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Thank you so much! I haven't seen this suggested before but I'm certainly going to do this before I go and shoot some chap leather on a bad pattern.

Thanks all for the above! I'm not 100% settled yet but I'm leaning toward Arizona Bell-esce chaps, with probably a smaller-than-normal flare to them. I'm going to have them be step-in, and they'll be closed with a saddle string. I have a few sample patterns I was mostly just wondering about the wrap--because I feel live I've seen bells that wrap as in the left diagram, and I wanted to be sure before I started making my pattern. The right diagram seems to be more logical to me but you never understand a concept 'till you use it.

Hey y'all, I'm doing my due research before embarking on my first chaps project. The more research I do the more I realize I don't really know what's going on. I have a question about the way bell chaps wrap around the leg. All chaps I've work and seen have wrapped around like a spiral, and the fringe if it has one has stuck off the surplus. Looking at some bells online, it seems to me they're built in a different way. I've attached a diagram of what I mean, in cross-section of the legs. All chaps I've seen have been made as in the right. Are bells ever built like the left, or are they like normal? Sorry for the mundane question, and thanks! Bueno

Hey y'all, I feel a little silly asking a question like this but I figured I'm in the right place. I'm trying to dye some leather a slate gray. I'm most familiar with Fiebing's dye, but they don't make gray. I'm not familiar with other brands, do you guys have recommendations? I thought about thinning down the black dye but sometimes that will end up being purple or navy blue. Any advice would be appreciated. Bueno