Seidel's Saddlery is a unique custom western saddle shop, where they make very ornate, hand carved saddles the old-fashioned way---one at a time. The upstairs saddle shop in their historic building in Cody, Wyoming is where romance and tradition are combined to create functional art. Keith Seidel has been a full time saddle maker and leather craftsman for over 30 years. He is a recipient of the 2012 âSaddle maker of the Yearâ award presented by the Academy of Western Artists as well as the 2018 Wyoming Governor's Arts Award for Excellence. He has received the âBest Tooled Saddle Awardâ each time he entered at the World Leather Debut in Sheridan, Wyoming, in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2010 and also won âBest Stand Alone Pieceâ as well in 2003. Other awards are âBest of Showâ, âBest Workmanshipâ and âBest Toolingâ from the Wichita Falls Boot & Saddlemaker Roundup in 2004 and 2011, Best Leather Award from the prestigious Western Design Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 2013, and 2014.