Building Custom Bits

I got started building bits because I wanted good bits to use for my self. My first attempts were crude to say the least. My wife, Julie, gave me some "how too" videos for Christmas and I started to learn how to build quality silver bits.

We work full time as cowboys, managing ranches in Oregon and California, so riding and using good equipment is something we confront on a daily basis. Quality hand made equipment is expensive, so my plan was to learn to build the thing I needed to get my work done in a price range that I could afford. Well being the kind of person who likes to have the proper tools for a job, I started acquiring the tools I needed to make bits. After spending 10 times the amount of money I would have spent buying a few good bits, I find myself in the bit making business.

As this blog goes on I plan to talk about the different things that have influenced me as a craftsman, and a horseman. Also the things that one should look for when ordering a piece of custom tack.

I try real hard to keep my quality as high as my ability will allow, while keeping my prices affordable to working cowboys, because that's what I am, ans I know the struggles we all have making a living in this business. I hope you will tell your friends about this site, and comment on the topics I plan to write about. If you have something in mind you would like to have built, please contact me so we can talk about it and figure out what you need and want. I'm like Gumby, extremely flexible, so don't be afraid to get a hold of me.

I hope you enjoy the pictures, and I will post more soon.