Jeff Mandel specializes in making leather shoes from his small shop in Southeast Portland. Taught by masters in Holland, Mandel does everything by hand and he has documented each and every pair he’s ...

FRESNO, Calif. /*Al Gould*/ told us, "When I was in the 3rd grade my mother give me some beginner tools." The young boy would work leather and dream of riding in Rodeos. Today he's a master with his ...

What could be fancier than a posh leather Brooks saddle? A custom Brooks saddle, of course, and that's just what you can get from Kara Ginther, leather carver extraordinaire. Kara will take your ...

At a time in which scores of items are mass-produced in places far outside of the United States, Drew Clark's work stands tall. Clark, 54, is a custom saddlemaker in Colcord, Oklahoma, and crafts each ...

Master saddle maker Jeff Gollehon and his young colleague Sterling Campbell spend a good share of their work week cutting, wetting, shaping and tooling hand-crafted saddles in the loft area of Grizzly ...

Few can deny the smell and touch of fresh handcrafted leather. Those special qualities pervade the senses at Miguel Aguilar’s Saddle Barn, a new small workshop nestled in the rear section of Old ...

The Selle Royal LOOKIN Handmade Moderate (there’s also a lighter, LOOKIN Handmade Athletic) is 285mm long, 155mm wide and weighs a quite portly 318g. The rails are lightweight manganese steel, while ...