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Oh Sweet, I never though about snaps, that may be better especially if that means less moisture being trapped (if that is an issue?). I want black leather outside and red leather inside. I want heavy jacket or couch leather outside and maybe a more thinner supple leather inside. What about padding in between? Not sure how thick though. I think I just want thin padding.

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So you could have, in effect, two leather blankets lined with shearling. One, the red one, snaps into the outer black one. The black one contains a second row of snaps to close itself. Two advantages: 1) two separate blankets, one less warm, one more warm, that could each function as wool-lined sleeping bags, or unfold it and have an, ahem, two-person sleeping bag. 2) As each can be used individually, when it is not severely cold you don't need both layers. One detail to be aware of is weight--heavy leather with two layers and insulation will add up. Even 5 oz leather x 3ft wide x 7 ft long is about 15 lbs, unlined, one layer. Another detail is that finding two full hides that are wide enough through their entire length may be an issue. I'll have a look at work; that may not be a problem. Of course from the leftover you must have a matching pillow roll. :-) I don't want to complicate things for the maker of this; I'm just thinking it through some. Snaps vs zipper saves trying to make a zipper that long, and fears of zippers breaking. For lining, military surplus wool blankets (new) in charcoal color are about 30 bucks. A few of those would make for some good insulation, at a savings vs shearling (which is about 60 bucks, but much thicker wool. Anyway, just some thoughts...

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