Lace up shotgun chaps

[Delmonico]

Does anyone have a good picture showing how they are laced up?  We have a supplier that is going to start making them if I can get them a good picture on how they were laced.  These are in demand among real working cowboys as well as CAS shooters.  Many working ones are tired of having zippers replaced and want the old time lace ups.

[French Jack]

Del, I have seen both the laced ones and the ones with sewn seams.  The laced up ones used a running lace like a running stitch with spacing of an inch to two inches between stitches.  Lace is right down the outside with fringe or conchos to conceal it.  The sewn ones are just stitched down the side seam.  Both methods are permanent, no undoing them to take them off or put them on.  In putting them on, it helps to turn the outside seams toward the front, and put both fronts together, then step into them.  Turn them as you pull them on, and they go on fairly easily.