Just in time for calving season!
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...
Category: Skivings
Getting ready for the next round of clinics
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
