REE HEIGHTS, S.D. - Lonnie Smith's duplicator saw screamed as it trimmed an 8- by 4-foot cut of wood. This process created three wooden bars to be used to create a saddle tree, or a frame around which ...

When Ben Nech was 12 years old, he wanted a pair of chaps. But he couldn't afford the $100 to $200 to buy a pair. "I scraped up enough money to buy the leather and put together some old tools and ...

BARNESVILLE, Minn. – People are often surprised by what Cliff Langerud does for a living. The Barnesville man is a saddle maker. He's made more than 550 saddles by hand. "They're absolutely wonderful, ...

When I went to a Gene Autry or Roy Rogers movie as a kid with my folks we saw them jumping on "Champ" or "Trigger" with ease, not realizing the saddle made it possible to mount and chase the bad guys.

Haslerig Saddlery can be reached from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday by calling 423-653-9953. While horses may be a fairly common sight in Northwest Georgia, saddle companies are not. "There's less ...

At a time in which scores of items are mass-produced in places far outside of the United States, Drew Clark's work stands tall. Clark, 54, is a custom saddlemaker in Colcord, Oklahoma, and crafts each ...

Master saddle maker Jeff Gollehon and his young colleague Sterling Campbell spend a good share of their work week cutting, wetting, shaping and tooling hand-crafted saddles in the loft area of Grizzly ...

I couldn't see the address, but I had a feeling that I'd found my story subject just outside of McKinney, on the way to Greenville. I crossed a cattle guard, passing paint horses and longhorns along ...

LAS CRUCES - Victor Hermanson doesn't collect accolades or reviews based on his craft, even though he could. Hermanson is a gifted saddle maker who resides on the outskirts of Las Cruces. Hermanson is ...