“As long as you’re alive, you need to take lessons from other people and swallow your pride.”
— Bud Shaul
In the days of the old west, it wasn’t unusual to see someone who had more than one occupation. In remote areas, it was helpful if a man was able to do more than one thing. Leather was an important trade, so in many cases it overlapped with other jobs. Kit Carson fixed harness, when he wasn’t acting as a military guide. S.D. Myres was a mayor and a deputy sheriff. Now, I want to tell you about Davis Reynolds.
Davis grew up in Louisiana. His uncle, Bud Moses, was a stock contractor and on weekends Davis would work for the rodeo company.
“I worked for him for years,” says Davis. “It was a blast.”
In 1990,
