Harry Malone Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Harry Malone lived in California his whole life and learned bit and spur making from his step-father in his early 20s. He had a knack for making fancy silver engraved bits and spurs.
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Main and Winchester Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Charles Main and Ezra.H. Winchester started a saddlery in San Francisco in 1849 and over time it would grow to be one of the largest catalog suppliers of western gear. Main and Winchester sold saddlery and tack and through their catalog and sold many spurs and bits from famous makers and skilled craftsmen that were […]
Ernest Logan Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Ernest Logan was born in Dixon, Illinois and moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming as a teenager where he found work as a cowboy. He learned leather working and saddlemaking as well as bit and spur making. He is known to have taught others the trade of bit and spur making including Henry “Dutch” Thar. Around 1890 […]
George Lawrence Company Bits and Spurs Value Guide
The George Lawrence Company was a saddlery and sold gear throughout the northwest starting in the 1860s. It was originally started by Samuel Sherlock, but it was bought by George Lawrence (who was Sherlock’s brother in law). The Company supplied the US Cavalry in the Northwest and distributed goods through a network of trading posts […]
Atanasio Larios Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Atanasio Larios was born in Mexico and was working in San Jose, California by 1878 when he was listed as a blacksmith in a business directory. He spent most of his life producing bits and spurs for L.D. Stone and later Main and Winchester. His work is of the highest quality and he produced bits […]
Joseph Lamdin Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Joseph R. Lamdin was born in Napa Valley, California and was living and working in San Francisco by the 1930s. He worked as a supplier for Visalia and other saddleries and produced bits and spurs that were silver overlaid monel steel. His pieces often used a shell motif that is rather unique and they are […]
Dave Klesper Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Dave Klesper is a horse trainer first and foremost but he’s always worked in making tack and other supplies. He originally made braided rawhide and engraved silver pieces, but later taught himself bit and spur making by studying the work of makers like Hunt and Tapia. Dave produced mostly bits and not very many spurs […]
Ed Klapmeier Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Ed Klapmeier was born to a German immigrant family in Nebraska and he ended up moving to ranch in Montana. It’s unclear when and how he learned bit and spur making, but it’s likely much of it was self taught because his style of work doesn’t seem to draw from many of the other powerhouse […]
Keyston Bros. Bits and Spurs Value Guide
The Keyston Bros. Saddlery was founded by James Keyston who began by making buggy whips and eventually expanded the business to include a complete saddlery and harness supply. Keyston Bros. never produced their own bits and spurs but contracted with many of the same local makers that supplied other saddleries such as LD Stone or […]
Chuck Irwin Bits and Spurs Value Guide
Chuck Irwin has worked with horses for a very long time and grew up in Walnut Creek and Culver City in California. He worked for a time riding with MGM Studios and Jute Smith. He began doing repairs on bits and spurs before retiring and making them full time. His work is typically inlaid flowed […]
