Homemade/modified gear.

[GuestD]

Over the years I've modded or had some stuff made to suit.

Cut down Swanndri heavy bush shirt.

Home made Bush shirt,

Custom made field jacket. Harris tweed/reversible green canvas.

Cut down Drizabone coat with cape removed.

 

[Robson Valley]

Excellent: It's just a Hell of a thing when you realize that the only possible way to get the clothes you want is to make them yourself.
Sewing machines scare the carpola out of me.
Good for you.

 

[John Fenna]

I think that I could be Chief Preacher in the Church of Make Your Own - love it!

 

[saxonaxe]

That's great. The ability to even alter stuff to suit is a real bonus, if you can make it from scratch the possibilities are endless.
I manage to renew zips or shorten stuff and I'm expert at ripping Velcro off kit (Hate it.. ) but have yet to progress to full blown production.

 

[snappingturtle]

There all bloody fab! really like the tweed, I'm doing my own mountaineer smock and your work is very encouraging.

 

[MrEd]

i very rarely leave anything as it came out of the factory, i add my own touches or modifications to almost everything i own

 

[MrEd]

next challenge for me is to make a light weight summer jacket - pullover/smock style in dark canvas

 

[Woody girl]

Just finished making a pair of merino wool socks. And also some antler horn buttons which just need the holes drilling.

 

[Robson Valley]

Make a bow* drill! Length should be about from your elbow to your fingertips.
Experiment with different cord possibilities. Wood is OK for a bearing stone but that should not be hard to find and make.
Make some drills and point them with a nail that has the tip splayed out a little.
Drill the button holes as our Inuit people do.

* Inuit have no more than drift wood up on the tundra, there are no such things as trees.
So to be authentic, a very long rib bone (cow?) makes a very good drill bow.

 

[Woody girl]

Lovely idea RV but I'm afraid the button holes will be done with a cordless drill. Nice as it would be to be totally authentic. I just don't have the time to make a drill and if I have a better tool I will use it. Too much spring cleaning and gardening to do.