hickok55
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I might do some very simple tooling on the yokes but i'm not very good at tooling
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I'm just about to get my leather for the yokes and back belt on my chaps and I'm not quite sure how thick the leather should be. I was thinking 3.5-4mm as the body of the chaps are 1.6-2.0mm, but let me know what y'all think Also, if you have any suggestions on a color that would complement this. Let me know.
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Right now my awl cutting width is 3mm and i think that may be too big for my chaps they are 1.8mm bison leather, which size awl cutting width may be better or is 3mm okay.
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Should one side of a traditional pair of step in shotgun chaps be slanted down rather than just being straight on both sides?
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I sure will
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I might make a waist coat and some pairs of moccasins
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My 51 SQFT bison hide came a couple of months ago. Now it's time to finally start making my chaps. I just have to find a big enough table now.
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The leather stretches as i start to skive it what do i do
hickok55 replied to hickok55's topic in How Do I Do That?
Yes i have found that a sharper knife makes it much easier -
Hello, I am starting to cover the box in goat leather, but after I cut out one of the sides of leather and start to skive down the edges, it stretches the leather and then I have to cut it down again and re-skive it.
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I did but my old pair fit me just right and the new one don't because there lined
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I think that's what i'm going to do and then if they still don't fit right i'll try the other methods
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I just bought some lined goat leather gloves and they are quite tight on my hands. Is there any way I can make them looser?
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Yep I really am
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It's pre-dyed Italian full grain and the only kind of finish I have applied would be burnishing the edges which I just used bees wax for.
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I'll check them out. I do think it's a bit long