LIFE AS A HARNESS MAKER

TRAINING

• 8,000 hours
• Skilled with:
• A blade
• Patterns
• A sewing needle

KNIVES OF THE TRADE

• Three different kinds
• Saw or other large blade
• Half moon blade
• Hand held blade

PATTERNS

• Unique design
• Adding leather
• Using different color string
• Adding metal
• Kept it a secret

DAILY LIFE

• Woke up very early
• Prepare the workplace
• Work was limited
• Work on saddles late into the night

HARNESS MAKER TODAY

• Job hasn't changed a lot
• Saddles are expensive
• Not as many harnesses

WORKPLACE

• Shed or shop
• Small building
• Walls lined with tools
• Lots of sharp objects

SOCIAL STATUS

• Made a good living
• High middle class
• Fell high for manual labor
• Well known

QUICK FACTS

• Also called a saddler
• Make other animal saddles
• Help the economy

THANK YOU

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://books.google.com/books?id=XflYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA74&lpg=RA1-PA74&dq=l...
• http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/spring04/saddler.cfm
• https://www.ffa.org/about/nationalffa/jobs/documents/harness%20maker.pdf
• Haiku deck web albums for pictures
• https://images.google.com