Twisted K started as a hobby to fill the quiet evening hours out on a lonely Wyoming cowcamp, all I wanted was to build my own working gear. I started learning the basics from an old saddle maker a couple ranches down the road. He taught me how to run a head knife, sew, and lay out a pattern. But most of all he told me old cowboy stories, rolled cigarettes, and cooked us some mean cast iron suppers.

Many years and few ranches later I no longer cowboy for a living, instead leather work has become my full time gig and cowboying my hobby. Life has a funny way of turning the tables on us. I’ve currently set up shop in the San Tan valley of Arizona but still travel back home to Colorado to day work and escape the heat.

My years traveling around chasing my cowboy dreams have been the greatest influence in my art. I’ve been drawing and loving horses since I was a kid, leather work has given me a medium to showcase what I’ve been lucky enough to experience while clocking the miles in the saddle. I have a deep love and appreciation for nature, landscapes, wild cattle, and tough horses. Most of all I love representing my fellow cowboy girls with my own “twist” to traditional floral and figure carving. Hence the name and my little tag line, tradition with a twist. 

I strive to create leather goods that can hold up to a days work but look pretty too. I specialize in tooled belts but offer a variety of items in my monthly shop updates. Thank you so much for your interest, there are a ton of fine makers out there so I’m honored my particular style speaks to you! 

Thanks for stopping by!

  Kristin Allen