8 x 12 • Braided Rawhide • $860

• 8 x 12 • Braided Rawhide • $860
Bret grew up on a small cattle ranch on the Ft. Hall Indian Reservation where he still lives today. He
became interested in braiding rawhide cowboy gear at an early age. The influences at that time were Jack
and Jim Shepard and S.E. Oregon Native American cowboy, Harvey Knight. Since that time, Bret has sought
out as much information as he could to refine his craft. Today he is committed to producing high quality,
yet functional rawhide gear.
Bret Haskett
HC 34 Box 240 • Arbon Valley Hwy • Pocatello, Idaho
((208) 251-2132 • rawhiderbh@yahoo.com
• 12 x 16 Rawhide Reins with matching headstall made by Bret Haskett
• Engraved Santa Barbara Bit handmade by Kim Parkey
• $4,500
Bret grew up on a small cattle ranch on the Ft. Hall Indian Reservation where he still lives today. He became
interested in braiding rawhide cowboy gear at an early age. The influences at that time were Jack and Jim Shepard
and S.E. Oregon Native American cowboy, Harvey Knight. Since that time, Bret has sought out as much information
as he could to refine his craft. Today he is committed to producing high quality, yet functional rawhide gear.
Bret Haskett
HC 34 Box 240 • Arbon Valley Hwy • Pocatello, Idaho • (208) 251-2132 • rawhiderbh@yahoo.com
Kim Parkey lives in Llano, Texas and he has been building bits and spurs for the last 21 years. A few years ago he
attended a bridal bit workshop that was put on by members of the TCAA, he said that was the best thing he ever
did. “Those guys have a wealth of knowledge to share and I feel fortunate to be able to learn from them, I have met
many good makers over the years and they are all so willing to share their knowledge.” His passion is building
California style bridle bits. He enjoys hearing from the people who buy his gear. Kim still enjoys riding and roping,
and using his own gear. He is a member of the Bit & Spur Makers Guild and winner of the 2015 Peoples Choice Award
with Bret Haskett in the Great Basin Cowboy Gear Show & Sale. Kim says he has been blessed with a beautiful wife
and children and a herd of grandkids.
Kim Parkey
320 Segura Lane East • Llano, Texas 78643 • (575) 644-0636 • kiparkey@gmail.com
Visit him on Facebook @ Kim Parkey Birs & Spurs
• Half Breed • Ladies Leg • $1,265
George grew up working on ranches. He currently does custom bridles, spurs and snaffles for
individual horses and cowboys.
George Elsner
PO Box 122 • Jordan Valley, Oregon 97910
(541) 586-3062
• 16 Strand • 3/4” x 16 inches long • Coffee Dyed
• Natural Calf String Buttons • $2,645
Jack has cowboyed since he graduated from high school. He has worked on ranches in California, Nevada
and Oregon and has learned to braid from different cowboys along the way. He now works on a ranch in
Lakeview, Oregon with his family and braids during the winter months.
Jack Armstrong
JACK ARMSTRONG BRAIDING
11934 Westside Road • Lakeview, OR 97630 • (775) 385-6306 • jackarmstrong04@gmail.com
• Sterling Silver • Engraved• $460
Rodney Mike is a native Nevadan, born in Schurz, Nevada. Rodney has spent most of his adult life on the
Duckwater Shoshone Indian Reservation. While attending High School he learned to carve leather.
In the mid nineties, he participated in a few of the silver engraving classes that was offered by Jeremiah
Watt at the Cowboy Poetry gathering in Elko, Nevada. From that time on, he has continued to perfect his
talent and skill both in bright cut western engraving and leather craft. His belt buckles have been included
in the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation artists five set limited edition. Four of the sets were auctioned off
in different areas of the state and the fifth was auctioned off in Reno, Nevada.
Governor Guinn was gifted with one of his an original designed buckle. Rodney also designed and created
a bracelet for the first lady Dawn Gibbons and continues his skillful original designs and creations in silver
and leather. In prior years, Mr. Mike has donated a silver piece to the Elko Cowboy Poetry for their auction
benefit.
