Made this shooting bag for a friend

[dhaverstick]

My good friend, John Pruitt, made a couple rifles for my dad and me and asked me to make him a shooting bag as payment. I finally finished it yesterday. What is really special about this piece is that the body of the bag is made from the hide off the moose I killed with my longbow in 2015. The light brown dotted leather is ostrich hide and the colored leather is ostrich leg skin. The trim and fringe are deer hide and I carved the buttons out of the antlers off a buck I killed with my longbow. Everything was sewn by hand using artificial sinew. The bag has one external pocket and two internal pockets. I hope he likes it!

Darren

 

[coloradoclyde]

Very nice... :thumbsup:
I can tell a lot of time and thought went into it.. Lots of small detail... :hatsoff:

 

[ZUG]

Yes -I agree - a lot of work and thought went into those bags -- nice work :hatsoff: .

 

[BrownBear]

Really fine craftsmanship and detail work! I note the lacing on the sides of the strap. Is that merely decorative, or did you laminate two layers of leather for more strength and less stretch? I've done that before, and there's lots of needle time. The tradeoff is a better strap though, so well worth it in my book.

 

[Ames]

Very nice workmanship. Every time you post pics of your work I just stop and stare at it.
I wouldn't know where to begin making one, but I tan a deer hide every year telling myself, someday.....

 

[Rifleman1776]

I read the responses from the bottom up and was not disappointed when I got to your pictures. Very attractive and great craftsmanship. Some might argue the 'pc' aspect of the ostrich skin. That's their problem. Ye dun gud. :thumbsup:

 

[necchi]

Wow, my fingers feel cramped just looking at the stitching!

 

[Walker357]

Absolutely fantastic :hatsoff:

 

[PaulN/KS]

Awesome workmanship as always Darren. :thumbsup:
:hatsoff:

 

[MSW]

way cool!!

:bow: :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Tinker2]

I don’t have the words
:hatsoff:




William

 

[bore_butter]

only words I can think of is, it looks far too ceremonial to put any dirty old shooting materials in.
sure beats what I use.

 

[simonbeans]

DITTO

 

[Mean Gene]

:metoo: :thumbsup:

WOW!.... That looks great, wish I could take lessons from you.