Saddle and tack
Saddles, bridles, headstalls, breast collars, cinches and the rest of what hangs in a tack room.
Rebuilding, re-rigging, new billets and latigos, restitching, and putting right what has dried out or pulled through.
Saddles mended.Boots too.
Saddle and tack work, and boot and shoe repair, in Arkansas City, Kansas. Two trades across one counter.
(620) 741-1114Two benches, one shop
Leather is leather, but a saddle and a boot are not the same job. One takes weeks and gets talked over. The other goes on the shelf, gets fixed, and gets picked up.
Both go on here, and neither is the sideline.
Boot and shoe repair
Soles, heels, stitching that has given out, and the seams that go first on a boot that gets worn every day.
Bring them in. We will say what can be done before you leave them.
How a piece of work goes
Custom work and repair both follow the same shape. The difference is how long each part takes.
Bring it in, or describe it
Nothing gets quoted properly down a phone line. Leather has to be handled to know what it needs.
Decide what it actually needs
Sometimes less than you would think. Sometimes the part you came in about is sound and something else is not.
Leather chosen to the job
Weight and temper depend on what the piece has to do, not on what is nearest to hand.
Cut, stitched, finished
Edges dressed, hardware set, and the piece put back together to be used rather than looked at.
Picked up at the counter
We will call when it is done.
Leather and what goes into it
Hides come in whole and get cut down. What a piece is made of decides how long it lasts and how it wears in.
Worn in, not worn out
Most of what comes across the counter is something somebody likes and wants to keep using.
