Chaps in the Old West

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  • A look at chaps in the Era of Westward Expansion
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  • @wizardofahhhs759
    @wizardofahhhs759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    From what I understand is that goatskin chaps were preferred by most "on the range" cowboys because they turned briars, thorns and cactus needles better than cowhide and were more resistant to wear and tear.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'll have to look into that. Could be!

    • @cherimolina2121
      @cherimolina2121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Goat hide also deters bees, unlike cowhide. Remarkably, bees can smell the difference. They'll flat go after you with cowhide leather gloves on! That's why beekeepers use Goat skin gloves.

    • @AIRRAID2
      @AIRRAID2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love the information , thanks a bunch guys. 🤠

  • @robertreisner6119
    @robertreisner6119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Chaps, cuffs, boots and hats served the cowboys greatly during their work days. Woolies were very popular in the later half of the 19th century.

  • @rickkinki4624
    @rickkinki4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Santee, my lips get dried out sometimes here in Arizona. Maybe I can buy some Shapstick.
    Another great video!

  • @Michiganderman71
    @Michiganderman71 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I still say you guys need your own show on history channel or something

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why thank you so much!

    • @floydvaughn9666
      @floydvaughn9666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders Noooooo!!!!! Y'all have a show already. History channel will make you do aliens, or LGBTQ outlaws.

  • @brutalnecrodude6667
    @brutalnecrodude6667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I still can’t convince my dad that it’s pronounced SHaps not CHaps

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aw, some cowboys out here and in Texas still call them CHaps. It's all good.

    • @gijoe508
      @gijoe508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tell him CHaps are those fellows over in England

    • @JoshuaSkinnerBSBL
      @JoshuaSkinnerBSBL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was hard for me

  • @lukegimpel8090
    @lukegimpel8090 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finally someone who pronounced the word right. Thank you.

  • @BirivaMartirizado
    @BirivaMartirizado 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We have something like that down here in the southern cone of the americas, it's called "tirador" ( in Brazil) or "cingidor" (in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay). It's a leather sheet that covers the gaucho's leg. It is one sided peace, so you can only use it to protect one side at a time

  • @alswann2702
    @alswann2702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I loved the Three Stooges episode where the cowboy is cleaning his woolies with kerosene and is set on fire by Curly's discarded match!

  • @puwsydwstroyah
    @puwsydwstroyah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How do you not have at least 1 million subs. This stuff is more entertaining then most youtubers these days.

  • @jamesmordovancey517
    @jamesmordovancey517 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At first, didn't think that this was going to be much. But was pleasantly surprised.

  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    special chaps were adopted by lumberjacks for use with chainsaws: the fabric is made to slow and stop chains protecting the legs much like leather stopped cactuses, thorns, and burrs

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta have _chaps_ for riding thru the high _chaparral._

  • @masonbricke4568
    @masonbricke4568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A nice introduction to an essential piece of cattleman attire.
    This should be quite illuminating to those who thought chaps started with the Village People. ;)

  • @PhantomObserver
    @PhantomObserver 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    How do you feel about doing a video on card and parlour games of the Old West -- faro, whist, poker and the like?

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's on the list. I'm even going to do one on cardsharps! Thanks for watching.

  • @HollowHorn75
    @HollowHorn75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For those who don't know Chaps are based off of Indian leggings, but I freaking love this channel,love the old west

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some sources say the Spanish brought knowledge of them over from Spain, but I bet the two cultures developed them together.
      We is always larnin', ain't we? Thanks for watching and adding info.

  • @lukesams3349
    @lukesams3349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like the Tucson Space Program is off to a fantastic start

  • @wolfinndnclothing
    @wolfinndnclothing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shaps, until now a subject I never gave a chit about! Great vid!

  • @adoptedwalrus1133
    @adoptedwalrus1133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Who else was led here by red dead 2

  • @Number6_
    @Number6_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some of these shaps are giving me the woolies.

  • @brianfuller5868
    @brianfuller5868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks. Very interesting.

