Montana Silversmiths was founded in 1973, in Columbus Montana, a small ranching community on the Yellowstone River. From humble beginnings, when the goal was to bring high quality, low cost, plated buckles to the market, the company has grown into the largest manufacturer of western silver products in the world. They make custom trophy buckles for all the major western events and World Championships, fine hand crafted works of art made one cut at a time.