The Nordic Bear.

Heath wanted some carvings on his saddle to reflect his Nordic ancestry as well as his home near the mountains where he grew up. I tried to meet both of these requirements on this 3B …

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Paradise Ranch

Oliver breeds and sells quarter horses in Florida. He needed a lighter weight slick fork saddle for general use and we came up with this 3B saddle for him. Finished weight was 32 lbs on …

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Centerline Farm

Bob and Lisa run a private equestrian center in Apex, NC. I recently finished this saddle for Bob. It features roughout seat, skirts, fenders, and billets. The rigging is in-skirt and the finished saddle weighs …

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Camano Island

I am so grateful for return customers. Wendy and her husband Harry have had me build four saddles for them and each has had it’s own flavor. This saddle is the latest and will be …

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Westwind Morgans

Bryan is the owner at Westwind Morgans in western Montana. He currently has quite a group of young ones that need starting and asked me to build him a saddle they could use to start …

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Crown J

Ami raises some fine Iberian horses in eastern Washington. She wanted an all-around using saddle that would work on a number of her riding horses. This saddle is built on a 3B style saddle tree …

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Julianne

This custom order was a lot of fun to build. Julie wanted something very lightweight with design elements to honor two very important people in her life….her mother and her husband. Her husband’s name means …

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Sweets Baybarry

My last saddle of 2019 and of the decade was created for Bryan Blatt of Westwind Morgans. I’ve known Bryan for a little over 5 years and have ridden two of his fine foundation Morgan …

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Paul’s new ride

Last year I built a saddle with lots of sunflowers on it for Heather. This year her husband Paul had his turn to get a new ride. After riding in Heather’s saddle quite a bit …

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Holly Hill

I met Charlie at the 2018 Early Californio Skills of the Rancho. It was interesting to see a fellow from Massachusetts at this event as it was certainly a long way from his home range. …

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