What could be fancier than a posh leather Brooks saddle? A custom Brooks saddle, of course, and that's just what you can get from Kara Ginther, leather carver extraordinaire. Kara will take your ...

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 ...

Few can deny the smell and touch of fresh handcrafted leather. Those special qualities pervade the senses at Miguel Aguilar’s Saddle Barn, a new small workshop nestled in the rear section of Old ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOVELAND — Rusty May bends over the bare bones of a future horse saddle, unwraps a long strip of leather that has been wrapped around the pommel like a ...

The bench of a workingman shows unfinished belts, an Iron Maiden CD and a dirt-brown, relaced catcher's mitt, Rawlings' Johnny Bench model. Above it are hand tools, all wood and blade lined in ...

LAS ANIMAS — Did aches and pains sharpen this saddlemaker's hearing? Rick Myers was working on a Wyoming ranch when, in 1987, he decided it was time for a change. Had the former rodeo cowboy finally ...