Making a Buckskin shirt
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- I am making a buckskin shirt from some of the first hides I ever tanned to learn garment making. this pullover long sleeve fringed shirt turned out better than I expected. this is a long video with lots of tips and information. #buckskins #frontier #buckskin
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Take a 5 gall bucket put a all thread rod through the center put your buck skin in it with mason sand hook you up some Angle iron and pull it around with your buggy till you get the fabric broke down like you like it that’s what I did to mine years ago
Not a bad idea
Very nice especially being that it's your first stab at it. That jacket is gonna be sweet. Youz gonna hafta fashion you some trousers and hat for the full monty.
Most definitely gonna make some pants. Im trying to find a good place to buy some buckskin. Takes too long to kill and tan your own
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Anybody else told as a kid if you sew on the Sabbath, when you get to heaven you'll undo those stitches with your nose?!?! My husband remembered hearing that too.
Thats a new one on me.
You did a great job on your shirt, especially considering you didn't use a pattern, I'm impressed! I've been sewing for a number of years now and recently made a buckskin jacket. When you make your jacket, it will help if you cut out all the pieces first. Also, the tightness you experienced around the arms and under near the chest is from not adding enough "ease" into your shirt. You can add a gusset where the sleeve meets the body. This will help relieve the tightness lifting your arm up and down. Adding some material to each side for both front and back will help relieve the tightness reaching forward and back. I like to sew from the top toward the bottom and from the center outward. I start at the neck opening and sew to each side, then fold the sleeve in half and mark the center point, I begin sewing about an inch behind the center seam and sew almost to where the gusset should be, sewing from behind the center seam forward will give you a strong stitch where the center seam meets the sleeve, then I sew from the end of the sleeve toward the body, where the gusset meets the sleeve, I then sew down each side of the gusset until it meets the body, then sew each remaining side of the gusset to the body until the stitches meet, then sew the sides as far down as you want, this prevents bunching of the material from the top down. As my jacket is almost to my knees, I only sew the sides to just below the hip bone, this gives me room to put my leg over the saddle when mounting a horse, plus I like the way it looks. Your shirt looks really cool and I wish you much success on your jacket!
Lot of work there.
I've often wondered how warm buckskin is in cold weather
We gonna see about Christmas time
Hey Justin! For someone who has had no Mentor to show the techniques & tips... you are doing an OUTSTANDING job! I think that you are right about not "overthinking" it... and having the confidence in yourself to to start the project in the first place. When working with natural materials... perfection is rarely achieved. On the other hand, many of the Buckskin items were made by folks who had little to no experience in crafting them, back in the day. So... if it turns out a little on the crude end... you can make a pretty good case for it being pretty authentic!! Of course, like everything else in Life, the more experience that you acquire, the easier the next process and item will become! Well Don! I'm sure that you will ge a lot of use out of them all
My condolences for the grandmother. Good lookin shirt. Nothing cuts the wind like leather. I can see where a buckskin shirt combined with some wool under it might feel pretty well on a cold windy day.
I think the jacket im gonna line with some old flannel . Should be a nice touch
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I've had no luck in tanning. Several years ago, when you could get it, I used Mary Wars liye in a plastic trash can to slip the hair. I used lanolin soap to soften it. But it came out rawhide. Then I did what you did. I took a hand sander to the hair side. I actually ended up with buckskin. But it's an awful lot of work. I haven't tried it since.
@@larryreese6146 the work is stretching as it tries to make it limber. I wear out before it does lol
That looks Awesome Brother!!!!
Thank you
Beautiful work.
Thank you
Justin the shirt turned out awesome !!! Nice job 👍
@@ricktuma3233 thank you
That worked out great!
Thank you
Can't wait for the primitive Flintlock over night hunt. Great Job my Friend.
Me either
Just got to sit down and watch whole video. Looks like ya did a good job . Give Michelle my condolences .
