Shotgun chaps with tooled yokes

[MikeRock]

Yup........what he said.  Mine were lined with pillow ticking/mattress ticking.  My partner's were lined with light canvas, both were tough.  Another pair that hung in the bunkhouse were pretty patched up woolen blanket, old Army blanket wool.  An old North Dakota Swede had made them in 1923 (same year my mom was born).  All of ours were dark Angora.

[Mulesaw]

10 hours ago, Gezzer said:

@Mulesaw Well done Sir !!!!!!

Thank you so much :-)

 

[Mulesaw]

4 hours ago, tsunkasapa said:

No, just on the front. 'Woolies' are frequently made as batwings and are lined with canvas.

Now that would mean that I finally had an excuse to make a set of batwings! 

It sounds like an interesting construction, as I see it there must be a regular set of batwings, then all lined on the inside with canvas and in addition to that wool on the front. 
 

[tsunkasapa]

Just now, Mulesaw said:

It sounds like an interesting construction, as I see it there must be a regular set of batwings, then all lined on the inside with canvas and in addition to that wool on the front. 

No, the ones I've seen are just the goatskin lined with the fabric.

[Mulesaw]

3 hours ago, MikeRock said:

Yup........what he said.  Mine were lined with pillow ticking/mattress ticking.  My partner's were lined with light canvas, both were tough.  Another pair that hung in the bunkhouse were pretty patched up woolen blanket, old Army blanket wool.  An old North Dakota Swede had made them in 1923 (same year my mom was born).  All of ours were dark Angora.

It is funny how we can remember specific things like clothing, even so many years after. I can still remember some of the jackets I wore as a kid, I don't know why that is. I know my wife commented on it at some time that she felt it was one of the things that really made it worth while knitting a sweater or a set of socks since it was so much appreciated by me. 
And on the other hand I can frequently forget other stuff, so it is not that I remember everything. But my own guess is that some how deep down our brain registers warm clothes as something that helps to keep us warm and safe and alive. (I am getting a bit philosophical here).

I don't know if I can find some Angora fleece, but there is regularly lambs fleece available, so I'd probably just make some out of that.

[Mulesaw]

7 minutes ago, tsunkasapa said:

No, the ones I've seen are just the goatskin lined with the fabric.

hmmm, now you got me confused :-) 

If there is only hair on the front, then is the back of the goat skin "shaved" or is the back of the batwings just the canvas? 
I have never seen a pair, so I have absolutely no idea, and when I googled images of woolies, all the pictures showed them from the front. 

[MikeRock]

Front side......Angora goat hair........then Angora goat skin........ two sides of same goat hide....then the lining is sewed on, only around the edges.  Goat skin is more fragile than cow, the lining prevents undue wear and stress on the skin.  

[tsunkasapa]

[TomE]

Good looking chaps, @Mulesaw!  Smart looking tooling and stitching.  I like your maker's logo as well.

[Mulesaw]

@TomE Thanks for the nice words :-) 

I think the logo is pretty good looking as well, especially on this light veg tan. 

The sewing was all done on my old patcher, but it did an admirable job I think.

Brgds

Jonas