Salt of the Earth Custom Leather

04/05/2024

If any of my East TN Cutting Horse Association folks need anything, I’ll be hanging around the show today and delivering chaps 🐮🐴

Thank you Spade S Media for capturing the best product photos for us!

20/04/2024

This was a fun pair to build, the feminine simplicity of these hip plates combined with buckstitch accents and a subtle pop of turquoise really came together well on these. Thank you Kristin for your business and best of luck in the show pen!!

19/04/2024

Black leather, silver hardware, and fully carved hip plates make a classic statement for the show pen! Thank you Josh for your business and best of luck! Case Performance Horses, LLC

18/04/2024

There is not much that can outweigh the compliment of a repeat client, thank you to two of my OG clients in the reining, Kathy Padilla Van Horne and Stephen Everett for your continued business and support!!

17/04/2024

It’s part of my mission this spring to catch up on posting completed sets of chaps! I could not be more grateful for the support of my amazing clients and the opportunity to build for great horsemen and women, including the ever gracious and classy Lesli Gilbert! Thank you Lesli for trusting in me to build for you, your ranch horse family here in TN has been missing you!These were built back in the late summer, classic chocolate leather coupled with dark antique oak leaf and acorn hip plates.

09/03/2024

Quality and craftsmanship with emphasis on the best possible fit is one of our mainstays here at Salt of the Earth. Thank you Casey for your continued business, can’t wait to see your daughter killing it in the show pen in these! 🌻🌻🖤🖤

19/02/2024

The rain has passed and it’s a beautiful February day to shop in sunny Florida! ☀️☀️

🌴You can find us in Jacksonville, FL through the 25th at the Florida Reining Classic ☀️

18/02/2024

🖤✨Black on black on black is a VIBE!! ✨🖤Thank you Teresa for trusting in me to build your gorgeous new reining chaps, and best of luck in the show pen this week at the Florida Reining Classic! Come see us at the Cross J Tack trailer for your quality work and show Don Rich Saddlery needs or to chat about your dream set of custom show chaps.

01/02/2024

While we predominantly build chaps for the western performance horse industry, occasionally I get to switch gears and build something a little out of my wheelhouse! I do believe Topanga has to have one of the prettiest sets of farrier chaps around! 🤎🤎🤎
T's Barefoot Trimming

21/01/2024

We aren’t ever prepared for snow like we’ve had this past week in TN, but it sure has made for a pretty chap picture backdrop!

28/12/2023

Now that the futurity season and Christmas rush is over with, I need to get caught up on posting chaps completed this fall into the winter! These gorgeous ladies reining chaps made their show pen debut at the NRHA NAAC Championships this past November. Full carved hip plates with matching buckstitch and upgraded silver hardware on a classic black base made for a super fun show stopping pair with class for days!

19/12/2023

In the midst of working tirelessly to get the last of my Christmas orders finished up, I had the thought to post in stock number holders for a last minute Christmas gift opportunity! These are handmade here at Salt of the Earth and man are they super convenient for those of us showing ARHA and Ranch Riding classes! They come 2 to a set and shipping is additional, usually around $10. please message me to order, Venmo, PayPal and Zelle available!

06/11/2023

We love a big stopping yellow horse!! Big Congratulations to team JPH!!!

💥Guns n Sparks 💥 marking a HUGE 74.5 to win the open at the SFRHA November to Remember
Owned by Jenn and Tim Ludemann


Salt of the Earth Custom Leather
Beyond the Track Apparel
Cross J Tack

30/10/2023

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These gorgeous black men’s reining chaps with Antique silver hardware and two tone scrollwork tops made their debut at the All Star Reining Stakes earlier this year with a repeat customer of mine, thank you Laurie and Christian for your business!

14/10/2023

It’s been a busy couple of months here in the shop! This pretty warm grey pair was recently finished up to match a Shorty’s granite hat, and the color is to die for! Thank you Kenzie for your business, and best of luck in the show pen!

