About Bar Lyn Custom Leather

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As a one-woman show here at Bar Lyn Leather, I do everything from cutting, to tooling, stitching and dying the leather. I began working with leather in college and learned how to tool leather as a hobby. I grew interested in this ancient cowboy craft after seeing a friends handiwork, in using a bridle she made, while we were branding calves at Cal Poly. I've always had an affinity for drawing and painting but have never been passionate about a craft until I learned to tool. I loved the way you could wet and shape the leather to create the depth and flow of a piece!

I'd make special items here and there, but it wasn't until I needed gear of my own, that I began to seriously consider this as a business. I built myself a pair of chaps to show in a Reined Cowhorse show. From there I created custom pairs for friends and grew to where I am today. I now run my own business and workshop. I learn from every piece I make and strive to continue to educate myself in the art and get better. Leatherwork is a lost art and I hope to help preserve it!