Saddlery Tools

This page collects some of the more specific tools to western saddle making in one place. These tools are also shown on their respective pages by type of tool as well.

Saddle Pliers

CS Osborne #10 cantle pliers, level jaws with the edges lightly rounded to prevent marking – $80.00 – in stock. CS Osborne #4 smooth jaw saddler pliers - sharp edges buffed to avoid marking leather – $50.00 – in stock. CS Osborne New smooth jaw duckbill pliers, 15-16 inch wide at tips – $55.00 – in stock. 11732 – CS Osborne saddler pliers with fine serrated jaws – $30.00. 12003 – Unmarked saddler pliers with finely serrated jaws – $30.00. CSO94srtplr - CS Osborne saddler pliers with slightly serrated jaws - $50.00 New CS Osborne lasting pliers, 5/16 inch wide tips – $50.00. - In Stock

Miscellaneous Cutting Tools

String Bleeders, Horn Trimmers, and other Cutting Tools

String Bleeders- CS Osborne string bleeders handles refinished and sharpened – $40.00 – in stock. McMillen #1 horn Trimmer – #1 good for thinner horns like barrel racing or cutting saddles – $40.00 - in stock. McMillen-–The #2 horn trimmer is good for thicker horns like roping and cowboy saddles – $40.00– in stock

General Purpose/Cobbler Hammers

CSO65HMR - CS Osborne French pattern hammer - face and heel polished to avoid marking - $50.00 - In Stock EuroHMR - new 12 ounce European-style hammers with high polished faces and heels to avoid marking – $40.00 – in stock. CS Osborne #66 general-purpose hammer - face and heels polished to avoid marking – $50.00 – in stock CBHMR8-Nice 8 ounce new cobbler hammer - highly polished faces and heels to avoid marking – $40.00 – in stock. CS Osborne #1999 small fitters hammer -1-3/8 inch face and 1inch peen, 12 ounces – $25.00 – in stock. CS Osborne #2999 large fitters hammer - large face is 3 inches - smaller face is 1-5/8 inch. 2 pounds – $55.00 – in stock 12033 – Crispin #2 dimple face hammer, 16 ounces – $50.00.

Tack Hammers

CS Osborne New #55 saddler hammer with straight cross peen heel -faces and heel polished – $135.00 – in stock. 12264 – BL Marder saddlers tack hammer with straight smooth cross peen – $125.00. 11725 – CS Osborne #5 tack hammer with claws – $75.00. New unused proleptic saddler tack hammers with smooth cross peen – $45.00 - in stock

Scratch Awls

CS Osborne New #1 scratch awl, 2-1-2 inches shank end-$5.00– in stock CS Osborne New #2 scratch awl, 3-1-2 inch shank end – $7.00 – in stock CS Osborne New #3 scratch awl, 4-1-2 inch shank end – $10.00 – in stock. CS Osborne New #4 scratch awl, 5-1-4 inch shank end – $15.00 – in stock.

Lace Puller/Blunt Lacing Awl

These are collar type awls that have had the end blunted and cutting edges rounded over, then polished. They are useful for pulling lace ends through a braid without cutting a string. A good handy tool for pulling laces in saddle skirts, seat jockeys, and stirrup treads.

CS Osborne lace puller - polished smooth to avoid cutting or scarring lace– $40.00 – in stock

Bouncers-Smashers

These bouncer/smashers have nice smooth bottoms, solid handles, and no cracks. They are used primarily to mold and compress leather in the saddle making trade. 

15029 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00. 15528 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00 15531 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00. 15536 – Brown doorknob bouncer – $40.00

Saddle String Tightener

Used to pull up and tighten your saddle strings for western saddle work. Pull the string through the slot, give a lap around to make a bind and twist to tighten. A saddle maker came up to me at the Sheridan, WY leather show and gave me this one based on his dad's old string tightener. He said to sell this first one and I could figure out how to make them off that. Here you go! if you need to tighten saddle strings I've got a handy tool for it.