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Cowboy Chinks For Sale On
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Below are cowboy chinks for sale on eBay. You will also find a few chaps. Please scroll down to read a short article on the
difference between chinks and chaps.
Cowboy Chinks and Chaps - What's The Difference?
Chaps and chinks are leather leg coverings worn by horseback riders –
typically cowboys and cowgirls – as protection against weather, timber,
brush, rope burns, and other hazards. They are buckled around the waist,
and are open in the back so a rider’s seat is not covered.
Chaps run the full length of the
rider's legs. They are often closed around the leg by a zipper, but
other fasteners might be used. The two most common styles of chaps are shotgun
and batwing. Modern shotgun chaps are usually made with a zipper or other
fasteners running from the top of the leg to the bottom to make them easy to put
on and take off. Older shotgun chaps - or new ones designed on an older style -
might be enclosed from top to bottom requiring the rider to step into them like
a pair of jeans. Batwing
chaps are fuller cut than the shotgun style. After being fastened around
the legs, batwings will have a generous amount of leather that overlaps
the closure. Many working chaps are the batwing style, and they are also
the most common style (or a variation of this style) for
rodeo chaps.
Chinks are similar to chaps, but are shorter, typically
hitting the rider below the knee but above the ankle. They are fastened
behind the rider’s legs by snaps, buckles, zippers, or other fasteners,
but the fasteners stop above the back of the knee, allowing the chinks
to move more freely from that point downward. The fringe on chinks is
also usually longer and more prominent than fringe found on chaps.
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Pictured at right: A working cowboy wearing chinks. Chinks don't run the
full length of the leg
like chaps, but instead fall below the knee but stop before the ankle.
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