Ready for some mountain trails
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 the …
WSSaddles
So you say you like square skirts
I don’t get a lot of requests for square skirts on saddles but recently this style is getting a lot more interest. I built this saddle to take to the Early Californio Skills of the …
2016 Early Californios Skills of the Rancho
I first met Bruce Sandifer at one of his workshops in western Washington two years ago. I had participated in a few horsemanship clinics over the years but nothing quite like this one with Bruce …
Summer Solstice 2016
We had a booth set up again this year at the Summer Solstice Ranch Roping in Ellensburg, WA. It was a good time with some great people. This event continues to grow and attract more …
There’s Roping To Do!
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 roping …
New Wade Roughout Saddle for Sale
I was able to get a little “extra” work done between custom orders in March. I often get calls from horse owners looking for simple rough out saddles so I thought I would build one. …
Forget-Me-Nots
Thanks goes out to Teresa with Dark Horse Enterprises (http://www.darkhorsealaska.com) for this custom order. Built on a Rod Nikkel tree this saddle features an in-skirt rigging place at 3/4 position, a Wade tree with a …
Buck’s New Saddle
Buck is a customer from Las Vegas, NV, who operates Cowboy Trail Rides as well as Sages Original Seasoning. He wanted his company logo on the back of the cantle and his initials on the …
Diane’s New Ride
Diane DeWeese needed a new saddle for her horse Chance. He has been difficult to saddle fit and we discussed this last Spring at a Bruce Sandifer Workshop. Rod and Denise Nikkel helped us design a …
Nearly Two of a Kind
Three weeks ago my friend and customer Tony Jardine of Twin Falls, ID, called to see about getting a saddle made for him in short order. Fortunately I had a couple of spare trees in …