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My first one :) 

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Very impressive :)

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Love the red and white pattern on the back.

Curious as I don't have any experience with rodeo chaps, is that buckle and strap in the front heavy duty enough for bull riding? 

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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2 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

Love the red and white pattern on the back.

Curious as I don't have any experience with rodeo chaps, is that buckle and strap in the front heavy duty enough for bull riding? 

If you wear chaps for any length of time in a saddle, . . . you DO NOT want any big piece of anything up there becoming another belt around you . . . it's a comfort thing.

AND, . . . you don't want it to be very strong either, . . . just in case something happens where you get thrown just enough forward to get it to loop around the saddle horn, . . . your horse just may go crazy with the un-recognized shift in weight and tugging and pulling.  It would have a tendency to ruin your whole day, . . . unless of course, . . . you really do want to get some saddle bronc riding experience........ :o

Chaps I make use only a replaceable 1/2 or 5/8 strap and buckle.

Don't recall who it was that explained it to me, . . . was probably on here.

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Dwight

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Buckles on the back is 1/2 solid brass - strong enought. Front buckle is 3/4 - must be a bit stronger ( the same strap) . 
 

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Thanks for the insight.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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and top is looking like that:20170501_154709.thumb.jpg.ddc2e6b768ff9c283e1a88463f211825.jpg

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Looks awesome. Bull riding is my favorite sport to watch. If you can, I would love to see a pic of them in action. :) 

Thanks for sharing,

-Ryan

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You can get away with a strap that heavy in front IF you make the connection between the yoke and the front belt weak enough to break away when the wreck occurs.  I make mine with no heavier than 1/2 x 7 oz leather and light weight attachment point - just like Dwight said.

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On my step in leggins and work chaps, I cut a 1/4" wide string out of chap leather for the front. I've been hung on a saddle horn and it isn't fun.

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