All Whit Olson really needs to create something truly functional, and intricately beautiful, is a piece of rawhide, a sharp knife and nimble fingers. The Salem-area farmer hand-builds elegant tools ...

Meet Tim George, a master of rawhide braiding who is keeping this Western art form alive. Tim George reveals the painstaking work and artistic details behind the Western art of rawhide braiding.

When the new California Rodeo queen is crowned this month, she will receive many gifts. One of them is a hand-braided rawhide hackamore made by Brad Tarp of Pine Canyon. Tarp has been braiding rawhide ...