Runningwater Draw Mohair & Tack 

by Gene Fowler 

When you purchase equine gear from Runningwater Draw Mohair & Tack in Ransom Canyon, Texas, you’re getting fine equipment that has been skillfully produced. Operated by husband-and-wife team Tyler and Kristin Rice, Runningwater Draw offerings include, Read more

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A New World Business in an Old-World Trade  

By B. Crawford 

What would you do if someone handed you a dead skunk? If you were Colin Wheeler at The Nugget Company, you would shrug your shoulders and give it a look. A dead skunk in the middle Read more

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The Cross-Pollination of Gordon Andrus 

By Nick Pernokas 

Creating order and beauty from raw materials ran in Gordon Andrus’s family. His grandfather was an industrial arts teacher, who taught pupils how to work in many mediums including leather. 

“My grandfather never met a Read more

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SADDLE UP!

Utah couple builds a business making custom saddles and tack. 

By Lynn Ascrizzi 

Saddlemaking takes attention to detail, a pursuit of excellence and sticking with a mission until it’s accomplished. The same can be said of Read more

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Nothing Replaces Leather: A Visit to Mexico’s Teneria Company 

By B. Crawford 

Walk a few blocks from the historic St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral in the center of Orizaba, Mexico, and you will arrive at another historic landmark, the headquarters of Teneria Company. Here, in a one-story, Read more

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The Rider Buckle: A Timely Innovation 

By Nick Pernokas

A lot of gimmicks come and go in the horse business. Many of them don’t stand the test of time necessary to see if they work in the equine world, and they disappear. Tonight, I’m holding Read more

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“Best Leather Goods in the World” Frank Clegg Leatherworks in Fall River, Mass 

by Gene Fowler

Hey, don’t take my word for it. Mr. Baltzar said it right there on the internet for the whole world to see. “Frank Clegg Leatherworks produces the best leather goods in the world.” As the voice Read more

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Rocketbuster Handmade Custom Boots: Rockstar All The Way 

By Nick Pernokas 

In what sounds like an old joke, two guys walked into an El Paso bar one night. One had a boot business and the other had a 1953 Cadillac Hearse. But our story actually starts Read more

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Long Legged Cowgirls Down Under 

By B. Crawford 

Australia is a ripper place with a fair dinkum reputation for sun-soaked beaches, corker landscapes and a western heritage of cattle stations, cowboys and outlaws. But, would ya believe it, the land down under is Read more

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Little Smoke Leather Company in the Alberta Foothills 

Stunning Leather Portraits from the Prairies of Western Canada 

by Gene Fowler

“I have 56 tiny paintbrushes, boil my coffee in a pot, like roping moving things sometimes, shoeing horses, avoiding loud noises and running my truck out Read more

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