Saddles by hand

Trevor James has over 40 years experience in making saddles.

Today he and his family run James Saddlery, where Trevor and his son, Daniel, still design and make each Australian stock saddle themselves by hand.

This story is about a modern family working in a heritage industry, still using their craft in the same way that generations before them did.

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