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Pair of brain tanned britches

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Outbackbob48:
Ed, here is a start on another pr. of britches ;D. Shot this doe on sat. with my 50cal. flintlock. Got this hide framed up today, grinding Hamburg tomorrow. Lots of hard but enjoyable work from pulling a trigger until an article of clothing. Bob.  dang not smart enough to rotate picture.

BowEd:
Excellent....Congrats on the deer.Nice job of skinning and framing.Nice large doe.
The process or the journey begins.....To finish out matching hides for thickness and size for pants pipes on this latest posted pants I think I waited 7 years.Mainly because really large bodied bucks are harder to get shots at.It was worth the wait.Just a personal thing with me making things from deer shot by myself with weapons I've made.
You can see in your picture by the color of the hair exactly where the thicker leather is.
Years ago I had access to multiple deer hides skinned properly from a rendering plant selling hundreds and hundreds [more than likely into the thousands] of square footage of brain tanned leather and these days many hunters don't want the hides either.I could acquire lots more hides if I wanted to,but I would want to do the skinning also.Having my retirement financial status secure these days the pursuit of more deer hides is not the goal any more.
How many does do you think it'll take for a pants for yourself?I guess I'm asking is how long of an inseam do you need?
If your lucky enough for warm enough weather it should dry out for a dry scrape dehairing.
Right now here it's just too cold already.Got space available in the freezer right now.I need to make a bow making/brain tanning wood stove heated shop one of these days.
I have 1 tag for a doe for later into late december for my .54 johnny brown hawken.

Here's the type flair on the cuff I did on the third pair.No fringe at all on this pair.Just a trade wool welt on the seam.
Horse tracks.

GlisGlis:
Very nice pants. Love your bead works
I hope to see also some quillworks in the future
It would be perfect on your already great items

BowEd:
I've dabbled with doing quill work before in the past,but was never satisfied with my work.

chamookman:
Thanks for sharing - I'm always in awe of Peoples skills . I've made alot of differant things, but being able to Sew things nicely eludes Me  (A).  Bob.

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