Chainsaw Chap Remodel

Well here is the latest project out of the shop.  It is a set of protective chainsaw chaps that I remodeled to resemble a pair of chinks.  There are quite a few pics to see some of the detail spots I put on it so bear with me.

This is how they started out.

 I cut all of the canvas straps off, rounded the bottoms, added a little fringe, and put a tooled belt on them.  Here's how they turned out.  The legs are a black canvas material over a layer of kevlar.

Here's how they look on my underpaid professional model.  He's working on becoming a plus size model soon.

I made the buckle straps wide so they hopefully would grab more of the chap to pull around the leg for more protection.

Here's a close up of the yoke section with his brand in the tooling.  These have a full solid yoke across instead of seperate sides like normal chaps.  I used all Jeremiah Watt stainless steel buckles.

This is Doug's name fingercut into the liner of the belt.

And a flying armadillo put into the liner of the yoke section.

All of the stitching was done on my new Cobra Class 4 that is by far worth every penny.  It breezed through this project with no complaints. 

They were done and delivered in time for his carving exhibition at the Rodeo Austin Cowboy Breakfast.  If you're around Austin area, go downtown and check out some of his work in progress, March 2nd, 6am to 9am.  On to another belt and preparing for the spring garden.  Take care, RW