Rodney Mike
P.O. Box 72 • Duckwater, NV 89314 • (775) 863-0329
• Sterling Silver • Cathedral Style • $825
Pat Horlacher was born and raised in a small eastern Washington town. Pat always knew he would one
day live in Oregon. After finishing the two year shoeing program at Walla Walla Community College, he
met his wife, Kailin, and moved to western Oregon to shoe horses for a living. While shoeing, he met John
and Jerri Hyde. John, a silversmith, was paramount in kick starting Pat’s silversmithing obsession. Pat’s
silverwork has become increasingly popular, a blossoming career. Pat, loving and pursuing the buckaroo
lifestyle, met Ernie Marsh. Through Ernie, he obtained a Traditional Cowboy Arts Association (TCAA)
scholarship. Pat and Kailin live in Burns, Oregon with their three children.
Jack Armstrong
68681 Hwy 205 • Burns, OR 97720 • (541) 231-2155 • kailin_k@hotmail.com
• Floral Dyed Background Front with Black Kangaroo
Buckstitch • $475
John is from a ranching and rodeo family in Nevada and has been doing leather work from a young age.
He now works at J.M. Capriolas making belts, chaps and saddles. John lives in Spring Creek, Nevada with
his wife, Susan and son, Charlie and his daughter, Audrey.
John Wright
500 Commercial St • Elko, NV 89801 • (775) 738-5816 • orders@capriolas.com
• 1” • 16 Gauge Sterling Silver • $425
John is from a ranching and rodeo family in Nevada and has been doing leather work from a young age.
He now works at J.M. Capriolas making belts, chaps and saddles. John lives in Spring Creek, Nevada with
his wife, Susan and son, Charlie and his daughter, Audrey.
John Wright
500 Commercial St • Elko, NV 89801 • (775) 738-5816 • orders@capriolas.com
• Horse Hair Hitched • $345
Stewart is a resident of Elko, Nevada. He learned the trade of working with leather while in the South
Dakota State Penitentary. Stewart of a display of his artwork at J. M. Capriolas for the public to view.
Stewart Emerson
420 Galetti Way • Sparks, NV 88431
• Santa Ynez Style • $980
Kelly Wahlen of Clinton, Utah, is a former National High School Bull Riding Champion, Regional
Intercollegiate Champion at Weber State and a three time Wilderness Circuit Bull Riding Champ. He
rodeoed full-time in the PRCA for over ten years. It was during his pro career that he first became
interested in hitching horsehair to fill time during the long drives between rodeos.
Kelly’s hitched horsehair headstalls, belts, quirts and spur straps have been much sought after by
collectors as well as working cowboys in the Wasatch Front area. He became intrigued with braiding
rawhide thirty years ago after seeing a Bill Dorrance video, as well as photographs of TCAA artist’s work.
Like a lot of people, Kelly considers Luis Ortega to be the “gold standard”. He also credits Doug Groves as
being a significant help to him.
Kelly Wahlen
1215 West 800 North • Clinton, Utah 84015 • (801) 825-3396 • buckarootack@aol.com
• California Style • $345
Kelly Wahlen of Clinton, Utah, is a former National High School Bull Riding Champion, Regional
Intercollegiate Champion at Weber State and a three time Wilderness Circuit Bull Riding Champ. He
rodeoed full-time in the PRCA for over ten years. It was during his pro career that he first became
interested in hitching horsehair to fill time during the long drives between rodeos.
Kelly’s hitched horsehair headstalls, belts, quirts and spur straps have been much sought after by
collectors as well as working cowboys in the Wasatch Front area. He became intrigued with braiding
rawhide thirty years ago after seeing a Bill Dorrance video, as well as photographs of TCAA artist’s work.
Like a lot of people, Kelly considers Luis Ortega to be the “gold standard”. He also credits Doug Groves as
being a significant help to him.
