Saddlemaker Ron Ross

Sixty Years of Leather at the Crossroads of America 

By Gene Fowler 

“I clean up good,” jokes Ron, describing this photo. Since 1977, Ron and his family have lived north of Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he has raised Belgians, Read more
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K Bar J Leather

Know Your Customer

By Nick Pernokas

Jack Gully decided to take a break from the plains of Montana in Miles City. He was hauling a load of horses home to South Dakota. As he ate breakfast in the motel, Read more

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Leather Artist Turns Tinkering Into Career

By Liisa Andreassen

He says he kind of stumbled into it, but now it’s become a full-time career. Sam Stuart, owner of Bar X Custom Leather in Lubbock, Texas, was recovering from a knee injury on his granddad’s couch, Read more

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