Have purchased a pair of Foxcreek Leather overpants and to be honest they are amazing but fat to long for me - Should I just cut same or get them to somebody who will hem same - forcreek advised both

 

just cut.There's no "hem" now is there?

 

A few choices:

1. Just cut it (if there is no hem or you don't care)
2. Take it to a shoe repair place and they will cut it and hem it
3. Hem by gluing it....yes I have seen it done. Turn inside out, fold up how much length needs to go, cut off excess, glue the rest.

 

Just cut the leather. It won't unravel.

 

You've payed a lot of money for them so it's worth doing right. You can cut them but they won't look right.

A hem will make them sit properly over your boots. The weight and extra stiffness at the bottom edge will hold them in shape better. It's up to you.

 

I would just cut it, leave the bottom unhemmed and leave enough thread at the side seams to knot it together so the seems don't pull out - maybe even put a little spot of glue on the knotted thread.

 

just roll them up into a cuff like you do your jeans.. you do roll a cuff in your jeans don't you?

 

You need to mark the length while you sit on your ride.

Unless you like high water pants.

 

I'd take them someplace , cut to length and have a lining sewn in. They move with you a whole lot better with a lining. my .02.

 

I have a really good leather tailor that I go to. He specializes in thick bike leather. However, I have a set of custom Fox Creek chaps, and I never did anything with the bottom of them, and I've had them 2 years now with no issues.

Cannon