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is buffalo leather better for chaps than cow leather.

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Are talking about 'buffalo' or 'bison'? Most 'buffalo' is water buffalo. As to whether either one better than cow, other than appearance(grain), there isn't much difference. Horse is a good chap leather if you can find it.

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37 minutes ago, hickok55 said:

is buffalo leather better for chaps than cow leather.

kinda vague question. Like asking whats the best leather for shoes? What are your chaps going to be used for work, show, do you live in the cold North or hot south? Motorcycles or horses? Are you making historically correct reproduction's?

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42 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

kinda vague question. Like asking whats the best leather for shoes? What are your chaps going to be used for work, show, do you live in the cold North or hot south? Motorcycles or horses? Are you making historically correct reproduction's?

I'm making chaps for work they historically correct shotgun chaps I don,t have a horse so just for protecting my Jean's and I live in a damp wet but some times hot country.

 

1 hour ago, tsunkasapa said:

Are talking about 'buffalo' or 'bison'? Most 'buffalo' is water buffalo. As to whether either one better than cow, other than appearance(grain), there isn't much difference. Horse is a good chap leather if you can find it.

Water buffalo

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not water buffalo i mean bison

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11 hours ago, tsunkasapa said:

All three are Bovinae. There will be differences in appearance, but the characteristics of the leather will be mostly the same. 

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thank you

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On 1/29/2022 at 10:56 AM, chuck123wapati said:

kinda vague question. Like asking whats the best leather for shoes? What are your chaps going to be used for work, show, do you live in the cold North or hot south? Motorcycles or horses? Are you making historically correct reproduction's?

So many damn questions LOL

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