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New Buckskin Shirt

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BowEd:
Very nice work.Cool that your gonna hunt in it too.I've thought about doing that with my outfit and should but it still sits in the cedar box come October 1st.Having tight fitting clothing around my bow arm is a must for me.
Not all Indian style shirts have the legs dangling along the bottom edge either.I used to make brain tan clothes with all the esccessive danglies.Even full length coyote hat too.Found out rendezvousing and cooking on a camp fire things get burnt falling into the fire.....lol.
Many many stickery things[bur docks,stick tights,and cocoburs] catch onto those danglies too roving through the brush.At least here anyway....lol, but the feeling of  the outfit on in the woods is pretty cool.

Peatreg:

--- Quote from: JEB on September 01, 2016, 04:33:22 am ---outstanding job. About  how long did it take you to put your shirt together?

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Strictly dealing with sewing time it took longer than a typical native shirt because of the fully sewn sleeves and shoulder seam. Plus I found it dang near impossible to stitch without using a pliers to push it in and pull it through. That and I had to switch my thought process making this since it's more complicated than a native shirt. All told a couple months but you could probably do it all in a couple weeks.

FilipT:
A good choice for a first date! :D

JEB:
Thanks. I  was at a white elephant sale and saw a  box marked leather for $10.00. Opened it up and saw deer hide and bought it. Got it home and there are 7 complete tanned deer hides  in the box so now I have to figure out what to do with them.  Would really like a vest made but may have enough for a shirt also.

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