John Isreal works on a bit in his Wynona shop Friday morning. Photo by Rachel Anne Seymour/Bigheart TImes
As the temperature begins to rise into the 90s outside his 10 by 20 workshop, John Israel takes his torch to a rod of black iron, shaping it into a curve that will become the mouthpiece of one of his handmade bridle bits. It’s 9 a.m., and he has already been working for several hours on the bridles that will be sent to Dover, Okla. His dark, leathery hands,
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