Oldtime Shotgun Chaps

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Folk

Lets talk about oldtime shotgun Chaps.

The pic show a reproduced pair of 1895 F.A. Meanea Style Shotguns. I have the originals in my own collection and try to reproduce them as good as possible. The leather came from Mur and McDonald.... years ago. What a shame, this great Company is out of buissnes.... They did a beautifull job on there leather. Somebody told me that The F.A. Meanea Saddlery bought ther leather also from Mur and McDonald in 1880 till 1927.

Have a great day
Andy Rombach

[Boothill Bob]

Darn nice chaps Andy, really love them. How thick leather did you use?

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Bob

I use 1,3 to 1,5 mm pepple grain calf leather on all of my Chaps. I dy them by my selfe. I nerver use chrome tanned leather....

So long and ahve a great day

Andy Rombach

[Boothill Bob]

I dont use Chrome tanned my self. I got it from a guy that wanted me to try make chaps of it. The next batwings I'll make will be with 2.5 mm veg tanned leather. Is 500 Euro to much to to take for batwings? Its hard to set Price.

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Bob
I am not able to set your pice of the chaps.... anyway. It belongs to the time you need to fix them and the price of the material you use...
To find out my price I use thre thing: price of the material, time I need to do, and how much would I spend by my self to have something like that.... So I find my prices... I have never look to other leathercrafters priclist.... Sometimes the customers are happy with my prices, sometimes the think it was to high.... anyway I call a price on something and that is the total. I never go down with the price....

I am sure that does´t help you much
have a nice day
Andy Rombach

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Folks
Another pair of shotguns. A reproduction of 1880´s J.S Collins style shotguns.
The legs are sewn together, not laced as on several other models...

Have a great day
Andy Rombach

[Boothill Bob]

It helps Andy. It takes plenty of leather to make chaps so the Price will be there after. Have you made any woolis? I will trye that some time.

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Bob
I remeber 12 pair? might be. Soem are made with black bear hide, one with buffalo hide and all others are made with angora goat hide.... as you see on my profile pic

[Boothill Bob]

So beautiful Andy. Do you use leather on the back of the legs or canvas?

[Andy Rombach]

Hey my friend
I use leather on the back of the leg, and canvas lining at the fur part, as on the originals.
Have a great day
Andy

[Andy Rombach]

I do also a pair of miniatur woolys in the old time way. see pics and have fun

Andy Rombach

[Bugscuffle]

Those woolies really look nice, but I can't immagine the trouble it is to pull all the goggone burrs, goatheads, grass stickers and such, not to mention the cactus thorns out of them after riding through the Texas hill country.

[Andy Rombach]

Howdi Bugscuffle

Most of the woolies, nearly all where use in the northern staats like Wyoming, Colorado, or Wyoming, Canada as well.
There are not much if this cactus...

have a nice day
Andy Rombach

[Boothill Bob]

How do you stitch the yoke and the backleather, do you shave some wool of?

[Andy Rombach]

I do not shave the wool of. 4 parts came together: the fur, the back leather, the lining and the keter (do not know the word in english) sorry. On fullsize chaps it could be 1cm thick and I stich it by hand....8 stiches per inch!! After I sew it together I pull them over outside to inside, so you might not see the sewing line from the outide... it is hard to tellll. My english is not good enough.... sorry about that. Will try to make some pics and post this weekend:-)))

So long and have a geat day

Andy Rombach

[Boothill Bob]

I know what you mean Andy. Its like when I stitch up a brass bag, i sew it inside out and turn it when finished.

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Folks

Another pair of F.A. Meanea style Chaps, made out of fine calf leather.

Have fun

Andy Rombach

[Skeeter Lewis]

Andy, on the chaps shown above, is the edge of the leather left raw or do you turn it? I don't mean the belt - the leggings and pockets.
Skeet

[Andy Rombach]

Hey Skeet
Does not realy understand your question... what means raw???

sorry
Andy

[Skeeter Lewis]

Andy, this is a pair of my chaps - the only ones I've made so far. The edge of the leather is visible. I haven't tried to turn the leather to give a neater effect. What do you do to the edge of the leather - just leave it alone? It's not thick enough to burnish.
Skeet
Raw means 'left alone'....'nothing done to it'...