Straight from the Banks of the Rio Grande 

by Gene Fowler 

Prosser Martin, Del Rio’s Cowboy Outfitter 

“If made of leather, we make it” 

The late Prosser Martin of Del Rio, Texas, first crossed my radar in the 1980s, when I read a book Read more

Read More

The Extraordinary Talent of Bill Knight 

By Edward Loya 

William “Bill” Henry Knight is widely considered one of the greatest stampers of all time. Due to family obligations, he cut his stamping career short, leaving leatherwork at the height of his craft, at age Read more

Read More

THE HEALING POWER OF LEATHERWORK 

Teaching leathercrafting to disabled veterans brought rewarding results 

By Lynn Ascrizzi 

“. . . any form of the arts, like leather, music, pottery and painting, has a positive effect on people who can’t cope with PTSD Read more

Read More

First Responders Leather Works 

by Gene Fowler 

 ”He swore that oath to protect and serve, Pours his heart and soul into both those words.

–from The Weight of the Badge by Bubba Strait,Dean Dillon and George Strait 

One day Read more

Read More

Davis Reynolds: Full-Service Saddlemaker 

By Nick Pernokas 

In the days of the old west, it wasn’t unusual to see someone who had more than one occupation. In remote areas, it was helpful if a man was able to do more than one Read more

Read More

George Cubic: Tinkering with Leather as Art

By Nick Pernokas 

Sometimes, no matter how hard we plan and pursue our chosen course, fate steps in to change our path. In the case of George Cubic, this persistent course correction created a talented craftsman. 

George was born in Eastern Europe in 1956. His father, Viktor, immigrated with his family to the United States Read more

Read More

Veteran Bootmaker Says Air Force Affected Bootmaking Career

Liisa Andreassen 

It happened when he was 11. Brian Thomas walked into his local shoe repair and leather store and was quickly seduced by the sultry smell that lingered in the air. He just knew he had to find a way to be around it and he Read more

Read More

Triple T Holsters

By Gene Fowler

Triple T Holsters building in Kemah, Texas, between Houston and Galveston. Triple T will make your holster while you wait.

“I’m the good-lookin’ one,” jokes Robert Thompson III of Triple T Holsters in Kemah, Texas,when asked Read more

Read More

Monroe Veach: A Ten Dollar Horse and a Forty Dollar Saddle

By Nick Pernokas

Monroe performing a rope trick with his daughter Letty in 1946.

The young cowboy dropped his bag on the ground and loosened the cinches on his saddle. The saddle he set a little more carefully on Read more

Read More

Semper Fi: Boots with a Mission

By Liisa Andreassen

Sarah Ford, a San Angelo, Texas-native, former Marine officer and Harvard Business School grad is the CEO, founder and creative director of Ranch Road Boots – a brand deeply rooted in Ford’s love for the American Read more

Read More