1st Possibles Bag

[50cal.cliff]

First let me say thanks too Swampy and too TwoBellies for thier information on this project! :thumbsup:
TB I never did get back to asking you about your secret too turning a bag. If it invloves a wooden spoon and a 3# dead blow hammer I got it figured out! If not maybe I've got new info too share. :rotf: :rotf:
Too all those who are always showing pics of your bags I must say, it's not as easy as your pics make it look!

This bag was sewen from 6oz. cowhide which made it a little tuff to turn, but has made a fine bag IMO! It is straight from the book Recreating the 18th Century Hunting Pouch by T.C. Albert.

This bag was sewn with linen thread as suggested by the book. I had origionally thought of using artifical sinew, which I have used in past leather projects. Swampy talked me out of that, by suggesting sinew will sometimes cut the leather!

This bag was lined with pillow ticking.

The beaver tail flap was dyed before I inserted the felt behind the Hunter Star I put on the front of it!

Here it is with some of the possibles a fellar might need!
I did take the liberty of making the horn straps where they were easy to attach to horn as my horn already has its on strap. I just cut slits in the strap where they could either be attach to horn directly or ran through existing stapels on horn.

I am glad that I listened to Swampy's advice and got at least one bag under my belt before I try to build the bag I rellly want to build.
I may put this one in the forum's classified or maybe put it on Ebay. Anyway I have learned alot from making this bag. Hope evryone likes how it turned out!

This last one is my better half with new bag, she didn't want her face in the pic!

She put one of my shirts on over her's just in case the dye had not dried completely and didn't want to get it on the white shirt she was wearing. The first thing she said when she saw the pic was, "my God your shirt makes me look huge"!
No way baby that bag doesn't make your butt look big, "I swear"! :rotf: :rotf:
After thirty years of marriage I think I finally the answer too that one figured out! :youcrazy: :rotf: :rotf:
Gotta laugh life is too short without it!

 

Beautiful Bag.
Very nice. :bow:

 

[tom hargrove]

absolutely perfect you get 3smiley faces for this one but you know ,i would have thought you would have put a big-ol-water-mellon on the flap instead of a hunter's star :rotf: but seriously you did a great job ware it proudly,with all the needle stuck fingers you have earned it.-good job :bow: :bow: :bow:

 

[rabjr]

Looks good 50cal.cliff! Not bad at all for a first bag and I bet you enjoyed makin it too. :thumbsup: Nice!

 

[PitchyPine]

Hey way too go buddy, very nice bag and gear. :bow: :thumbsup:

 

[50cal.cliff]

Thank for all the kind words! Yes I had a ball making it and learned alot also.
TB I only stuck my fingers once! I heard someone else tell that lie, so thought I'd try it! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[54mountain]

Great lookin' bag and ya kin' be mighty proud when your carrying it. I always liked the red felt behind the inlays, She's a beauty. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[50cal.cliff]

Thanks! I origionally thought Yellow but when I went to the store the sheets of felt were cheap. I bought a sheet of Red, Yellow, and Orange. While I would be sewing I would insert a color behind the star for background. I finally narrowed it down to the Red!
I think this was probably one of the most gratifying projects I have done in a while. I learned a few lessons along the way and I will change the way I did a few of the things on the next one! :wink:

 

[snagg]

Ya did a fine job there. First class :hatsoff:

 

[shmrck1]

Cliff,
Very Nice!
snake-eyes:hatsoff:

 

[laffingman67]

Very nice, Cliff! :applause:

 

[50cal.cliff]

Thanks for the encouraging words evryone!
I am already planning the next one. I want to build one with pockets for my possibles and have a little extra rooom for other things I might need for a days hunt and changing conditions!