Ambassador Beaverslayer Posted August 2, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted August 2, 2008 Real nice looking chaps Elton. Can't imagine them all slathered with mud after getting thrown off the bull. Love the way you cut out the floral to accent with the metalic leather. Ken Quote Beaverslayer Custom Leather<br />Wearable Works of Art https://www.facebook...erCustomLeather
Rod and Denise Nikkel Posted August 2, 2008 Report Posted August 2, 2008 Very nice job on these, Elton. Flashy stuff. And how are you telling the customer to get them clean after the Rainmaker Rodeo in St. Albert? Quote "Every tree maker does things differently." www.rodnikkel.com
Hennessy Posted December 13, 2008 Report Posted December 13, 2008 Very nice job on these, Elton. Flashy stuff. And how are you telling the customer to get them clean after the Rainmaker Rodeo in St. Albert? great chaps old chap,like yer input n pictures,one day i hope i can get near to your level.adios pete Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted December 13, 2008 Members Report Posted December 13, 2008 Do my eyes deceive or did you filigree those babies? No wonder you're swearing off making them. But just think how proud you're gonna be when you see them flying through the air over the top of some bull at the NFR, eh? Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Elton Joorisity Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Posted December 13, 2008 No Brent, your eyes are not deceiving you. I filligree about 98% of my rodeo chaps. The reason that I am swearing off making hair on's is that they always are a pain to glue overlays to. Those chaps also cost me money because I ended up blowing the hook out of my machine. Quote "If you see your stirrups slap together above the saddle horn, you're probably bucked off" Dave Stamey, The Bronc Ballet
hidepounder Posted December 13, 2008 Report Posted December 13, 2008 Elton...beautiful chaps!.....a lot of work! Aren't they heavy for performance chaps? I work with "hair on" hides quite a bit and appreciate what you've done here! I know exactly what you mean about gluing to the hair. I finally started shaving some of the hair off to allow my glue to adhere to the leather. I don't try to shave it all off, just enough to get the pieces to stick together properly....and just hold back away from your finished edge. It takes more time up front, makes a real mess and looks like hell, but saves time in the end. And you'll really see the difference when you're sewing...it won't be such a wrestling match! Just something that works for me. Bob Quote
gtwister09 Posted December 13, 2008 Report Posted December 13, 2008 Elton, VERY NICE chaps! The hair on does provide some opportunities. I did some on some bags, mirrors and furniture. I took some horse clippers and started shaving like Bob did to make it a little easier for the gluing. It worked fairly well. I rigged up a vacuum attachment for the clippers. However I got to thinking that if you did it a lot of this that the Flobee vacuum trimmers might be a neat investment.... Unfortunately the shortest length that the Flobee will do is 1/2 of an inch. So it would have to be modified to trim any closer. So it was back to the clippers and vacuum attachment. Regards, Ben Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted December 15, 2008 Members Report Posted December 15, 2008 Just a thought........ how about using a safety razor and just shave the hair off the area to be glued? Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Elton Joorisity Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Posted December 15, 2008 I'd just rather not build them at all! Quote "If you see your stirrups slap together above the saddle horn, you're probably bucked off" Dave Stamey, The Bronc Ballet
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