Will do sir. We just got home from the service. I did the grave side and it all went well
I would be proud of that! Great job sir!
Thank you
Thats really cool man. Ive got my dads first buckskin jacket. Got bless Grandma..🌄
That is a special think to have
My sincerest condolences to you, and your family on the loss of your wife's grandmother. I'm hoping to live to 101 years old myself, but if I don't then it wasn't meant to be.
God bless:
Dave
Im not sure i do my friend. When you get where someone else has to feet you and wipe your rump for you id rather be gone to heaven by then
You can put a insert under the arms . Additional piece of material so the arms are more roomy and flexible .
Now where was you when i was designing this 😂 good idea tho
Great job bro! I think you and I are a lot alike. I’ve learned this art simply by taking bits and pieces of information from here and there, along with a lot of trial and error.
That is the way i learn most things. I have no one that knows any of these crafts to help me. Hide tanning has been a challenge
Man, your shirt turned out so good! And I feel you on them needle eyes getting fuzzier... They make 'em WAY smaller too! Harbor Freight just sent out some 25% off coupons, so I went this weekend and bought me a flexible lamp with a big magnifying glass for such as what you're doing. I hope the bulb is one that I can buy, if and when it burns out, but man, now I can SEE SOMETHIN!! That was a smart notion to do the shirt first, since it will be hid under your coat, just in case Jim Bridger or Joe Meek shows up to check on your seamstress work! Did you think about making your neck hole split be a little longer, then having it with a lace, just to get your melon in and out easier? And now you get to do some fancy beadwork!! And then... and then... and then.. Gotta love it when folks like me give you advice that hadn't ever made a shirt before :) Take, care, Mr. Justin!
No i really have thought about all that. I am gonna make some leather laces for the neck and i would love some beadwork but i know nothing about it. We shall make a few more. Maby some cool moccasins too
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Too bad you didn't have your shirt made when the Indian Fair was happening. You could have seen how them ladies go about putting bead work on stuff. Some of that work is incredible. It's been a while since I been in the little Choctaw Museum on 16 by the Choctaw Post Office. I don't remember if they had much bead work or not, but they have some fine baskets, some TINY ones made out of pine straw.
I just found u today! Learning ur method for prickly lettuce medicine. My word. Ur so darn interesting and easy on the ear. Thank u sir.
We are situated in the Foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. I have a host of projects going.
God is good All day long. 💜🌻💜
Ps. I'm a seamstress. And have always wanted to learn leatherwork. Tanning hides and such for clothing.
A family member slaughters sheep and is also in Elk territory. These are offered free. I just need to gain the knowledge.
Thanks so much💜🌻💜
I would love to be where you are. Its a lot of work to tan hides but hair on sheep hides are worth 350 to 500 dollars. But slipping the hair is easy and buckskin is more useful for making things
Try using a mouse sander with course sandpaper to smooth out the skin prior to tanning, while it is dry. It will tan better and look like velvet.
Ill try that
Bone , antler , hog tusk, bear claw make great buttons .
You did a great job. Especially for not e e having seen a buckskin before. I like the bottom edge too
Good job brother
Thank you
Turned out fantastic. And bucs are not perfect ever. Good job Jus .
That's cool. Good job.
Thank you
Wow,you've done a good job on the shirt ❤I love the look, .
Thank you
Great job on the buckskin shirt, can't wait for the pants. Something I have always wanted to do.
Good job!!!
Thank you
I love that beautiful job ❤❤❤
Thank you
Sandstone rub your finished hide will make it much more supel soft
Brother I Always enjoy your videos ! This one was a lot of fun to watch . Thanks for sharing !
Really nice Justin 👍🏼
Thank you
Fine looking shirt there. I would need a whole herd to make one or my big Sasquatch self. 6’5, 350lbs. I like your style. Mite sew a loop on the back so you can back up on a nail and peel it off when you get home.
Now you may have a good point right there. After wearing it it did get easier
Looking good
Thank you.
