Another Belt Shot Bag

[Stophel]

Here's another shot bag for carrying on a belt. This one, I think, is the one I'm gonna use. It's a little bigger than the last one I did, and is about maximum size for such a "belly bag". Finished dimensions are almost 8 1/2" wide by almost 6" high.

Made from 5 oz. vegetable tanned leather (I was told by Tandy some time ago that most of this type of leather is tanned with mimosa tree bark), dyed brown in an old, funky black walnut hull solution, and stitched with flax thread. The little star/flower stamp I made myself, and the borderline was made with a creaser I made. I even made the brass button. The leather finish is neatsfoot oil first, then an alloy of more or less equal parts of yellow pine pitch, beeswax, and neatsfoot oil.

 

[MSW]

hey that looks really great!

(i like the photo, too)

:hatsoff:

 

[LRB]

Yes. That one is really nice.

 

[BrownBear]

Nice clean lines and great tooling. It really comes together well.

The little star/flower stamp I made myself....

Can you tell us more about that. I've made some simple ones carving hard maple, but never went for the detail you managed.

 

[Stophel]

That stamp was easy. I took a blank 1/4" bolt, and smoothed over and slightly rounded the tip, then filed 8 notches in it, making the design. Smoothed it all off and that's it. It may have taken me 15 minutes to make.

When I look at genuine 18th century leather items that are decorated, what I see are designs that are basically drawn on with a creaser or stylus of some kind, and/or various geometric stamps. Flowers, stars, diamonds/checkered stamps.

 

[Capt. Jas.]

:thumbsup:

 

[dbutch]

:thumbsup: My kinda belt bag!...Easy on the eye's

 

[S.Kenton]

I REALLY like that!