Furstnow had built this saddle just the way he’d ordered it: a three-quarter rig, rounded skirts, a rawhide-wrapped steel horn, and a thirteen-inch seat. A working saddle, ...

Saddle leather is heavier than soft purse leather but not as hard as shoe-sole leather, ... Charles E. Coggshall and Al Furstnow were the two best known of the Miles City saddlemakers of the era.