My new PC bags - Pic

[Ohio Rusty]

Winter time is for projects. I made a couple of bags that are much more PC and the styles were based on late 18th century or early 19th century examples I found in books. The bag on the left is my new haversack. The body is made from coarse linen, and it's lined with cotton canvas for strength, has a hemp strap and leather flap. The button is also covered in the same linen to be correct. The bag on the right is the new shooting pouch I was working on in the Bag helper thread. The bag has a hair-on flap over a cow hide body. There are two pockets sewn to the back of the bag inside, and it too has a hemp strap that is adjustable with the brass buckle. Both bags were completely hand sewn with linen thread and I used only materials in their construction that would have been used in the 18th century. All hemp and linen were dyed with walnut hulls to give them a woodsy color. I'm pretty proud of my handiwork if I say so myself. The URL to see the bags is at: [url] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/OhioRusty/000_0061.jpg[/url]

I learned alot making them, and alot about my abilities to make my own gear. These will pass a juried event for sure !!
Ohio Rusty

 

[Swampman]

Very nice looking stuff.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

These will pass a juried event for sure !!


Your thread count is off by two stiches on one side as compared to the other. :rotf:

 

[Halftail]

Nice work! :hatsoff:

 

[shmrck1]

Rusty,
Great work! Thanks for sharing....
snake-eyes :applause:

 

[captgary]

Very nice :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[Maestro]

Bravo! :applause:
Very nice - when are you going to start taking orders?

 

[Stumpkiller]

Nice! The heart shaped shot/hunting bag is my favorite. :thumbsup:

 

[Goldhunter]

Where did you get the hemp strap? I have had a hard time finding it locally and haven't check the web yet.

 

[sledgemeister]

The stuff you call hemp strap isnt that the same stuff as chair webbing, in old chairs etc it was used to brace seats.
I found a roll in my local garden supply (hardware stor) here in tassie, was only cheap about 50c aust per metre

 

[AZ-Robert]

Depends on the material. Much of that webbing is made of cotton or sometimes linen. Hemp is the fibre of cannabis sativa, indica, or ruderalis.