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Offline MeliusCreekTrapper

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Braintan jacket
« on: December 08, 2023, 10:30:39 PM »
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.








Offline Eric Kettenburg

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2023, 10:46:10 PM »
That is a serious piece of work!  Very cool.  ;D
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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2023, 11:09:31 PM »
Wow! That's an heirloom that should be passed down when the time comes.  Thanks for letting us see it.
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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2023, 02:45:21 AM »
VERY NICE--GREAT JOB

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2023, 03:54:10 AM »
That is a very nice jacket,I wish i had your talent.

Offline old george

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2023, 04:42:12 AM »
That is an heirloom for sure. Congrats on a job well done.

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Offline DougS

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2023, 01:51:20 PM »
Very nice work sir!

Well worth all the wait.

Thank you sharing.

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Doug

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2023, 04:09:26 PM »
 Man! That is a Good looking jacket, Nicely done. I'd like one like that myself.

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2023, 12:06:12 AM »
That is some really great workmanship. I like the jacket also.
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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2023, 03:46:29 AM »
Excellent workmanship. Beautiful!

Offline Jeff Murray

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2023, 04:54:17 AM »
That very nice jacket represents more hours of handwork than most could imagine.  Well done.

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2023, 08:54:44 PM »
Cool Beans - Sunday go-to-meetin' jacket. 8)
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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2023, 06:57:45 AM »
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

Offline Tony N

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2023, 04:45:05 PM »
Fantastic looking jacket! Beautiful work

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Offline MeliusCreekTrapper

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2023, 06:24:46 PM »
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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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2023, 04:06:43 PM »
Ditto on all of these guys.  You really out did yourself

Offline JohnnyFM

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2023, 12:00:13 PM »
Beautifully done! Gerry Spence woul be jealous. How do you have the front fastened?  Hidden buttons?

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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2023, 05:54:01 PM »
Would  consider that a Metis style jacket? It's beautiful!
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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2023, 06:01:37 PM »
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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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2023, 06:03:01 PM »
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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Re: Braintan jacket
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2023, 06:24:21 PM »
Gonnah sport that Jacket at the next Strong Man Competition.....You’ll be the crowd favorite!