In Kohala on the Big Island, saddle makers of the next generation are busy keeping it alive. Ikaika Akima spends two hours, tapping away on rawhide to make his mark. "I'm trying to make the leaf look ...
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 ...
Pickup trucks, horse trailers — even a car with the bumper sticker “Forget the Whales, Save the Cowboys” — crowded the parking lot at the Lawrence Holidome. Inside, visitors convened Friday at 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, ...
Saddle-making is an art form. Carefully crafting leather into a piece of essential horse riding equipment takes skill and lots of training.Get the full story in the video below ...
FRESNO, Calif. /*Al Gould*/ told us, "When I was in the 3rd grade my mother give me some beginner tools." The young boy would work leather and dream of riding in Rodeos. Today he's a master with his ...