shooting pouch updated

[colmoultrie]

I decided to add a knife sheath for a utility knife to the back of the pouch. I'm not sure if this is exactly 18th century, but it's practical. I didn't have a sheath for the TOTW trade knife, and now I do. Yes, the rifle is 19th century, but it made a nice backdrop.

Btw., I did try a coat of olive oil followed by a coat of paste wax to darken up the pouch, but to no avail. I'll have to try heating up a mix of beeswax and olive oil, as Brett Sr. suggested, or I might have to go the leather dye route, or add some shoe polish into the wax and oil mixture.

 

[jasontn]

i use that same type leather and i stain it with minwax walnut stain mixed with neatsfoot oil and have had good results with it.

 

[DRC]

The last pouch I made I put sheith on back and makes it more handy. Buy putting wax on leath I would think darking would be problem .

 

[shmrck1]

colmoultrie,
I think the sheath on the back of the
bag is a great idea.Maybe not PC but pratical.
But like on the previous thread I would
want the pouch to look a bit darker. If you have
any scraps from the pouch build,exsperiment
with them. Mixing with neatsfoot oil is a great
idea.Leather loves neatsfoot.I have heard,or read
that boiled walnut shells make a very fine dye.
With the right test with walnut dye and neatsfoot,
you may get the results you might be looking
for.GOOD LUCK
snake-eyes :thumbsup:

 

[jasontn]

this pouch here was done with the minwax/ neatsfoot oil mix. the scalloped facing is the same material as your bag and the pouch body is commercial, chrome tan im sure ,deer skin. it was the ever popular golden color before i stained it. the scalloped part was identical to yours. i mixed the stain 40 walnut minwax and 60 neatsfoot oil. i wiped on the stain let it sit about 5 minutes. wiped off the excess then re oiled with neatsfoot. hope to be of help
jason

 

[colmoultrie]

That does look nice. Will the neatsfoot oil do anything to the waxed cotton thread? I'd hate to have to resew it.

 

[jasontn]

thats a subject i have seen discussed a few times before. i have had no experience with it myself but heres what i have been told. supposedly neatsfoot oil COMPOUND will eat away linen and cotton threads. the popular opinion on the matter is pure neatsfoot oil wont. i have used pure on saddles years ago and now on my pouches. i have a sheath i made and have used for around a year and it shows no signs of wearing on the thread. also the saddles i put it on didnt either. ive always used the pure stuff because of this,out of worry for my stitches, but like i said i havent had any problems. perhaps T C Albert will know for sure, hes a very seasoned pouch maker and i use his book now to aid me in my work.

 

[jasontn]

by the way that little knife you got there is a good one made by a guy named coleman i think i have owned several of them over the years.

 

[colmoultrie]

Thanks Jason!

 

[Top Jaw]

Jason

I really like the look of your stained pouch, and I have 3 or 4 old golden chrome-tanned deer hides that are laying around. Is that Minwax/Neatsfoot combo colorfast? Have you noticed it coming off in humid conditions or against something like a sweaty white hunting shirt?

Top Jaw

 

[jasontn]

so far its been pretty steady as far as fading. it does get a bit oily tho at first. i wrap mine up in some old rags to kinda seep out anything i can tho before i use them just to be safe.

 

[colmoultrie]

Well, I stained it with a combination of walnut stain, as Jason recommended, and Lexol, since I didn't have Neatsfoot oil handy, and I was a bit worried about the threads. The leater is cowhide, not deerskin, so it didn't take nearly as much coloration, but I think it's enough for me after 2 coats.

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback!

 

[windwalker_au]

colmoultrie it turned out real nice,i realy like the knife is it one of those that you can get from track of the wolfe.
bernie :hatsoff: