jbwilliams3
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I have a bunch of veg tanned leather that was left over from previous projects and I needed a new beater shot pouch. I was extra motivated right before we put our house on the market and I new a lot of my stuff would go into temporary storage for a while, so it was now or who knows when. Here's some quick and dirty gear I put together recently. The first image is my shot bag/hunting pouch, the shape of which is based loosely on some 18th century sporting images I've seen. Again, this is an amateur, "quick and dirty" version of my vision of what a 18th century back country Virginian might put together. The 3/4 oz. leather is burnished (though it doesn't show well on my phone camera) and oiled with neatsfoot. I used an iron buckle from Najecki. These are spittin images of buckles dug up all over the place from period sites.
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My wife bought me this Kyle Willyard knife recently. I made the center seam sheath to go with this hunting set up. It’s a bit thicker than the leather from the shot pouch.
This is a fairly small bag. The inside pocket is, I think, around 5 inches. I debated on whether or not to do a full sized divider. In the end, I’ve preferred my shot pouches with an inside pocket rather than a full divider.
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Here’s a small flint wallet and a ball/shot holder. The wallet only holds three flints. I’ve made these quite large and quite small and made them with extra pockets to hold tools. This is just a simple wallet to hold three flints. I’ve made a whole bunch of these shot/ball dispensers in various sizes based on an idea from Mark Baker. I don’t use them for historical demonstrations, but they work great for all practical purposes.
I had just enough leather from this particular hide to make a belt pouch (very loosely based on the Lyman bag). I probably won’t keep this one, but it is pretty handy if you prefer a belt bag. I take no pride in the stitching on this one, I just simply wanted to make it usable. I forgot to take the pic with the belt I made for it. I used one of the iron buckles from Najecki.
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Still have some scraps to make some smaller things”¦
My wife bought me this Kyle Willyard knife recently. I made the center seam sheath to go with this hunting set up. It’s a bit thicker than the leather from the shot pouch.
This is a fairly small bag. The inside pocket is, I think, around 5 inches. I debated on whether or not to do a full sized divider. In the end, I’ve preferred my shot pouches with an inside pocket rather than a full divider.
Here’s a small flint wallet and a ball/shot holder. The wallet only holds three flints. I’ve made these quite large and quite small and made them with extra pockets to hold tools. This is just a simple wallet to hold three flints. I’ve made a whole bunch of these shot/ball dispensers in various sizes based on an idea from Mark Baker. I don’t use them for historical demonstrations, but they work great for all practical purposes.
I had just enough leather from this particular hide to make a belt pouch (very loosely based on the Lyman bag). I probably won’t keep this one, but it is pretty handy if you prefer a belt bag. I take no pride in the stitching on this one, I just simply wanted to make it usable. I forgot to take the pic with the belt I made for it. I used one of the iron buckles from Najecki.
Still have some scraps to make some smaller things”¦
