Still cold here in Vermont

[rusticbob]

Yesterday it was again a windy and cold day. Too cold for the range, and no ice fishing here this year.
. So… I decided to continue some leatherwork. I just picked up a nice Crockett .32 caliber percussion gun. Shoots great but it feels strange digging the tiny .310 round balls out of a plastic baggie. I have ball bags already made up for .50 and .54 and .60, so I decided to try to “downsize” my design. Worked OK, but lots of stitching. Should hold plenty of .32 rb’.

 

[rich pierce]

Looks good. Thawing today, sap is running well.

 

[rusticbob]

Ordered a Woodsrunner today. Won’t ship till I get back from South Georgia in mid March. Good project for this spring.
Good luck with your sap run Rich!

 

[painter]

Looks good. Thawing today, sap is running well.

48 F just a bit east and north of you today

 

[Jaeger]

Nice stitching on that pouch!

 

[rusticbob]

48 F just a bit east and north of you today

Good to hear from you again Painter, at least we know you did not freeze to death, way up North in NH
Look forward to shooting with you again sometime.

 

[painter]

Good to hear from you again Painter, at least we know you did not freeze to death, way up North in NH
Look forward to shooting with you again sometime.View attachment 298720

We really didn't have winter this year. More like multiple mud seasons...weird.

 

[bud in pa]

You are warmer than us in the Poconos. 28 degrees this morning. We had 16 inches of snow on the lasts storm.

 

[BillinOregon]

"What may be our last National Rendezvous"???

 

[rusticbob]

"What may be our last National Rendezvous"???

It’s a Maine thing!
Maine can be pretty nice in mid to late June. But there WILL be bugs!
I’m assuming that if not enough people show up they may not do it again.
Nitwit should know

 

[Fatboyz]

Do you use a mold to shape the leather? might be a good project for me over the next few days as it's -25C here again today and for the rest of the week.

 

[rusticbob]

No mold for this little ball bag, after stitching I wet it thoroughly and filled it with lead shot, tamped it in with a stick to compress the shot, then let it dry overnight. Pretty thin leather, 2/3 oz at most.

 

[TDM]

Ball bag looks great @rusticbob!

 

[BillinOregon]

I keep coming back to your fine, even stitchwork, Bob -- plus the charm of the whittled stopper. What did you use for thread? Looks a bit like artificial sinew.

 

[rusticbob]

Good eye, it is indeed artificial sinew. Because most of the stitching was going to be exposed, I thought sinew would look better than thread.
Thanks for looking.

 

[WALT53]

Yesterday it was again a windy and cold day. Too cold for the range, and no ice fishing here this year.
. So… I decided to continue some leatherwork. I just picked up a nice Crockett .32 caliber percussion gun. Shoots great but it feels strange digging the tiny .310 round balls out of a plastic baggie. I have ball bags already made up for .50 and .54 and .60, so I decided to try to “downsize” my design. Worked OK, but lots of stitching. Should hold plenty of .32 rb’.View attachment 298596View attachment 298597

What do you consider cold my friend ,it’s -35 c with the wind hear today definitely not going shooting lol

 

[rusticbob]

What do you consider cold my friend ,it’s -35 c with the wind hear today definitely not going shooting lol

Where is here? I bet there is not a lot of “riff raff” in your neighborhood.

 

[Fatboyz]

What do you consider cold my friend ,it’s -35 c with the wind hear today definitely not going shooting lol

we're not quite that cold in Alberta, was -47C earlier in the month. -25 yesterday and -20 today, warming up though.

 

[WALT53]

Where is here? I bet there is not a lot of “riff raff” in your neighborhood.

North east Alberta ,ya we have a few but we have a lot of hard workers also .

 

[WALT53]

we're not quite that cold in Alberta, was -47C earlier in the month. -25 yesterday and -20 today, warming up though.

Your along the mountains I’m in banana belt on the north east side and for some reason the coldest part of the province most of the time .By the way I miss the mountains ,also worked in your country a long time ago .