A Eugowra man who claims to be the last person solely making saddle trees for traditional Australian stock saddles is hanging up the tools.

A Darlaston saddle tree maker is going for growth after receiving a £10,000 grant to support the purchase of new specialist equipment.

Ben Swanke crafted his first saddle at the tender age of 14. He found the work immensely satisfying and knew he was destined for no other profession.

Montana saddle makers may work in one of the most tradition-bound industries around, but local craftsmen are as adaptable as anyone to changing markets and tastes.

Kauffman can produce a basic saddle in about 40 hours – the more elaborate ones can take up to 200 hours from start to finish. After getting measurements of the person ordering the saddle, the type of ...

Rusty May makes hand-tooled custom saddles for ranchers, riders and rodeo pros, in addition to other leather items. May is slowly getting back to work after his shop in Loveland was flooded last year.

Buhl Saddle Maker Keeps Long Career Going After nearly four decades, a Buhl man continues to make custom saddles.

Many saddle makers use composite or fiberglass in place of the wood. Holmes prefers the traditional, tried-and-true approach. He usually orders the trees from a custom maker in Utah.

That desire led Smith to take “a huge leap,” and four years ago he gave up his job as a ranch manager and became a full-time saddle maker and Wyo Saddles and Trees was born.

Photos by Paul Ruhter / Billings Gazette Saddle maker Chas Weldon of Billings uses a weighted mallet and a bevel to carve the fender of a saddle inside his shop at his home recently. Weldon has ...

Reformable composite equestrian saddle This carbon fiber/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) saddle tree features an intralaminate heating element that enables horse owners to reconfigure saddle shapes ...