Experience Counts
    I have 34 years of leather working experience, 20 years exclusively on military reproduction equipment.  I have a large collection of over 3000 pieces of original cavalry and infantry equipment dating from the Revolutionary War through World War 2.
    I use this equipment to take patterns from and to see the style and method of manufacture.  Only by "hands on" experience can one truly reproduce a fine piece of work.  This cannot be done by simply looking at a picture, or by guessing how it should be done.  "Close enough for government work" doesn't cut it on the field.
    I have visited many Amish harness shops in Pennsylvania.  I learned a lot from them about hand work, where to use what grade, which type of leather to use, and how to finish a product correctly.  Where better to learn the trade than from the people who still use harness and tack 365 days a year.
    I make my products by hand, one at a time, and I am proud to show and sell them.  The quality of my products speak for itself.  Needless to say, your satisfaction is guaranteed with each and every product I make.

Additional Services Available:
 

  • Museum Appraising
  • Movie and Prop Consultation
  • Living Historian
  • Cavalry Competition & Re-enactment Advisor

    • Some of my clients include:

  • Independence Studio Services
  • Hand Prop Room in Los Angeles, CA
  • Fort Scott, Kansas National Park
  • Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Fort Tejon State Historic Park in California
  • Missouri Heritage Program
  • Federal Museum at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Fort Leavenworth Museum in Kansas
  • Petersburg National Battlefield
  • Fort Myer, Arlington National Cemetery

    • I do repair work.  We also do restoration work to
    original leather goods ( saddles, equipment, etc. ).

    I buy, trade, and sell USED re-enactment equipment.

    I will custom-make your leather needs.  Send a
    pattern, or picture for a price quote.