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 Bows/Seat Sticks

    I am now stocking saddle bows/seat sticks made by Richard Loy. These are perfectly smooth seat sticks and very nice! Between him and I we are going to try to keep them in stock. 

New Saddler's bows-seat sticks, perfectly smooth and 16 inches long – $130 – several in stock.

Saddle Pliers

CS Osborne #10 cantle pliers, level jaws with the edges lightly rounded to prevent marking – $85.00 – 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. 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 12010 – unmarked saddler pliers – $50.00. 12544 – unmarked saddler pliers – $50.00. 10780 – CS Osborne narrow lasting pliers – $35.00. 12003 – Unmarked saddler pliers with finely serrated jaws – $30.00. 12015 – CS Osborne pliers, 1-2 inch-wide, light serration – $30.00.

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 RCBT – New Ron's Tools cantle binding trimmer to trim under a Cheyenne roll, 3/16 inch cutting edge – $117.00- in stock

General Purpose/Cobbler Hammers

HSBTFH - New - Horse Shoe Brand Tools French hammer – $95.00. – In stock CSO65HMR - CS Osborne French pattern hammer - face and heel polished to avoid marking - $50.00 - In Stock CS Osborne #66 general-purpose hammer - face and heels polished to avoid marking – $50.00 – in stock CSORH – New CS Osborne #57 rivet hammer in the #3 size – $55.00 -in stock. EuroHMR - new 12 ounce European-style hammers with high polished faces and heels to avoid marking – $40.00 – 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 9948 – Horse Shoe Brand Tools cobbler hammer – $80.00. 12042 – Horse Shoe Brand Tools tap off hammer – $80.00. 12033 – Crispin #2 dimple face hammer, 16 ounces – $50.00.

Tack Hammers

HSBTTH – New - Horse Shoe Brand Tools tack hammer – $95.00. - in stock 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. 11855 – unmarked strap handle tack hammer with straight cross peen, 9 ounce – $45.00. 12036 – unmarked upholstery type tack hammer, 11 ounce – $65.00.

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. 

15989 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00. 15994 – black doorknob bouncer – $40.00. 15995 – white 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.   

Saddle String Tightener – $18.00 – in stock.