My husband owns a custom saddle and leather-working shop. He makes custom saddles, chaps, and tack. Give him a call or text at (307) 460-0909 or email him at: ckcustomleather@yahoo.com Here are a few saddles he has made:
Cliff’s personal saddle.
Cliff riding in his hand-made saddle. He also made the armitas he’s wearing.
Custom saddle with stingray-inlay seat. Hand-carved flower tooling.
Custom rough-out saddle with oak-leaf tooling.
I enjoy making custom cinchas as well. Here are few I have made:
Price List:
Basic 17-strand tied cinch: $75.00 (includes diamonds of any color)
2-tone, 19+ strand, or extra detailing: $90.00
Woven, Roper-style 27-strand cinch: $100.00
Shu-fly: add $25.00
I can get most colors to work with, just email me to discuss options.
those are beautiful and detailed saddles!! Wish I could buy one!!
Cliff does an excellent job at repairing also. My husbands saddle was involved in a horse wreck that broke the tree and cliff put in a new tree and totally rebuilt the saddle. My husband likes it better now than he did when it was new. We highly recomend this tallented leather worker.
I WAS READING THE JOURNAL ARTICLE IN WORKING RANCH MAGAZINE AND AM VERY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING SOME CINCHAS FROM YOU – I LIKE GOOD QUAILITY TACK AND LIKE GIVING THE BUSINESS TO THE SMALL FAMILY BUSINESSES, COULD YOU PLEASE E-MAIL ME BACK WITH SOME DETAILS AND PRICES THANK YOU
In my first email to you I could not get the web site to open. But It opend love the cinches. Your husband workmanship on the saddles is beautiful.
Thank you! Yes, my husband is very talented. He spends a lot of time getting things right.
Hi Kay,
I would like to order a cincha. Could you please contact me. I am particularly interested in the turquoise color.
Thank you,
Laurie
I was wondering who you do the 2 tone mohair cinch. I would like to learn it for mini versions that i do out of cross stitch thread. I make them for Breyer horses and just only know how to do the basic one color then add the d rings and the diamonds. thank you for any helpful tips you can give.
Jennifer DeBruin
https://www.facebook.com/pages/De-Bruin-Saddlery/1586124684972243?fref=nf
Hi Jennifer! Really, the two-tone are pretty difficult to explain. You might try googling ‘Artcords’ and buy their 2nd video. That’s how I learned. I would love to help if I had the time, but right now I just don’t. I’m so sorry!
I completely understand 🙂 I will have to send you pictures someday. I loved the tutorials you gave on youtube they were helpful. Thank you so much for the 2 tone cinch making information. I will go take a look.
Jennifer
Hi Kay,
How think is the leather use to make the saddle?
How long does one saddle take to make?
I’m guessing about a 1/4 inch thick, some places, but thinner in others. My husband only makes saddles in his spare tie, so it takes him 6 months to a year.
They’re really beautiful. A true labor of love.
I must admit, I’m a bit dissapointed! I’d assumed this blog would be more about the trials & tribulations that we women who work as buckaroo’s, ranchers, or day cowboys, go through, in what was once, traditionally a man’s world!
We often have to be better, faster, & tougher, just to be acknowledged, & treated as equals, on a regualr basis. (Most of us already have recipes, & we still get to do the cooking too)!
Your husband does make some very nice saddle, as well…
I’m sorry you don’t enjoy my blog. I day work part-time, too. I know that women are often treated differently than men. But this blog is not aimed at ‘being equal’. I am a firm believer that we are special because we are different – not because we are all the same. 🙂 I enjoy being treated as a lady – not as one of the guys. I share recipes for the gals who request and enjoy them, a lot do.
I hope you enjoyed some photos and possibly stories – just an ordinary ranch wife here, living my life to honor God. 🙂