Kelly Wahlen
1215 West 800 North • Clinton, Utah 84015 • (801) 825-3396 • buckarootack@aol.com
• 24K Gold • 32 Plait handles • Walnut Interweave • $425
Whit has been braiding for the past 15 years and is constantly learning and improving. His work has been
displayed in several exhibits and collections including Trappings of Texas, Trappings of the American West
and many more. Recently he was awarded a TCAA Fellowship as well as an Academy of Western Artists
Award. Whit raises crops and cattle in southwest South Dakota.
Whit Olson
25947 443rd Ave • Canistota, SD 57012 • (406) 599-0125 • whit@whitolson.com
• 60 Plait • Natural Calfhide • Gun Metal Finish • $425
Whit has been braiding for the past 15 years and is constantly learning and improving. His work has been
displayed in several exhibits and collections including Trappings of Texas, Trappings of the American West
and many more. Recently he was awarded a TCAA Fellowship as well as an Academy of Western Artists
Award. Whit raises crops and cattle in southwest South Dakota.
Whit Olson
25947 443rd Ave • Canistota, SD 57012 • (406) 599-0125 • whit@whitolson.com
• 60 Plait • Drop Point • Hardened Ball Bearing • Steel Blade
• Walnut & Onion Dyed Interweave • Antler Display • $300
Whit has been braiding for the past 15 years and is constantly learning and improving. His work has been
displayed in several exhibits and collections including Trappings of Texas, Trappings of the American West
and many more. Recently he was awarded a TCAA Fellowship as well as an Academy of Western Artists
Award. Whit raises crops and cattle in southwest South Dakota.
Whit Olson
25947 443rd Ave • Canistota, SD 57012 • (406) 599-0125 • whit@whitolson.com
• Sterling Silver • Hand Engraved • 14K Gold • American Style Scroll
• Hidden Compartment on Front Under Hackamor • $6,500
Shawn lives in Laurel, Montana where he started engraving in 2008. He is a goldsmith/silversmith and a
member of the FEGA, Firearms Engravers Guild of America. He was named Engraver of the Year in 2013
by the Academy of Western Artists. He builds and engraves cowboy gear and jewelry along with teaches
classes on drawing and engraving at Mesa Lands Community College. Shawn has written a book entitled
Drawing and Designing Scrolls.
Shawn Didyoung
819 Wyoming Ave. • Laurel, MT 59044 • (406) 628-5793 • didyoung_4@msn.com
• Mona Lisa Mouth • .999 Flowed Silver • Inlaid Spear Sterling Silver
Concho • Copper & Brass Flowed Inlaid Sun Above Concho • $2,300
James is a Wyoming native. He has worked on ranches in both Wyoming and Montana. He just recently
started making bits full time.
James Guillion
PO Box 1170 • Jeffrey City, WY 82310 • (307) 714-4454 • wyo_cowboy_147@yahoo.com
• Half Breed Nevada Style • .999 Flowed Silver Inlays • .999 Fine Silver
Dots • $1,725
James is a Wyoming native. He has worked on ranches in both Wyoming and Montana. He just recently
started making bits full time.
James Guillion
PO Box 1170 • Jeffrey City, WY 82310 • (307) 714-4454 • wyo_cowboy_147@yahoo.com
• California Bat Style • Multi-Colored Rawhide • $750
Helen, a very accomplished Rawhide Braider and Stained Glass Artist, lives at the foot of the Big Horn
Mountains on the Tongue River, just North of Sheridan Wyoming. She is married Hugh E. Weaver,
accomplished silver engraver.
Helen Rose Weaver
71 Kooi Road • Ranchester, WY 82039 • (307) 655-9095
• Sterling Silver • Rope Edge • Hugh Weaver’s Radiant Daisy Engraving
• $750
Mr. Weaver started as an apprentice saddlemaker in 1972 in Reno under the direction of Dave Schuler.
He started full time engraving in 1979 and has been a jeweler/gun engraver until the present.
Hugh Weaver
71 Kooi Road • Ranchester, WY 82039 • (307) 655-9095
• Sterling Silver • 14K Gold Hugh Weaver Figure from photo of
16 year old Casey Tibbs • $750
Mr. Weaver started as an apprentice saddlemaker in 1972 in Reno under the direction of Dave Schuler.
