Category: Skivings

Willy is a seven year old Haflinger that we built a saddle for two years ago. Everyone had thought Willy was not going to grow much more but everyone was also mistaken. Willy has...

Karen asked for some roses so we tried to accommodate her wishes. It has been some time since I was asked to do some roses on a saddle. I did a lot of these...

Samantha will be getting her first Western saddle in a few days. She wanted something that would help her to sit over her stirrups and feel close to the same positions she feels in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...