Anybody on here make your own trad clothing. I love the pre-1840s period. I just finished these Buffalo hide leggings to wear with my clouts and kilts. Making a full set of pants and shirt now for a hunting buddy. Anyone else make their own clothing?

Nope I dont have that kind of time.

I'll be watching this one....

I've tanned the hide of almost every deer I've ever shot and I have a couple that I tanned up when a hunting partner didn't want it... So I have quite a little stack sitting around waiting to be put to use.....

Took me two months to make a broom handle in 9th grade wood shop. It was then I knew that my calling wasn't in making things. Nice talent to have. You did well Mr. Shon.

Thank you George D. Stout

"Nope I dont have that kind of time."

No, but we have time to bang keys on the internet and watch TV! LOL.....

At least these "crafty" projects can be done indoors/after dark....

Possibles bag I made.

Nice nice nice white falcon! Let's keep em coming! Lots of great artists on here

Here's one of my winter projects, a bison leather vest with attached quiver.

...and the vest with quiver...

Blackhawk! That's an amazing idea!! Love the vest! I may have to make one of those

I was wondering when Box Call would show up :) JF

Blackhawk, that vest is downright cool. Scott

I did a whole outfit out of 6 deer hides I had killed but I did it in 1980. Sewed capotes for all family members. Built flintlock rifles. Not into that anymore.

A young gal that shoots in my group with the San Diego Archers, made everything you can see in the picture, except the boots and bow. This was our annual King Arthur Tournament this past year.

Both outfits are splendid, yours and hers.

Nice work Shon. I make quivers and bags. Never tried clothes.

George Hope you didn't end up with a plunger handle instead of a broomstick..lol

Deno

Wow Jim she has some awesome cloths. Very talented girl. Only problem I see is she isn't shooting one of your Drakes.LOL

Here is the full outfit I just finished today! All light tanned Elk skin

Very very nice MF

That outfit won't look right until it gets all sweatstained and the knees and thighs get grease stained and dirty. Clean some chili bowls on your knees.

Dam Shon, smile will ya!!!

Mark, it's not very mountain man like!

That's awesome, great work!

Here is the first fur item of handmade clothes I ever made. I got tired of selling possums for a dollar. So I tanned a couple and sewed them on my Air Force issued article mittens. Then I took a couple scraps of raccoon and finished them. I would always wear these on my atv and the wind would go right through the canvass part. Now with that thin possum they are super warm. In fact on a 20 degree sharp cold morning in the bow stand, I just stick a hand warmer down each one and hang them over my neck. Then all I wear is a very lightweight pair of fingerless wool in them.

Here is a canvass and skunk bag with a woven inkle strap that I made for traditional roving

Not into period clothes, but I do like BP muzzleloading. 'Muzzleloader' mags, 'The Book of Buckskinning' series 1-6 from the 80s to early 90s had chapters on clothes and shooting purses from that era to about 1850 that were very detailed. I have 5 of the books in that series. There's a chance your local library might have those in stock. However, nowadays everything is downloadable and printable online.

You can go to this link and surf all over the place....

Put another log on the fahr!

http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/winter/gear/capote.htm

very nice work Shon

Great looking stuff that you all have made! Really enjoying the pics!

My friend you have some skill

Very Nice- now you need to make a 'war bonnet' and buckskin Indian apron outfit, so you can take pics with your self bow. Real Talented fella!

Quiver and matching knife sheath I did.

Very nice! I love that quiver and knife set.

Just go all out primative. OSR

Shon Beautiful work there. Maybe a small grin will work..lol

Deno

OSR....Geez!!

Yeah I am sorry folks.Just checked out things on Google .There is a huge amount of great information there.Patterns books and lots of different styles. OSR

Don't know but since I don't have access to buck skins I may have a crack at doing some clothes making with kangaroo skins and do som trimming with fox furs.Not a lot of difference to making my quiver. Just need to remove the kangaroo fur from the skins.This lacing technique I think would work.My quiver is 25 years old OSR

OSR, Less is more?

Nice quiver there OSR

Deno

Here is a braintanned 2 hide shirt that I made, just a plain jane.

Very nice!

If bags count here is my 30 year old possibles bag. It needs to be re-dyed at this point.

Longspurwv

Man you look original, sure Ron La Clare would approve

lotta nice work well done- gotta fel great out hunting in that attitude for sure

Andy man, thank you very very much

So Longspurwv, why do look so pissed off?

Red beast master, I guess I was trying to give the haggard chased by Indians Jeremiah Johnson look!! I caught a lot heck about it next time I will have to smile.

I thought maybe there was a kink in the breach cloth. LOL

A real mountain man had few reasons to smile, right longspurwv? Enduring all kinds of weather, getting chased by wild animals and Indians, hunger, thirst, loneliness are not happy thoughts.

Now if he had some whiskey and a husky female, then that might put a smile on his face.

I think you look just right...:)

Very cool work guys. I have plans for some beaver mittens in the near future, but I'm not talented enough to take on the projects that some of you have

Blackhawk, it was a hard life! You are correct. Other than rendezvous time I doubt there was a lot of smiling time!

Shon, Them's nice looking duds, good work. If I were to wear that here I'd be dead meat tho. We got coyote hunters, coon hunters, fox hunters, anythigthatmoves hunters that sound shoot at grunting deer for crinoutloud. Couldn't wear them rags 'cept to a ronnyvoo...but they sure look nice on YOU!

Here is a bag I just finished today. Yes, that is a possum!

Here is a coyote drape I finished for my capotes when the temp really drops.

Good thread Longspurwv. I enjoy looking at all this talent on here. On Thursday nights a group of us get together to make selfbows but it has developed into making other hunting things including flintlocks. A few of the guys are into re-enactments and they make all their own everything including long guns.

Jon Stewart, I am just getting into blacksmithing, I would love someday to get into rifle making

Yep.....in the 1970s and 1980s.

Coyote looks great on you longspurwv

My mind is constantly working and when I see something I think, what can that be used for in a traditional style. Well at a thrift shop the other day I picked up two fleece blankets or table cloths, tag said sold by the Shoshone nation made in China. I liked them and brought em home and am going to make bow field covers out of them. Here's one I finished for my bow.

Just wish these would have been wool but they will keep my bows from getting scratched.

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