He started full time engraving in 1979 and has been a jeweler/gun engraver until the present.
Hugh Weaver
71 Kooi Road • Ranchester, WY 82039 • (307) 655-9095
• 12 String Braided Body • Herringbone Buttons • Spanish Ring Knots
• $265
Jimmy started braiding rawhide in 1991 when he was a freshman in high school. He learned from his great
uncle Lawernce Dutra who worked on several of the old Spanish land grants along the central coast of
California in Santa Barbara County. Jimmy also learned techniques in braiding from Doug and Grant Groves
of Nevada. He gets all of his hides from different ranches in Jiggs, Nevada.
Jimmy Grossini
629 Willington Drive • Spring Creek, NV 89815 • (805) 757-0767 • jimmy.grossini@yahoo.com
• Made from Coyote Hides harvested in the West • $2,300
Mitchell is 25 years old and on the path to follow in the footsteps of both his grandfathers in owning cattle
ranches. All through high school he ranched and cowboyed while learning the western traditions. He then
served a service mission for his church in Tijuana, Mexico for two years. Upon returning he attended Utah
State and competed on the USU Rodeo Team. He married his wife, Korinne in 2013. It was about that time
that he took up leather working as a hobby. He soon discovered that leather working could hold a future
for him and he started “All-In Custom Leather” and started marketing and building rodeo chaps. Two years
later he has made chaps for people in three different countries and his leather gear has been used in the
NFR in Vegas. Mitchell has won peoples choice awards and competitions for gear making. His goal is to be
one of the “old-timers” that he admires in the saddle industry.
Mitchell Rasmussen
PO Box 177 • Riverside, UT 84334 • (435) 279-0577 • mitch.rasmussen@hotmail.com
• Sewn on Fringe • Silver Plated Buckles • Floral Carved Dyed
Background • $2,300
Mitchell is 25 years old and on the path to follow in the footsteps of both his grandfathers in owning cattle
ranches. All through high school he ranched and cowboyed while learning the western traditions. He then
served a service mission for his church in Tijuana, Mexico for two years. Upon returning he attended Utah
State and competed on the USU Rodeo Team. He married his wife, Korinne in 2013. It was about that time
that he took up leather working as a hobby. He soon discovered that leather working could hold a future
for him and he started “All-In Custom Leather” and started marketing and building rodeo chaps. Two years
later he has made chaps for people in three different countries and his leather gear has been used in the
NFR in Vegas. Mitchell has won peoples choice awards and competitions for gear making. His goal is to be
one of the “old-timers” that he admires in the saddle industry.
Mitchell Rasmussen
PO Box 177 • Riverside, UT 84334 • (435) 279-0577 • mitch.rasmussen@hotmail.com
• Detailed Tooling & Filigree • $2,300
Mitchell is 25 years old and on the path to follow in the footsteps of both his grandfathers in owning cattle
ranches. All through high school he ranched and cowboyed while learning the western traditions. He then
served a service mission for his church in Tijuana, Mexico for two years. Upon returning he attended Utah
State and competed on the USU Rodeo Team. He married his wife, Korinne in 2013. It was about that time
that he took up leather working as a hobby. He soon discovered that leather working could hold a future
for him and he started “All-In Custom Leather” and started marketing and building rodeo chaps. Two years
later he has made chaps for people in three different countries and his leather gear has been used in the
NFR in Vegas. Mitchell has won peoples choice awards and competitions for gear making. His goal is to be
one of the “old-timers” that he admires in the saddle industry.
Mitchell Rasmussen
PO Box 177 • Riverside, UT 84334 • (435) 279-0577 • mitch.rasmussen@hotmail.com
• Inlaid Snaffle • Engraved Concho • $865
Mark Dahl is a native of Elko county and lives in Starr Valley. A founding member of the Traditional
Cowboys Artists Association, he has been making bits and spurs for 26 years. His wife is Coralee Dahl. They
have six children and twenty-two grandchildren.
Mark Dahl
1650 Upper Starr Valley Road • P.O. Box 55 • Deeth, NV 89823 • (775) 752-3475 • mark@markmfg.com