Help With Fringe On Chinks

[nokiddin]

Hey, I'm new to the forum but wish I had found it much sooner!

I'm am working on my first pair of chinks and need a little help. I'm using a pattern from tandy, which might be my first problem, but too late now, leather is cut. I am wondering where the fringe should end on the inside edge of the chinks? should it fade out? Stop in a certain spot? I wanna do about 8 inch long fringe. I've attached a pic of the chap body, pre fringe, so you guys can see what the pattern looks like.

Thanks!

[Jbarv Bulls]

I generally fade it out to where the curve starts on the inside of the leg piece.

[nokiddin]

I generally fade it out to where the curve starts on the inside of the leg piece.

So there will be fringe all the way up to the piece that goes around the thigh then?

[harrington]

What I do is to lightly scribe my fringe line down the leg and then basically after the curve on the bottom outside of the leg, continue straight across with your scribe line to cut to. You may end up with the last inch or two of fringe being shorter than the middle of the bottom fringe, but it is usually not noticed as it wraps under your leg while riding. This probably sounds as clear as mud, but I don't have any pics readily available to post.

[nokiddin]

What I do is to lightly scribe my fringe line down the leg and then basically after the curve on the bottom outside of the leg, continue straight across with your scribe line to cut to. You may end up with the last inch or two of fringe being shorter than the middle of the bottom fringe, but it is usually not noticed as it wraps under your leg while riding. This probably sounds as clear as mud, but I don't have any pics readily available to post.

Thanks for the help, I think I understand, just not completely sure. Some sort of example would help.

[MarkB]

HI

first you need to know how long you want for the fringe to be then I use a divider to make a light line where you will start you cut . Next you will want to cut your fringe at a angle that runs down the leg this way your fringe will hang better as you get to the curve at the bottom you"ll need to cut wedges out so that your fringe will now start to hang straight down at the bottom and you will want to make sure that no fringe will be cut where it can get between the riders leg and the saddle because this will cause a sore on the riders knee. I can say that if you really want to make chinks check out my web site www.cowcampsaddlery.com I have one of the only DVDs that show you how to make a pair of chinks from start to finish. I show how to cut the wedges and also how to take measurements and use them to make them fit right. These DVDs also come with full sized patterns for the chinks.

Mark

[nokiddin]

Next you will want to cut your fringe at a angle that runs down the leg this way your fringe will hang better as you get to the curve at the bottom you"ll need to cut wedges out so that your fringe will now start to hang straight down at the bottom

If i want 8 inch fringe at the bottom of the chink, when i cut the fringe at an angle on the side of the leg, do i make it so the fringe is actually 8 inches long, or do i make it so the fringe area is 8 inches (measured horizontally from the side of the chink body to the outer edge of the fringe?(This way the actual length of the fringe will be longer than 8 inches because its on an angle.