  • @aminslee9378
    @aminslee9378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love my good ol' SHaps

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Correct. Many cowboys I know still call 'em CHaps. They also say Halapeeno (Jalapeño)

  • @Our80sLife
    @Our80sLife 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! Never knew so much about chaps or shaps.... Loved the special effects after sitting on the cactus...lol

  • @rray1953
    @rray1953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Finally got a decent pair of working chaps back in the day... Used then a couple of times before going active in the Army... loaned em to my buddy who was still working ranches... ,I asked about them three years later... All that was left was a couple of pieces of wore out leather in the back of his pickup...

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeez! I guess that work will do that to 'em.

    • @rray1953
      @rray1953 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Arizona Ghostriders ... That same buddy owns the chaps worn by Gregory Peck in "Duel of the Sun"... Courtesy of Nevin Busch ... Pretty light weight fabrication... Didn't see much use after the filming I'd guess...

  • @lloydbulman5517
    @lloydbulman5517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My wife Cathy and I learn something new every time we watch your videos. Thanks for sharing and we'll see you on down the trail

  • @vao4
    @vao4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drawing a fantasy/historical fiction character, and this was super helpful, thank you so much! Definitely gonna go through your other videos about western clothing and equipment

  • @RavenHawkCoins
    @RavenHawkCoins 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff Santee! You kick butt my friend. Love the info and your show!

  • @mcfamily46951
    @mcfamily46951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    one of my cousins have my Great grandpa chaps, and pistols

  • @AnnaRammel
    @AnnaRammel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super cool explanation; loving the fringe :)

  • @TracyLoop
    @TracyLoop 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have one Fer ya. Preatchers of the old West. Amen

  • @castoresnegros
    @castoresnegros 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here drinking coffee and learning my favorite history topic with a twist.

  • @rickflippin1
    @rickflippin1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this channel my fav

  • @heyhocodyo01
    @heyhocodyo01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every video i get closer to being a cowboy

  • @MmartinaJ
    @MmartinaJ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing this Santee never knew anything about Shaps. TFS!

  • @rem308ca
    @rem308ca 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Delightful- thank you

  • @DIRTYDOGDIGGERS
    @DIRTYDOGDIGGERS 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my! Need these to detect in woods.

  • @8BitChickn
    @8BitChickn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video on SHAPS! I mean Chaps....

  • @rhyswilliams2772
    @rhyswilliams2772 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks Santee great video

  • @jmsiii4751
    @jmsiii4751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video really Shapped my......oh never mind. :) Another great video.

  • @DreamVdo
    @DreamVdo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gr8 Vdo To Watch 👍Have A Wonderful Weekend 😊 Thankyou.

  • @jakedeal6508
    @jakedeal6508 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never knew what chaps were, thanks to this video I now know!

  • @bobhartman2571
    @bobhartman2571 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great review Santee, I especially like the proper pronunciation of Shaps.

  • @MPGunther1
    @MPGunther1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good Information Santee! Thanks

  • @TTGSMILEY_
    @TTGSMILEY_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @amiryahya9566
    @amiryahya9566 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing video

  • @KathrynKandSVarietyShop
    @KathrynKandSVarietyShop 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another great video!

  • @bernardflood8289
    @bernardflood8289 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Greetings from Ireland. Very interesting as always.

  • @LionquestFitness
    @LionquestFitness 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video Santee. You had me laughing out loud with the aerial cactus propulsion.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, LF. I'm just happy you called it an "aerial cactus propulsion."

    • @LionquestFitness
      @LionquestFitness 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Either that or a pain in the asterisk.

    • @Stevecurtis2112
      @Stevecurtis2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lukely I have not been stung by cactus though all my friends have.

  • @rebelcowboyelvis8.16.77
    @rebelcowboyelvis8.16.77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank for this video santee

  • @joep4235
    @joep4235 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    good morning Cheese!!! Great vid this morning as always.... I can hardly wait to hit Walgreens this morning to pick up some Shapstick ... they're going to laugh at me, but by gum I'll know I'm pronouncing it right!!!! ha ha ha ...... and tell Dirty Dan he has had a couple of weeks off now, its time to get off his duff and get back in the vids :-)

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HA! He was hunting some wild game. Now he's back.

  • @GunsOfTheWest
    @GunsOfTheWest 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very informative, as always!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Until you look it up and realize I've been lying all this time!! MWAHAHAHA!!

