Step-by-Step Tutorial: Crafting Seminole Moccasins

[@johnovanic9560]

Thank you for taking the time to deliver such a great video

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@cernhutch]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for the instruction & historical references.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Glad you liked it!

[@billgraham4127]

You nailed this. Great video. Whats cool. You tanned the hid and made functional foot wear from materal had in the time period. To keep your edges lined up try your clothes pins..i use black spring paper clips.

[@thedeerskindiary]

That’s a great tip. Thank you!

[@tracyking6657]

Excellent and very educational instructive video. Well done.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you kindly! Glad it was helpful.

[@KJ4RMZ]

It was nice meeting you at the event held Comfort Farms earlier this year.

[@thedeerskindiary]

You as well and thank you for watching!

[@KJ4RMZ]

@@thedeerskindiary I was serious when I told your son that I wanted to convert one of my wool blankets into a hooded poncho or anorak. Do you have a video on doing that?

[@13F4HQ8]

Awesome, nicely done. I learned to make these from Michael Galban's dvd. I'll ahve the look for that book.

[@thedeerskindiary]

By all accounts he is an excellent person to learn from.

[@bushcraftua1]

Good video, very interesting. 👍 moccasin

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you!

[@AlecKelsey-g3u]

Man I like your jacket,or short 💯💪

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you!

[@rodriguezmi74]

Saludos desde chile exelente video

[@thedeerskindiary]

Gracias!

[@sunnyjacksmack]

Thank you.

[@thedeerskindiary]

You're welcome!

[@riverrockproductions]

I really like that shirt. What material did you use? Great video, also! Looking to make a pair soon.

[@thedeerskindiary]

The leather hunting shirt is a braintanned shirt I made. The body shirts are linen and made by Bill Carter.

[@littleriver8859]

Damn fine job!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you!

[@neanderthalnonsense]

They look great. I made a pair and sewed on a Buffalo suede leather sole on mine for a little extra protection. Question for you... can you make grain on braintan? I know you can with bark tan. But I was curious if it was possible. If you can keep the grain on your moccasins will last a bit longer. To be clear the grain is the top layer of skin on the hair side.

[@thedeerskindiary]

I have found that large areas with grain left on during brain tanning won’t soften and can even be “rawhide-ey”. I am not a complete expert though and better tanners may have better tips.

[@neanderthalnonsense]

@thedeerskindiary that's a good point and makes sense. I am currently dabbling in barktanning for reenactments. Also plan on doing a few egg tan hides. Great video amd thanks for replying.

[@bandethorrorathel3427]

how bad is shrinkage when they get wet?

[@thedeerskindiary]

Not bad at all. I worry more about stretching than shrinking. They do get crusty and harder but we’re them from wet to dry and they are like new again.

[@loganmaddocks4703]

Is this original music in this video? If so you are quite good!

[@thedeerskindiary]

That’s my brother in law’s music and he is very, very good!

[@johnovanic9560]

Looks like you've gotten a new jacket since you've been delving into making the buckskin

[@thedeerskindiary]

Yes sir! I made this one out of 5 hides (I braintanned 4 of them). It is welted and whipstitched throughout. I did not video it though I wish I had.

[@almartin9500]

lol no matter what I do, mine look like elf shoes!🤣🤣🤣

[@thedeerskindiary]

lol mine too actually. A lot of times you just need to wear them or at least get them wet first.

[@stephenponzer5106]

Just made a pair! Thanks for sharing.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Great to hear!

[@mikesherman4565]

Was all eastern woodland moccasins the same style

[@thedeerskindiary]

No not totally. There is at least one other way to make them (I have not tried it) that is consistent with the way that moccasins were made. Michael Galban and Nathan Kobuck know how. There are also some videos on KZbin for it.

[@lusolad]

Its really not super hard it seems.....

[@thedeerskindiary]

Sometimes the fit is tricky and I still have to find my way on occasion but overall it’s not terrible difficult.

[@lusolad]

@@thedeerskindiary have you ever used bison?

[@thedeerskindiary]

@@lusolad moose and elk but not bison. Moose was like flexible iron. Elk I liked a lot.

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

I’ve made a pair of Ojibwa pucker toe out of bison … hard as heck to made in such thick hide, but one would be hard pressed to ever wear them out.

[@robertmccann5838]

Made a pair then reinforced the bottom with horse hide. Lasted a while.

[@uriah-s97]

This is awesome! I just finished a pair similar to these from some buffalo hide! Love the paper pattern I've always just wrapped hide over my foot. The paper saves sooo much time. Love your videos, hope to meet ya one day. Keep up the awesome work!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you so much! Hope to meet you one day also.

[@gschwendinger]

Thank you very much. Very interesting and very well shown. Cheers.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

An excellent tutorial!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you my friend. Looking forward to next week!

[@TheWoodlandEscape]

@@thedeerskindiary As am I, Anthony. Safe journey.

[@earlshaner4441]

Good evening from Syracuse NY brother

[@thedeerskindiary]

Hello there from coastal Georgia this week!

[@earlshaner4441]

I am enjoying your videos

[@2gpowell]

Really, great tutorial.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Glad it was helpful!