This browband headstall was made for a dear friend and customer. I just love doing this kind of work…it is challenging and rewarding at the same time. It is entirely hand sewn with waxed linen at eight stitches per inch. I finished the edges with a hot beeswax technique that has become a standard for […]
Archives for January 2013
Floral Carved Wade
The Randy Bock Saddle
It’s not often you make a saddle like this one for a ranch manager to use, but as a saddlemaker, this is as good as it gets. This saddle is at the height of what I do in my vocation: Artistic expression blended with the best functional aspects I can muster as well. There is […]
Hot Waxed Edges
I spent a bit of time in France in 2009 learning from a professional leatherworker/saddlemaker in Saumur. Jean Luc Parisot is a great craftsman and a generous friend who works for the French military furnishing a variety of leather goods for their horse program. He does work for the world famous Cadre Noir in Saumur […]