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Hunting in period gear....
JW_Halverson:
Modern dyes often contain UV spectrum enhancing compounds to improve colorfastness. Deer pick up on the UV wavelengths and it just looks like a black light poster in a headshop to them! Modern laundry detergents also have the UV enhancers/dyes.
I stopped washing my historical reenactment clothing in the modern wash because I was laundering out all the historically correct "patina". Few frontiersmen had access to Kenmore washers and it's a good bet the local sutler didn't carry Tide. Nowadays the best they get is a healthy swish in the creek, slapped on the rocks a few times and then hung on a handy bush whilst I splash some more creek water nearby my own hide.
Another nice thing about the natural dyes is that they do not tend to come out really even, but have some streaks and subtle variations in shading that helps break up outlines.
huntertrapper:
very true j w.
The Burnt Hill Archer:
ive been wanting to make a buckskin shirt to hunt in for years now. my only problem is i really havnt got the time (or skins) to tan my own. and i refuse to use chrome taned skins.
well i went over to my dads house the other day and was telling him about my plans for a shirt. he said, "wait here, ill be right back."
wouldnt you know he came back out with a grocery bag FULL of buckskin! there has to be 7 or 8 hides in there. apperently what happened was my grandmother got them at a flee market for like 5$. not a piece, thats for all of them! my dad used to go to blackpouder rendezvous back when i was a kid, and he made himself a pair of leggings from a couple of the hides, and just packed away the rest.
i already claimed his leggings for hunting, and he says it would be great if i could get some use out of the others.
now the point to all my ramblings. i havnt got a clue what to model my shirt after.
Mike, ive always enjoyed reading your storys in the mag (especially this last one with your boys, very well done), and i love your shirt with the medicine wheel on it. what did you pattern that after, of was it just from scratch? I was looking in Crazy Crow trading post the other day and found a pattern for what they called a "Plains War Shirt". it looks similar to yours, other than a few bead decorations that i would leave out. i was contemplating that, but if you have some better advice id be willing to listen.
and just to keep things going, does anybody else have pictures of their period clothing, namely buckskin shirts? ;D
Phil
mullet:
Phil, a simple wone is to think of a poncho or Capote and make one like that.
hawkbow:
I patterned mine after a plains Lakota style war shirt... all the decorations and medicine are mine from different hunts and adventures... I would suggest using the plains style no sewing .. only leather ties holding the shirt together... good luck with the shirt brother, I have been asked by several brothers of the bow about my shirt so will ask Stacey to post some pics for anyone who wants to copy the design..Hawk
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