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and red or blue wool trade cloth for binding edges

changing little from first European contact to the 1900s

Today's vegetable tanned leather is even stronger and more durable

An indispensible tool for making holsters and cases

Early Frontiersman Leather Shirt Pattern latigo smooth jawsThis Early Frontiersman Leather Shirt Pattern features easy to follow instructions to make a leather shirt style worn in the early 19th century by fur trappers and Indians alike. The shirt is slightly tailored but has the freedom of no sleeve cuffs or button closings. The Early Frontiersman's Shirt has a false yoke when front and back fringe is added. Other options are sleeve fringe and a collar. Included is a section on "Working with Leather" and a