Kent Frecker: " I started in the saddle business in Oct. 1981. I have been self-employed since April of 1990. I worked with Dale Harwood making the "Ray Hunt" saddles for a year. Dale has made probably the greatest influence in my saddle making, and I am grateful for his help. Others who have influenced my work are Bob Ray, Cary Schwarts, and Randy Hansen. I have made several saddles for Buck Brannaman, Curt Pate, Shayne Jackson, Gary Ruttan, Roland Moore, Tom Selleck, and others, and have sent saddles all across the country, Hawaii, Sweden, Norway, and Australia ".

*** In Frecker's Saddlery website you can find "Making of a Saddle", a very complete and interesting article of his business.