bags

[hobbles]

Mornin boys,
I got 2 more days till I can go deer huntin again, So, as I am waitin I made nuther bag, Left bag is my huntin bag and the right one is my shootin bag, Nothin like the ones some of you boys have, but I don't have $20. in leather in both of em,, I keep lookin at yours and get more ideas ,,[url] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hobbles/h-s-bags.jpg[/url]

 

[onefeather]

nice bags :grin: i like the bigger one.i got a question though.does the leather stitching stay tight?i saw that braided leather strap.i have a braided buckskin strap for my powder horn. :grin:

 

[hobbles]

nice bags :grin: i like the bigger one.i got a question though.does the leather stitching stay tight?i saw that braided leather strap.i have a braided buckskin strap for my powder horn. :grin:

Mornin there young man,,
Yes, my leather stitchin has always stayed tight, I saddle soap them bout 2 or 3 times a year, I have some leather work that is bout 5 years old and have no problem with em,, yet,, It's just a quick and easy way for me to build stuff, leather punch set and a leather cutter and I just play,,

 

[hobbles]

nice bags :grin: i like the bigger one.i got a question though.does the leather stitching stay tight?i saw that braided leather strap.i have a braided buckskin strap for my powder horn. :grin:

one feather
I've been thinkin,, If the leather ever does get loose it's easy to tighten up again,

 

[Bob J]

Nice! They have a "primitive-functional" look to 'em. :thumbsup:

 

[hobbles]

Nice! They have a "primitive-functional" look to 'em. :thumbsup:

Mornin Dixie Flinter
Thank you Sir

 

[Bob J]

Good Morning! I'm fixin' to go deer hunting, too. Will be taking the .54 GPR. My flintlock won't be finished till after Christmas :shake: but good things are worth the wait. May the Good Master smile kindly on your hunting endeavors :hatsoff:

 

[Stumpkiller]

Nice!

I have a small belt bag I carry when hunting with my percussion during regular deer season with just enough fixins for 6 shots. I like the idea of hooking the drag line right to it. That way you don't forget to stick it in your coat pocket.

I used a litte veiner (sp?) to scribe/cut a line 1/8" inside around the flap border, then re-set it to 1/4" and cut a second parallel one to give a double line pattern around the edge. It's normally the tool used to make the thread groove for sheaths and such. It's amazing what a difference that little feature gives a bag, and it only takes a minute to do it.

 

[hobbles]

I used a litte veiner (sp?) to scribe/cut a line 1/8" inside around the flap border, then re-set it to 1/4" and cut a second parallel one to give a double line pattern around the edge. It's normally the tool used to make the thread groove for sheaths and such. It's amazing what a difference that little feature gives a bag, and it only takes a minute to do it.[/quote]

Mornin Stumpkiller
Got a picture of it??

i hope
i hope

 

[hobbles]

May the Good Master smile kindly on your hunting endeavors :hatsoff: [/quote]


Mornin Dixie Flinter
Good luck to you too,,,

 

[onefeather]

yeah me too.i like the rustic look to things. :grin:

 

[hobbles]

The inside of my shootin bag,,

If I don't find somethin to do soon I'm gonna post pictures of my deer blinds,,
I could clean up the habitat a lil for my Lady,,,
Naaa, then she won't feel needed,,

 

[hobbles]

yeah me too.i like the rustic look to things. :grin:

Any thing I build and something don't come out right, I just tell people it's rustic,,,,
Ya otta sea my RUSTIC lookin habitat ,,,,

 

[onefeather]

lol. :haha: :v

 

[Stumpkiller]

Got a picture of it??

No (no digital camera, either) but this will show what I'm talking about.

Bag & belt on left is "as original". Bag (unlined :haha: ) & belt on right is artists' rendering of the 2" belt and bag with the border scribed in (it actually cuts a long curly-cue out of the leather's surface finish and shows the lighter color beneath. It gives the edges a "finished" look. I also burnish the edges with a antler tine to round them a bit.

This is the guy: Tandy calls it a "stitching groover".

[url] http://www.tandyleather.com/prodinfo.asp?number=806900&variation=&aitem=34&mitem=51[/url]

Mine isn't this fancy and I have to use a screwdriver to adjust the depth.

Found it - here's the one I have.

[url] http://www.loonfeatherleather.com/Product.taf?_function=detail&_ID=402[/url]


No stitching in the groove (guess you could). I just use it for the lines. I see some bags with a spiderweb pattern and I guess you could run this around a pattern to produce that. The shaft is pressed up against the edge of the leather and there's a little hole in tip of the angled piece (blade) that peels out a groove in the leather. Great for the edge of sheaths for guiding your awl and protecting the threads afterwards (that's why I origionally bought the tool).

 

[hobbles]

hmmm,,, thanks ,,

 

[hobbles]

I just did this with a nail,,

I will think on this a bit,, But I bet I could really RUSTIC UP a bag with it,,,

 

[hobbles]

bigger nail,, sure wished I could draw,,

 

[hobbles]

What ya think?? it's a start,

Sea what ya started stumpkiller,,,,

I'll get better,,,,

 

[onefeather]

thats abetter drawing than i could do.what are you doing it with? :hmm: