38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

In this four-day workshop, Doug Groves guides students in creating a handsome set of button-studded leather bridle reins with a 12-strand rawhide romal. Learn his techniques for processing rawhide–from hide harvest to finished string. The camaraderie and cooperative learning among fellow braiders makes this a veritable celebration of rawhide! A 2017 Nevada Heritage Award recipient, Doug crafts rawhide reatas, quirts, reins, and bosals of great beauty and function. Doug learned braiding from his peers in the bunkhouse and beyond, and now he passes on those techniques for turning rawhide into fine horse gear. For beginning and intermediate experience levels.