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.
Saddle Pliers
New Horse Shoe Brand Tools cantle pliers – $95.00 – in stock.
CS Osborne #10 cantle pliers, level jaws with the edges lightly rounded to prevent marking – $90.00 – 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.
12015 – CS Osborne pliers, 1-2 inch-wide, light serration – $30.00.
16219 – CS Osborne smooth jaw 7 inch pliers, – $20.00.
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
New Horse Shoe Brand Tools shoe hammer, handy for saddle and general leather work – $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
12042 – Horse Shoe Brand Tools tap off hammer – $80.00.
15945 – English cobbler hammer, 13 ounce – outstanding condition – $75.00.
12033 – Crispin #2 dimple face hammer, 16 ounces – $50.00.
15715 – Montgomery Ward cobbler hammer, 15 ounce – $40.00.
15722 – CS Osborne #3 hammer, 22 ounce – $40.00.
15723 – CS Osborne cobbler hammer, 14 ounce – $40.00
15727 – Montgomery Ward cobbler hammer, 15 ounce – $40.00
15143 – Whitcher #3 textured face cobbler hammer, 17 ounce – $50.00.
13424 – Hammond #2 cobbler hammer, 19 ounce – $40.00.
13390 – Whitcher #1 cobbler hammer with textured face, 14 ounce – $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.
New CS Osborne #39 magnetic tip tack hammer – $55.00 – in stock.
12264 – BL Marder saddlers tack hammer with straight smooth cross peen – $125.00.
11717 – CS Osborne #4 tack hammer, 15 ounce – $80.00.
11855 – unmarked strap handle tack hammer with straight cross peen, 9 ounce – $45.00.
15946 – proleptic saddler tack hammer – $40.00
15091 – CS Osborne #5 tack hammer, 18 ounce – $80.00.
12037 – BL Marder Saddler tack hammer – $125.00.
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
15345 – lace puller – $40.00
15345 – collar awl, edges are sharp – $40.00
14532 – McMillan spring steel spiral lace puller – $35.00.
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.
16465 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00.
16460 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00
16456 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00.
16453 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00.
16457 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00.
16455 – white doorknob bouncer – $40.00.
16454 – 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.
