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c economist suntribune february 3 1988 c3 harness shop withstands time atskvi the harness shop is an informal place to do busi ness neither cats nor children are turned away even when carmen grisctis making a long dis tance call besides saddles and repairs griscti does custom work including show halters for livestock halters for camels and reindeer at the metro zoo and leatherwork for antique cars age old traditions are continued at bakers harness shop on wood bine avenue in victoria square carmen griscti runs the shop using methods developed over hundreds of years he grew up on a farm in new brunswick and apprenticed to coxworthy saddlemakers in newmarket he gained more training at black creek pioneer vil lage and went to work for isaac baker in 1980 he bought out the company from baker above griscti meticulously stitches through the leather on a bridle below he shaves the leather to be looped through an oring as seen above when he stitches along the loop two layers of shaved leather will be as thick as one layer of un- shaved leather strapping below a sampling of carmen grisctis custom made bridles he and his wife michele run the business with three other employees it was started during the depression by isaac baker although griscti has owned the business since 1980 he moved to victoria square vk years ago photos by bill lanning 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1