Museum of the Cowboy

A California Legacy

By Nick Pernokas

In the gentle rolling hills on the outskirts of Santa Ynez, California, is one of the best kept secrets of the American West. If you follow a residential street to where the sidewalk Read more

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The Bold New World of High-Tech Fabrics

IFAI supplies the info-network that helps its member companies navigate a big, complex industry

By Lynn Ascrizzi

If someone asked you to make a list of every type of fabric you could think of -natural or synthetic, traditional or Read more

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Blazing Briscoe

The Saddle Exhibit at San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum

By Gene Fowler

If you should ever find yourself in San Antonio, Texas (and who hasn’t at some point?) and you’re an aficionado of the fine leatherwork displayed on Read more

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The Tandy Leather Museum of Fort Worth

By Gene Fowler

Ensconced at his Two Lazy A’s Ranch in Canada, legendary leather wizard Al Stohlman was focused on his leathercraft – really focused. “There was only one day a week when he would take phone calls,” says Read more

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Dan Preston: Passing the Torch

By Nick Pernokas

Sometimes paths to the future are erratic and hard to see. For a lucky few they converge and become more visible.

It’s hard for 63-year-old Dan Preston to put a finger on where he is from. Read more

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