Skivings

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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New Wade Saddle for Sale

I have a new Wade for sale with roughout seat, fenders, and skirts. Built on a Dusty Smith tree (WYO Saddle trees) that has 93 degree bars and a 15 1/2″ seat. Cantle is 5 …

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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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Paintbrush

Katrina said that Paintbrush flowers and antlers were important symbols in her family and wanted to have them used on her saddle. I’m not sure I did justice to the paintbrush but gave it my …

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Cave Junction

Peggy contacted me in December 2018 with an interest in a saddle that was very light in weight but could still be used for some work as well. We worked with Dusty Smith to create …

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Madera

I first met Kathryn and her father at the Early Californio Skills of the Rancho held at the Tejon Equestrian Center in July 2018. We were talking saddles and she was looking over my work …

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