I’m Colorado Bound!
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 on …
Saddle Galleries
As one door closes another opens….
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 Rod …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Detroit here I come!
Teresa liked a saddle I made a year ago for the Sheridan World Leather Debut. She tried the saddle out but it was too long for her smaller backed Arab so we started from scratch. …
California Bound
Michelle asked only that we not use daffodils on her saddle. She helped me design the wide border on this Wade saddle and let me run wild with the rest of the design. The saddle …