Originally Posted by
rootboy
On the pattern thing, boy... getting that right was the hardest part of my whole project. I must have made 8 or ten different patterns, and even when I got it as close as I could, the hoods always came out a bit different due to the vagaries and grain direction in the leather I was using.
Your efforts paid off handsomely in my opinion! I have two pair; one is in use currently on my Mexico and the other is patiently awaiting a special build.
DD