    • @GunsOfTheWest
      @GunsOfTheWest 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Diabolical! LOL!!

  • @thomaslietzau2813
    @thomaslietzau2813 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ANOTHER GOOD ONE ! KEEP IT UP !!

  • @edwardaustin740
    @edwardaustin740 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just stumbled apon this channel. I enjoy it very well. Subscriber here.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Edward! Welcome to our info-tainment!

  • @HighGainsDrifter
    @HighGainsDrifter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bet it's so fun to go to and take part in reenactments!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very. I like to call them "gunfight shows"....fits better.

  • @JohntheBeastisthebeast
    @JohntheBeastisthebeast 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These are cool, hahaha chewy, great video!

  • @DiscoverWithPajerico
    @DiscoverWithPajerico 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good info on this thx

  • @indigowolf556
    @indigowolf556 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    More good information as always thank you 🤠👍

  • @TheScalicis
    @TheScalicis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeeeeeouch! I'm sure you're sticking removing cactus needles ;-) Haha! All the more reason to wear chaps! Very cool. Didn't know any of this- very interesting!

  • @TripleGGGs
    @TripleGGGs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video 👍

  • @filster1934
    @filster1934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandpa used to say "chaps" is what the wind does to yer lips.

  • @peppered8822
    @peppered8822 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you pronounced Chaps correctly.
    Not a lot of people know that. I had a really nice black pair with fringe and bradding. Very thick leather, got them in Surges 1995. They rode about 50,000 Miles with me. From Wyoming to So. Carolina and plenty of states in between.

    • @peppered8822
      @peppered8822 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry I got them in 1994.

  • @GlamRockCowboy
    @GlamRockCowboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey, guys! Where did you get those GORGEOUS batwing chaps you display in the middle of this video? Have you ever considered doing a video, or series of videos, about the movie cowboys of the mid-20th century, and the Western fashion craze that resulted (and which almost died out with the appearance of the British rock groups in the early 1960's!)? Their influence, after all, helped to lay the foundation for what you folks are doing now! Thanks in advance!

  • @matthewgarza2865
    @matthewgarza2865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love ur channel.......

  • @kylethedalek
    @kylethedalek 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Santee!, These are Always fun and interesting.
    I was wondering if you Could you do a video on watches (pocket, wrist or whatever.) in the old west ? That be pretty cool to see.
    Or maybe old west instruments?
    The old west railroads?
    Would love to see these topics!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Yes, I will do that. We're getting quite a few requests so it may be awhile.

  • @WhatIsYourMalfunction
    @WhatIsYourMalfunction 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Learned some things. Thanks!

  • @SandrasKitchen
    @SandrasKitchen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Another great video! Leaving a thumbs up :)

  • @wilky1189
    @wilky1189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to store a small bottle of schnapps inside my chaps

  • @AssassinNinja
    @AssassinNinja 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video thumbs up

  • @stimpymcwhisky8129
    @stimpymcwhisky8129 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would so love the chance to make a pair of period authentic chaps.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      All it takes is the money for the leather! The patterns are easy to find.

    • @stimpymcwhisky8129
      @stimpymcwhisky8129 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaGhostriders I have the leather and pattern just need the customer lol.

  • @AmberSanders0406wereallmadhere
    @AmberSanders0406wereallmadhere 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s so cool

  • @ericruss4189
    @ericruss4189 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting!

  • @led8541
    @led8541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video

  • @juvenalescobar1726
    @juvenalescobar1726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whenever I visit my family's hometown in Mexico, there's usually a parade where all the guys get to ride there horses and dress up like vaqueros. I usually try to ride when I can, but man does it get hot wearing chaparreras for hours under the sun and on horseback. Don't even get me started on having to take a leak while wearing those things.

  • @katfan6615
    @katfan6615 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video bro...

  • @ahtikai
    @ahtikai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Santee, now that you have done a video on chaps, could you do a video on gents?
    ...sorry

  • @lisaharmon5775
    @lisaharmon5775 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    dude that was a very cool video

  • @davemorgan9342
    @davemorgan9342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Us CHAPS from the UK thought that was good !!!!

  • @flouisbailey
    @flouisbailey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chhhaps, Mickey Mouse was not in danger too many skins required.

