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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: MeliusCreekTrapper on December 08, 2023, 10:30:39 PM
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I finally put together a lifelong dream of having a braintanned trappers jacket. I got the raw hides from a coworker, learned how to braintan and hand sewed the jacket form a pattern I drafted myself. It's about 2 years of off and on work. There are four large Wisconsin whitetail hides in the jacket.
(https://i.ibb.co/L94xYLv/20231204-183500.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ssLKb0t)
(https://i.ibb.co/31QXrNN/20231204-183518.jpg) (https://ibb.co/v1R5wPP)
(https://i.ibb.co/m4nXhrG/20231204-183454.jpg) (https://ibb.co/89ydPn0)
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That is a serious piece of work! Very cool. ;D
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Wow! That's an heirloom that should be passed down when the time comes. Thanks for letting us see it.
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VERY NICE--GREAT JOB
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That is a very nice jacket,I wish i had your talent.
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That is an heirloom for sure. Congrats on a job well done.
george
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Very nice work sir!
Well worth all the wait.
Thank you sharing.
Regards,
Doug
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Man! That is a Good looking jacket, Nicely done. I'd like one like that myself.
Tim C.
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That is some really great workmanship. I like the jacket also.
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Excellent workmanship. Beautiful!
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That very nice jacket represents more hours of handwork than most could imagine. Well done.
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Cool Beans - Sunday go-to-meetin' jacket. 8)
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MCT-- I must echo the positive comments already received. There's nothing quite like a braintanned buckskin jacket. A while back, the wife and I would braintan about 15-20 hides per year. One year, we had six large buckskins left over. I was musing to myself wondering what we should do with the leftover skins. She said--You know that jacket you always wanted? (I had been jones-ing for a coat like the one illustrated on page 4 Mountain Man's Sketchbook Vol. 2. Like someone said above, it was worth the wait. ;D --JB
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Fantastic looking jacket! Beautiful work
Tony
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Thank you all for the kind words. This project was a bucket list item for me, and a labor of love. Now that I am more comfortable with braintanning, I will definitely be doing more of it. Probably not another jacket, but lots of smaller beadwork projects.
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Ditto on all of these guys. You really out did yourself
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Beautifully done! Gerry Spence woul be jealous. How do you have the front fastened? Hidden buttons?
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Would consider that a Metis style jacket? It's beautiful!
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Beautifully done! Gerry Spence woul be jealous. How do you have the front fastened? Hidden buttons?
There will be ties added, I still need to do that.
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Would consider that a Mettus style jacket? It's beautiful!
It's a blend somewhat of a trappers jacket and a metis style jacket. Most Metis jackets have more elaborate decoration, most often quillwork.
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Gonnah sport that Jacket at the next Strong Man Competition.....You’ll be the crowd favorite!