I am interested in making a ball bag, but I dont like to measure with rulers and such. I was wondering what methods would people use who were isolated from civilization. Just one of those things that have me going hmmmm and scratching my head.
Measuring methods
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lorren68 said:
I'm not sure how many make-it-in-the-woods ball bags there were. I would suppose they took a round ball and sewed around it for the opening size, or took a hot poke and burned a hole through a piece of wood. They sometimes just used a small pouch to retrieve balls from.
Well let's see, the ball fit's in my rifle bore.
*My finger fit's into the bore up too the first knuckle.
*Or if I whittle this stick till it fit's then anything made that size will fit too.
*If I press this piece of soft leather over the bore it leaves a print on the leather.
*my traps are 6", the spring is 1"
:idunno: Those guy's had an idea what was going on, just because they where removed from civilization, didn't mean they where un-civilized or had no education.
They brought tools with them.
*My finger fit's into the bore up too the first knuckle.
*Or if I whittle this stick till it fit's then anything made that size will fit too.
*If I press this piece of soft leather over the bore it leaves a print on the leather.
*my traps are 6", the spring is 1"
:idunno: Those guy's had an idea what was going on, just because they where removed from civilization, didn't mean they where un-civilized or had no education.
They brought tools with them.
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Personally, I think that today we ponder and worry to much on EXACT measurement! ... I also think that the modern muzzle loading enthusiast might have the impression that everybody in the "old days", carried around these types of ball bags, when actually a leather draw-string poke(bag) or pocket in their shooting pouch was more common!...Kind of like how did we determine that an Inch Worm is exactly an inch?.. :hmm:
Of course this is only MHO! :idunno:
Rick
Of course this is only MHO! :idunno:
Rick
Yeah, and a true Craftsmen can do alot by "feel" and "eye".
That's why they where/are Craftsmen and not copy`ers.
That's why they where/are Craftsmen and not copy`ers.
Knotted strings or ropes would not have been out of reason and may have been common.Many people in the era would have understood the measurment used for horses,a hand,4 inches,it would not have been hard to make an approximation of a ruler by eyeballing a hand width into quarters on a stick or piece of grapevine or similiar.
Many would have been familiar with the surveyors "chain" measurment of 66 feet and the link of 7 inches.Or the "rod" of 16 1/2 feet.
All these measurements would have been known and common among many people of Early America educated or not,particularly the "hand" for measuring horses.
Many would have been familiar with the surveyors "chain" measurment of 66 feet and the link of 7 inches.Or the "rod" of 16 1/2 feet.
All these measurements would have been known and common among many people of Early America educated or not,particularly the "hand" for measuring horses.