16/09/2023

We are so proud of the better half of Salt of the Earth for kicking butt in the TN Valley Fair Photography show! Spade S Media

01/09/2023

Spade S Media does a phenomenal job grabbing some quality glamour shots for me when he can! Check out these gorgeous chocolate shotguns finished up a couple weeks ago for the queen of Harper Training Stables! These have it all, from the double twisted fringe to the sunflowers and pistols to the handmade custom conchos. Thank you Brandy M. Johnson for trusting in me to build for you, we can’t wait to see these in the show pen!

17/08/2023

I have been super busy trying to get caught up on orders over the last few weeks, one of the latest pairs completed are these gorgeous chocolate roughouts making their debut at the Southern Reined Cow Horse Alliance Louisiana Classic this week! Thank you Sonja and Alex of A&S Performance Horses for trusting in me to build for you, and best of luck in the show pen this week!
Thank you to Spade S Media for the awesome photography on these!

14/07/2023

Salt of the Earth would like to wish one of our OG’s Kole Bowling and his good mare Jewelz the best of luck cutting at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Gillette, WY over the next week! We couldn’t be more proud of you!

02/07/2023

It’s been a beautiful week for shopping and horse showing here at the ARHA World Show! I will continue to take chap orders here at the show through Monday evening before heading back to TN to get back to building chaps and getting caught up on some orders! Come see me working the Cross J Tack booth, conveniently located just across from the show office inside the main arena!

23/06/2023

We have been super busy gearing up and getting excited for the ARHA world show starting next week at the beautiful World Equestrian Center - Ocala! You can spot these gorgeous chinks built earlier this year for the lovely Kimberly Brittenham’s daughter cruising around the show pen there. Come see us at Cross J Tack for the best quality tack and saddles in the business!

19/05/2023

I’ve got to get caught up posting previous orders over the next few weeks! Classic basket weave with a brand is always a solid choice. Thank you Mike and Missy for your business!

18/05/2023

Catch us cruising around the Southeast Ranch Horse Series show this weekend! I’ll have a few pair of number holders available for purchase, and will be taking chap orders in between classes.

📢Sponsor Spotlight📢

Salt of the Earth Custom Leather is a Silver Sponsor for 2023! Isabella Lauren Hughes can be found showing her beautiful roany pony this weekend if you'd like to chat her up about making a custom set of chaps/chinks or handy number holders and say goodbye to the annoying safety pins!

18/05/2023

🤎🤎🤎Chocolate roughout with black buckstitch down the leg and two tone hip plate to match in this new diamond pattern give these a super punchy vibe that I am living for!! These babies got put to work the very next day at the EXTREME COWGIRL CHALLENGE down in Texas. Thank you Madison and Tate for your business and best of luck in the show pen!

12/05/2023

It’s grad season! Creating this simple elegant grad cap was so fun, and led to reminiscing on my time at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, those were some of the best days with unforgettable experiences!
Congratulations Hannah, and best of luck at UTK! 🧡🍊

14/04/2023

Pretty and punchy🌸💐🌼🌾 💪🏻
From the wildflower tooling to the mitten pocket and string front, These chaps embody Haiden Ferguson in a way I didn’t think chaps could. Thanks for giving me a challenge outside of the traditional floral tooling, I hope they bring you the best of luck, from the branding and riding colts to the show pen!

13/04/2023

Continuing with the spring colors fun, these gorgeous distressed leather shotguns shipped earlier in the week and man, are they a VIBE!! Subtle turquoise accents give a beautiful feminine western look about these while retaining a ton of class for the show pen! 🤩🤩🤩

11/04/2023

Spring has sprung and we are in love with some of the cool color combos finished up this week! Dove Grey with Royal Purple trim and black floral hip plates are a gorgeous combination on these chinks, headed south to sunny Florida! Thank you Ross for your business!