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Wow, very cool. Looks great, looking forward to seeing the pattern you used!
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Wisconsin Traditional Archers Ojibwa Bowhunters Posts: 3462 | From: S.E.Wisconsin/N.Michigan | Registered: Jan 2008
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Jamie this jacket took 4 hides to make. one for each sleeve + the tassels and then one for the front and one for the back, i used them up right so that the backbone ridge of the hide runs on my spine as it would on a deers.
Matt I did not tan the hide's myself living in the UK for the last few years has prevented that, but now im here in the states ill kill a few deer and the next one will be a tradbow killed brain tanned jacket.
as for the pattern well i can't help you there, i kind of winged it from a few long sleeve shirts i had. then what i did was trace them up onto some cheep bed sheets i got from walmart, cut it out and sewed them up and through trial and error i modified it to fit well, then i marked the joins (shoulder, color, sleeves etc) once i had it how i wanted i took it apart and traced out the pieces to the leather, then spent days sewing it up with TS1 bow string lol and number 8 glovers needles with whipstitch .
as for the hides i washed them and then smocked them to darken the color and to stop it going hard if it gets wet. also spent a lot of time stretching them out as best i could.
next are the pants
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yer not kidding bro! i will have a set in the near fiture, i don't have the skills to make them buy i plan on buying a set.
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SWEEEEEEET!!!!! That looks GREAT! Good job for your first. I have 16 deer hides I plan on brain tanning this winter and making a set of Buckskin clothing for next fall.
Thanks for the insperation!! Posts: 1497 | From: Mt. Gilead, Ohio | Registered: Nov 2003
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living in the UK for the last few years has prevented that, but now im here in the states ill kill a few deer and the next one will be a tradbow killed brain tanned jacket.![[readit]](graemlins/readit.gif)
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I have 16 deer hides I plan on brain tanning this winter and making a set of Buckskin clothing for next fall.