You did a good job on that. All that sewing would try what little patience I have.
I just had a buddy watch this and we gonna horse trade for an antique sewing machine to do it for me
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors That's great.
@SpiritoftheOutdoors watching you gave me carple , but I was a thinking a carpet tak strip would work pretty good maybe with some fine tuning , then whip stitch it. Just a thought.
@@dort7402 might be a good idea
Brother i know what you mean about those needle holes fishing hooks too. They are getting smaller and fuzzy by the day. Hay i recommend leave the back of shirt long so when you bend over no cold drafts up a fellows backside.
Keep me from getting hireed out to do plumbing
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors yes sir 😂
Justin dont worry about perfect. I highly doubt the folks originally making thier threads to wear cared . At work watch later
Yea you know some of the real deal was crude
Looks Great, Nice Job!!
Thank you
Just found yore channel tonite. Have watched 4 of yore videos tonite. Can't stay awake any longer but if thuh Good Lord's willin, I'll be back and watch mire tomorrow. I already subscribed and will be catchin up on your videos as I can. God bess you and yore family.
On your stiff hide, if there is a Boot Barn near ya, buy a bottle of the leather conditioner. It's some good stuff!
Welcome to the family. I make a lot of videos sharing a wholesome life and its all clean and we preach on sunday .
I like the look of the natural tail on your shirt. Good job!
Thank you. I thought it fave it a unique look myself
Now you're going to get orders for Buckskin outfits....doing mighty fine outer wear Justin....L O L 😂😂
Already got folks beggin me to make some
Hey Bro, I really love your style and presentation, especially! Your content is my kind of stuff, too. Well done, keep going! Be blessed!
Very impressive! Keep up the great content.
Nice work! ...especially for the first time out.
I like the bottom left wild.
I notice you also have done work with rawhide. I am going to make saddlebags for my motorcycle and have just got the idea to make them with rawhide. ...May be best to stick with leather. Rawhide seams like it would be too much work.
Very nice Shirt, looks great!
Thank you
Trial and error is the best Teacher!!
This is an awesome video there eh! I'm going to try this have a couple hides salted packed away, have a fresh hide on the garage floor was going to use it a bait until I watched this video... going to clean it and salt it now thanks for sharing and inspiring me to use up the whole deer, also I didn't realize how much hide is needed to make a shirt lol... glad our deer here in Southeast Canada are big cause I need a 3X shirt 😂
I've got enough buckskin for a shirt. I thought about getting a shirt or light jacket from Goodwill, and cut out all the seams so I end up with flat patterns to cut out and sew back together. Anyway great video.
Old lady from Main here. I did a couple skins from road kills. I got a hard spot on my not smoked hide. I like the white and not the tan. However if it got wet, without oils from the smoke it will shrivel up and turn into dog chewies. I have thought of resoaking it in soap and glycerine, see if I can stretch it better while it is drying. It took so much constant hand pulling for hours to get it stretched right that I couldn't do it anymore. I did buy a chalk and pumice stone to rub on skin and remove any membrane.
Would like to do something with it.
Niiice...Well done !...🙏✨
Thank you
Sorry for your family loss but it sounds like it was a life full of life, shirt looks good, but alot of work, i would have got me one of them welders jackets and faked it, i had no idea the fringe had that purpose, see ya next time
Im gonna try to find a place to order some good hides
Maybe break it in the way I do a new pair of leather boots, get it soakin wet and wear it dry ? Great lookin shirt!
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I am gonna do that . Im gonna oil it some more as well
I’m from Michigan and I enjoy your videos because I use them to help me learn to speak misipeon I lak tha wee ya stop meed sents ained lit may feel in da blants lak steitcheen da sheirt
A backwoodsmans English has to be mixed with his history from the old country as well as where he is today. If someone speaks to properly i dont trust them as much. 😂🤷🏻♂️
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors👍
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors never trust a clear spoken freemason from Washington DC. 0.o
Hell, never trust anythang in the white house. They killed the indians who were free. They took the slaves off the south and made everyone slaves. What thee hell!
