ARMITAS

[rawhider]

Just built these yesterday. No metal fasteners at all.

Edited December 13, 2007 by rawhider

[Luke Hatley]

Rawhider, that is a lot of work, they do look good.

I know Chaps, I know Chinks, but....

what are, and the History of ARMITAS ?

Edited December 13, 2007 by Luke Hatley

[gtwister09]

Luke,

Check these out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaps

Regards,

Ben

[Spencer G]

Those look good. Do you cut the fringe by hand, or do you have some contraption for it?

[Luke Hatley]

THANK YOU....

Edited December 13, 2007 by Luke Hatley

[Peter Ellis]

Very Cool.

[mudman]

VERY NICE!!

[Warren]

WOW! Truly beautiful work. The quality work of your work shows without a doubt.

[rawhider]

Thanks for the compliments! Spencer G, I did cut all the fringe by hand...it sucked! My right hand is a little sore now, but it was all worth it.

Traditionaly, armitas were made with deer hide. The buckaroos would have a set of summer armitas, and a set of woolies (full length chaps made out of angora, bear or buffalo) for the winter time. I built these ot of a cowhide that a freind gave me for my birthday. He's a blacksmith, and he uses the same kind of hide to build his aprons out of.

You can see on the apron of these ones I ran out of long pieces to cut my fringe, so I had to piece a smaller piece in. Good thing they were for me!

Edited December 14, 2007 by rawhider

[Opagon]

So cool! Nicely done.