  • @thiagomt2841
    @thiagomt2841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top!!

  • @carriealthouse5380
    @carriealthouse5380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    glad I subbed

  • @chitlika
    @chitlika 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a truck driver and I wear them in bad weather when I have to be out of the cab pulling curtains and straps and such they keep my legs warm and dry without getting a sweaty crotch

  • @arailway8809
    @arailway8809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good. The only thing I would add is a Mexican variant,
    a chap that was part of the saddle furniture. The horse wore
    it, not the cowboy.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's correct, but that pre-dates the Old West period which is why I didn't put it in. By this era, the Mexican Vaqueros had improved upon the saddle and leather was attached to the rider.

    • @arailway8809
      @arailway8809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like your work, and
      I have to shade my agreement with you. In the days before
      the Civil War the favorite form of recreation and entrepreneurship
      for country boys in South Texas was cow hunting. San Antonio was called "West Texas" at that time.
      Prickly Pear cactus grows up above a man's head down there,
      even today, and many of the brush species have thorns.
      Even in Shanghai Pierce's time, the snot-slinging cattle were so wild in that
      country that they only came out of the brush at night, and
      the cowboys had to sew their eyelids shut to keep them on the
      trail north. Thus, cowboys sometimes developed a reputation
      as brush poppers.
      I have to suspect that not only were some of their chaps part of the
      saddle furniture at that time, but also that prized horses were
      sometimes decked out with leather breast plates, esp. in
      the cooler winter months.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arailway8809 I agree that they had interesting methods with dealing with the terrain and weather. Appreciate all that info, too.

  • @Flamme-Sanabi
    @Flamme-Sanabi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watching this makes me wonder... Would that not have been very hot?"

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep, but it was better to be protected from horns and thorns than a little warm.

    • @Flamme-Sanabi
      @Flamme-Sanabi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gotcha‘!@@ArizonaGhostriders

  • @trisgilmour
    @trisgilmour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tiger 🐅 chaps sounds like quite the site

  • @leelucas7476
    @leelucas7476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice hat

  • @morganearp7294
    @morganearp7294 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video Santee I love your videos I watch them everyday. Can you do a dressing the part on the Cowboy?-Morgan Trenshaw

  • @mpetersen6
    @mpetersen6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chaps, as opposed to the Bloke on the Range's buddy. The Chap.

  • @ThatsLucy
    @ThatsLucy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey cool video I love your accent btw

  • @steveferris663
    @steveferris663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now you have me interested in crafting my own “shaps”! But, where do I find an authentic, period correct pattern?
    Love your channel! Full of information!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are out there. I know because I have a pattern from Tandy.

  • @easttexaspioneer7608
    @easttexaspioneer7608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a type of chaps

  • @dennishein2812
    @dennishein2812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Santee, don’t know if you read much cowboy poetry. Look up Gary McMahan. He did a poem made from a letter Dick Spencer wrote to Ralph Lauren on how to pronounce the word chaps. I think you’ll get a kick out of it. It has a good ending.

  • @mustang9367
    @mustang9367 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Chaps",,, Gods picture frames for ladies ...

  • @darinweiszbrod3823
    @darinweiszbrod3823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found a pair of motorcycle chaps at yard sale for five dollars and making them to fit me .

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great. If you want to be correct historically, you will have to remove the zippers and add leather ties or concho buttons

  • @peteleadlove9215
    @peteleadlove9215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the possibility that the Spaniards we're first ones to use them they were made out of burlaps sacks

  • @Threewolfs-
    @Threewolfs- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “As Always” 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤠

  • @rebelcowboyelvis8.16.77
    @rebelcowboyelvis8.16.77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Santee what about the bracelets Cowboys wore in pears on their wrist and lower arms they were called cowboy cuffs today

  • @uttampaghdal1
    @uttampaghdal1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    searched from HayDay.

  • @PETENEMEC
    @PETENEMEC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How about a show about old west hideout holsters?

  • @kaancetin2621
    @kaancetin2621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sante
    Can you make a video about wich horses dey ride
    Kaan

  • @ThatCowpoke
    @ThatCowpoke 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to get a pare chaps some time.

  • @americanaxetoolco2076
    @americanaxetoolco2076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wouldn’t trade mine for anything!