You didn't capitalize Misipeon.... Them's fightn words, Yankee feller! :)
Tanning that buckskin and taking on this project to create this shirt has been a lot of time and labor on your part. It seems to me that the end product turned out very well. The fit is good. I’m sure that the leather will become softer and more comfortable the more that the shirt is worn. I’d leave the bottom of the shirt as is, without adding fringe or even hemming it up. It’s gonna look so good with the matching pants and jacket. One question… who do you protect the buckskin from the weather? - Tennessee Smoky
The smoking process the other week is supposed to coat the fibers so that when its wet it dont turn back to rawhide. When i washed it it soaked up water but it stayed fairly soft . Now its not gonna keep you dry in the rain at all.
Man Justin that's beautiful
Thank you
I like it that's cool
Thank you
Lol, amen to getting old
Looks cool I wanna
Make one too but may just
Buy the deer skin already tanned cause wife Sid she can get cheap don’t know but good job and doing yourself is always better
Watching you put that shirt on just showed me why the mnt men didn’t take them off very often 🤣
I’m too chlostrephobic for that
After i wore it, it did get easier
Excellent looking shirt. Thank you for the video. Just wondering what kind of thread you use?
It is a nylon thread i got and a yard sale . I think was upholstery thread
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You got jokes LoL 😆
How simple would it be to take the center cut that you created to slide your head through, and just cut it all the way down the center and add buttons to it to aid in donning and doffing the whole shirt?
Very easy
Nice bro but i think you need 2X lol
No i hate the feel of baggy clothes. I wanted to wear a coat over it later . Now the jacket will be much larger
Bow hunter deer
Yea im ready to hunt in it
Do you make jelly out of beauty berries?
We have tried . Came out more like syrup but it was good. We gonna try again
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors just need more pectin. I can give you my wife’s recipe if you need it
What is the video intro featured plant with purple berries ?
@@Diogenes425 American beauty bush. Beauty berry, its medicinal and jelly can be made from the berries and you use it in mosquito repellent
Hey Dude. Are selling any of your knives looking for a good one... hunter/ bushman, let me know thanks and how to proceed with purchase...
I am working on some orders i took in April still, got swamped with them but i will be putting some on my etsy store soon when i complete these
Ok, maybe a deerskin shirt to boot. Alright will watch for it
How do you clean it..or up keep ?
I handwashed the smoke out in a bucket with soap. So that is how i will clean it .
@@SpiritoftheOutdoors thank you…I think I know I’m going to make a shirt or a vest..I can get some hide , leather (that’s the correct terminology?) I have the needles that was a wonderful demonstration
@@mercedesherman4514 yes you can do it . I patterned on a shirt that fit like i wanted it. I like snug fits for moving in brush. Loose clothes snag to much . But find something that fits like you like and go at it. You can do anything you really want to do
Looks good me
Thank you
brother what is up, with the hawk feather around your neck.
have no other idols before ME says the lord!
Its a turkey feather. Its a reminder to me of the native attitude of take only what you need and respect for the creation we have been given. Its also a wind vein the picks up the slightest movement in the air to know wind direction when hunting but mostly its a reminder that this is Gods creation and im a steward. An idol would be more like your phone
Do you sell buckskin and if so how much? I used to make some but old now an still like making stuff out of it. Thanks
I dont . Its hard to come by . I only kill what i need. And tanning one is a lot of work
What part of MS you live in?
East central. About 20 miles from Philadelphia
Enjoy your videos. I live in Sardis Ms. Pastor a apostolic church. Our testimony is very similar. God is a deliver.
God bless!
@@louienapper830 we have pottery in senetobia at the other side gifts . Maybe ill see you sometime up that way
Looking good