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.

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — When Julio Peña quit the third grade in Monterrey, Mexico, he knew exactly what his next move was. Peña, then a 13-year-old, was fixated on an old shop near his home. When he walked in, the ...

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, ...

Part of an unfinished saddle by leather artist Jerry Shaw in his work space in McKinney, Texas on August 15, 2012. Shaw does does everything from guitar straps to chairs, but his main focus is horse ...

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 ...

When Larry Swanson got a Lucky Seven leather kit as a young boy in Minnesota, he didn’t know he was getting a kit that would start a talent he would use for the rest of his life. Larry Swanson is the ...