customcowboyleather Report post Posted June 3, 2011 Here are a few pics of the woolys I just finished Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buffalocuir Report post Posted July 6, 2011 good job , very nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gringobill Report post Posted July 6, 2011 Here are a few pics of the woolys I just finished Outstanding, They look way to pretty to wear out in the slop of winter! Maybe they need to be worn to the Saturday night dance? Your yokes look terrific. I really like the shading on your tooling, did you antique them. If you did I'm curious how you got it all to turn out light colored with just the accents in the stamping dark? Awesome piece of work! Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customcowboyleather Report post Posted July 7, 2011 Thanks Bill. They looked good, until you could get close enough to smell the hide. My customer had that old hide for over 20 years, and it still smelled like a piss covered goat......But my customer is really Ranchy, and as far out into the high desert as his ranch is, only his dogs will have to worry about the smell.....It diddnt seem to bother him when he put them on....but it was all I could do to work on them in my shop..... As for the antique..... I first died the brand in the center with Cordovan liquid die. Then added a very light coat of leat-lac to the yokes....let that dry for a couple hours, and then appied a coat of Sheridan Brown antique paste with a small piece of sheeps wool, and wiped it off immediately with a clean rag..... and that is the result....thanks for your comments Bill. Hope that Helps, Happy Toolin' Justin Alps Outstanding, They look way to pretty to wear out in the slop of winter! Maybe they need to be worn to the Saturday night dance? Your yokes look terrific. I really like the shading on your tooling, did you antique them. If you did I'm curious how you got it all to turn out light colored with just the accents in the stamping dark? Awesome piece of work! Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gringobill Report post Posted July 7, 2011 Thanks Bill. They looked good, until you could get close enough to smell the hide. My customer had that old hide for over 20 years, and it still smelled like a piss covered goat......But my customer is really Ranchy, and as far out into the high desert as his ranch is, only his dogs will have to worry about the smell.....It diddnt seem to bother him when he put them on....but it was all I could do to work on them in my shop..... As for the antique..... I first died the brand in the center with Cordovan liquid die. Then added a very light coat of leat-lac to the yokes....let that dry for a couple hours, and then appied a coat of Sheridan Brown antique paste with a small piece of sheeps wool, and wiped it off immediately with a clean rag..... and that is the result....thanks for your comments Bill. Hope that Helps, Happy Toolin' Justin Alps Justin, thanks for the reply. After you mentioned the "piss covered goat," that added a whole new demension to the chaps. If they smell that bad now I can't imagine what they and the old boy wearng them are gonna smell like the first time they get wet....I hope he's ridin a gentle horse! Thanks for the recap on your finishing process. I do the exact same thing except I put on a coat of oil before the neatlac and that always makes the piece either a little darker or a lot darker. I use pure neatsfoot sometimes and have gone to trying extra light olive oil in an effort to keep the work from darkening. I would prefer that it look lighter like the yokes on your chaps. I may try something with no oil and go straight to the neatlac resist. What brand of veg tan is that you used? I use mostly Hermann Oak and it turns a reddish color when I oil it. It is really a pretty nice color but sometimes I'd like to get a light color like you have there and let it get darker naturally with age. Thanks again! Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkB Report post Posted July 7, 2011 Very Nice work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customcowboyleather Report post Posted July 8, 2011 Thanks Mark. Very Nice work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VanHornSaddlery Report post Posted July 12, 2011 Hello, Very nice work. I have built a few chaps, but no woolys yet. I worked for a feller in high school that had a few sheep till the coyotes had a good time and if they smell as bad tanned as they did on the hoof like you are saying, I might not make a pair for awhile more! Jake VanHorn Saddlery Ogallala, NE vanhornsaddlery.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
compound Report post Posted July 12, 2011 WOOW Very nice work. Combination of sheridan with brand is beautiful:notworthy: I studied some originally "woolies" chaps on Loveland Old West round-up auction last month. I guess will must try to make this incredible t piece of traditional cowboy apparel Great work Martin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
