Kathy Hollmann
A Girl and Horses
Horses can make a big first impression on folks. Take Ladies Level 4 Kathy Hollmann, whose first equine memory goes back [...]
An Engineer of Gunleather
Dave Anderson revels in a firearms career built on a love affair with the Old West.
Dave Anderson has had a lifelong love [...]
Lisa Bolin turns a love of horses into a dominant force in America’s Western Apparel industry with her Cowgirl Tuff line of clothing.
I was either [...]
Custom Leather with a Silver Twist
Minnesota Leather maker has a knack for pleasing mounted shooters.
People who own a pair of his chinks say they are [...]
Gordy Alderson. Bit maker comes by his trade naturally and strikes a chord with mounted shooters.
Gordy Alderson Bits. The way folks refer to the man [...]
Shasta Leatherworks
California Maker Stitches a Different Kind of Chap
There’s no substitute for experience.
Just ask Mike Domeyer of Shasta Leatherworks. His story goes back about 45 [...]
M. Shelhart & Co. – A Father & Son Make Cowboy Leather in California.
If you ask Mike and Chad Shelhart the secret of creating solid [...]
Your Guns Will Not Fall Out!
Boy, does Poppie Martucci have a story to tell. All you have to do is ask him how he got [...]
Creative Designs, One Customer At A Time
Its funny how life’s trails take us from one point to another.
Take Fern Cone, whose career in leatherwork has [...]
Dave Robart Takes the Bite Out of Traditional Horse Mouthware
Dave Robart doesn’t think like the rest of us. And when it comes to horses and [...]
Susan Henning didn’t start out to make great gun leather. All she wanted to do was save a little money by creating a few holster [...]
Made for Mounted Shooting Competition
Back in the 1860s and ‘70s, cattle herds began their long trek up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas from a small [...]
AN ARIZONA MAKER WHO’S CUSTOM MEANS COMPETITION
Al Levey’s trail to custom leatherwork was unusual, to put it mildly. For years, he ran his own radiator [...]
A Step Up in the Saddle
Nettles Stirrups, the brain child of National Cutting Horse Association Hall of Fame cutting horse trainer Ronnie Nettles is one [...]
Competitive Saddle Pads
Matt Kriesel is an idea man. In the late ‘80s and ‘90s, he sold wine and healthcare products in his home state of [...]
CREATING QUALITY SADDLES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
Sawtooth Saddle Company is a family owned and run business, located in rural Vernal, Utah. Jerry Stewart, founder of [...]
Tom Balding Bits & Spurs
Back in ’84, Tom Balding was a northern Wyoming ranch hand, a refugee from the fast life in southern California. The [...]
