Cal DeCora was one of my first saddle customers after I moved to Salmon, Idaho twenty-nine years ago (1 April 1984). Recently he brought the last two saddles I made him in to be cleaned and oiled. One of the benefits of longevity in the saddle biz is that you get to see how saddles […]
Archives for March 2013
Discover the Sharp End
I finally replaced my broken ax handle so that I could split some kindling for my stove in the shop. Working on that ax head reminded me of an analogy that I used in a speech delivered to a Toastmasters International group some twenty years ago. When you’re getting started, sometimes you pick up your […]