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Post by Dan'l Hickham on Feb 12, 2014 18:59:29 GMT -7
Well, I finally broke down and did it - gathered the hides, worked them, smoked them, cut out the pattern and sewed it all together with waxed linen thread - I have wanted one for a while - now I have one  |
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Duane
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Post by Duane on Feb 12, 2014 20:05:43 GMT -7
Hi Dan'l,you're frock looks real nice,good job..D
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Post by flattail on Feb 12, 2014 20:31:09 GMT -7
Good day, Dan'l
As Duane said, nice frock. Which pattern did you use? Most of the leather outer wear I see is based on the Miller paintings (1837 pattern), but yours seems to be a different design.
YMHOS
Ed
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Post by Dan'l Hickham on Feb 12, 2014 21:46:06 GMT -7
Thanks - for the kind words - the pattern or at least the idea for the pattern came out of the Frontier Rifleman - and I just did the best I could - just a plain old caped hunting frock in deer skin
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Post by Rod on Feb 13, 2014 21:16:55 GMT -7
Looks nice!
Rod
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Post by isaac on Feb 14, 2014 7:22:15 GMT -7
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Pare
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Post by Pare on Feb 16, 2014 12:56:49 GMT -7
Looks great! Good job. That looks like my part of the country- cedar, oak, elm, persimmon, etc. I'm in Oklahoma, but it also looks like Kansas and Texas.
Pare-
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Post by Old Solitair on Feb 17, 2014 22:47:39 GMT -7
Well done Dan'l, it fits right in. There were other styles other than what is seen in Millers. There were lots of different cultures that made up even American trapping parties. I think it makes it fun to bring them to light.
Here is one from the 1830's, looks like Dan'ls 
"Hunting shirt of carefully tanned and fringed deerskin, made about 1830 west of the Mississippi. It has a collar that can be turned up against the cold, and an attached belt that can be tightened or loosened. A far cry from hastily made garments of dressed deerskins, it still follows a pattern familiar in the eighteenth century, having a cape, a buttonless open front, and no pockets. "
This is of the Delaware trapper Black Beaver painted by Audubon in 1851. He too was in the RMFT.
Fun stuff YMHOS Bill
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Pare
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Post by Pare on Feb 18, 2014 17:37:01 GMT -7
I found this coat about 20 years ago, but it was only the back view and in b&w. Judging by the style, I believe its Cherokee. It reminds me of three other thread embroidered coats. This one is by far nicer though.  Pare- |
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Post by Rod on Feb 18, 2014 18:54:32 GMT -7
 .   Here's 3 more, the one on the end is thought to be Deleware, and has an 1835 date associated with it. Rod |
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Post by Rod on Feb 18, 2014 18:56:58 GMT -7
And here's Col. Dodge... Attachments:
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Jon
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Post by Jon on Mar 10, 2014 11:32:38 GMT -7
Excellent job Dan'l! That is a fine looking frock.
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Post by firemanbrad on May 7, 2015 7:09:00 GMT -7
Very nice work! A hunting frock is on my To Do List! I have the hides and linen thread but need a good pattern!!
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Post by teakmtn on May 7, 2015 18:02:51 GMT -7
Real nice frock, Dan'l. Looks like it'll cut the wind for sure.
Doug
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