days. She wanted something that would help her to sit over her stirrups and feel close to the same positions she feels in...
3 Jan, 2017
Lexi works on a ranch in Montana and needed a new saddle before calving season. Dusty Smith built this Wade tree featuring 4 x 90 bars, 4.5 x 12 cantle and a 3h x...
4 Dec, 2016
In my last “Skivings” post I presented the saddle we created for Mark Rashid. This month we are highlighting the saddle we made for his spouse and clinic partner Crissi. It features a 3B...
23 Oct, 2016
Thanks to Mark Rashid (http://www.markrashid.com) for the opportunity to build him another saddle. Mark and his lovely spouse Crissi stopped by and spent a couple of nights with us as they were passing thru...
2 Oct, 2016
For many years I have almost exclusively used Rod Nikkel from Valleyview, Alberta, as my saddle tree maker. Rod retired from the business this July so change was in the air. Before his retirement...
7 Sep, 2016
Thanks to Wendy from the Puget Sound area of Washington State for the opportunity to build this saddle for her mule. Wendy and her husband spend lots of hours on the trails and in...
19 Apr, 2016
Katie Bane in Coeur d’Alene, ID, needed a saddle that she could spend lots of hours in without experiencing pain in her leg that she gets in other roping saddles. She does some ranch...