Very Cool Christmas Present

[Thunderhead]

The wife layed out , cut the pattern and hand sewed a buckskin shirt for me for Christmas. It took 5 buckskins. lol
She stayed traditional and used real deer sinew to stitch it.
Took her 2 months..........I'll try and post a pic of it later.

[ESOX]

Wow, that sounds awesome, and very comfortable too.:)

[Neal]

That's one hell of a squaw you got there Tom....

[QuakrTrakr]

Scentlok too?

[eddiejohn4]

Dont forget to wear orange when you have it on for deer hunting:)

Thats some present, nothing says love like taking time to hand make a present. You are a lucky man!

[Thunderhead]

That's one hell of a squaw you got there Tom....

Yup, she's sumthin else !
She also got me a wool Trappers coat to go with it. One like Charlton Heston wore in the movie " The Mountain Men " :coolgleam
I really like the old time cloths and wear'em all the time. People kinda look at me funny when I walk in the grocery store sporting a full body coyote hat........lol

[trout]

Sweet!
Did she use brain tan ?
I have two hides I am going to start brain tanning next week.
The warmer weather should help speed up the process.
Real Sinew takes quite an effort , but it holds up nicely.
Get her a book on Quill work :) seriously quality quill work is an art and people collect it.

[Quadd4]

Kind of makes me wonder what Mrs Thunders lingerie drawer looks like :lol:

(Just kidding Tom!!! I know your bigger than I am).
:chicken:

[Salami]

coolll

[tangleknot]

Tom, I think she must love ya!;) Very cool!

Trout, my friend brain tanned some stuff recently and it turned out very nice. It is very flexible, soft, etc.

[POLARBEAR]

Took her 2 months..........I'll try and post a pic of it later.


I hope it dosent take you 2 months to post that pic. Sounds like a very nice gift.

[Thunderhead]

Sweet!
Did she use brain tan ?
I have two hides I am going to start brain tanning next week.
The warmer weather should help speed up the process.
Real Sinew takes quite an effort , but it holds up nicely.
Get her a book on Quill work :) seriously quality quill work is an art and people collect it.


Trout, she bought the hides already tanned. I'll get a book on quill work, that's a great idea !

We decided to make each others big Christmas present this year.

I took all my old deer racks and with a chandlier I bought at a yard sale last year made a hanging antler chandlier for her. Took 10 racks to make and I accented it with amber lights and a gold chain to hang it.
Turned out great ! It's a well known fact amongst my friends that I'm not to good with my hands ( no jokes here fellas...lolol ) and everybody kept saying
" YOU made that ?!?! " LOL I was just as suprised as they were at how nice it turned out. :)

I'll get pics of both up today.

Hey Quadd4, you just never mind about my wifes undies....lololol

[DTrain]

Where's the pics TH? :lol:

[Ferg]

Very cool Tom - can't wait to see the pictures -


ferg....