Suede leather

[Moleman]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question but here goes.
I came across some really nice suede leather on the cheap that would make nice hunting and shooting bags but am curious about it's use in the early and mid 18th century.
I find references to the late 18th century coming from France but not earlier.
Would it have been previlent in the early and mid 18th century?

 

[Artificer]

Not knowing better at the time, in 1972 I purchased "buckskin color" cowhide splits from Tandy and made a hunting pouch from it. The pouch was too soft and always folded up whenever I tried to get something out. Wound up using it just as a storage pouch.

You may find the following link interesting:

The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg​

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58293/58293-h/58293-h.htm

Gus

 

[boberator]

Not knowing better at the time, in 1972 I purchased "buckskin color" cowhide splits from Tandy and made a hunting pouch from it. The pouch was too soft and always folded up whenever I tried to get something out. Wound up using it just as a storage pouch.

You may find the following link interesting:

The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg​

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58293/58293-h/58293-h.htm

Gus

Thanks for this very interesting source. I’d like to find some of the tools but probably have to go to Williamsburg to see them in person.

 

[Artificer]

Thanks for this very interesting source. I’d like to find some of the tools but probably have to go to Williamsburg to see them in person.

The following is a link to a pretty good source if you want original tools OR if like me you don't mind buying 19th or even 20th century tools that were still made the same as in the 18th century.

https://rowman.com/ISBN/97818793357...ls-c.1700-1950-and-the-Tools-of-Allied-Trades

Booth and Co. of the UK made modern tools right up to when they had to close for good a couple of years ago that were still most all made to be "correct" for the 18th century.

Here is a link to an absolutely fabulous catalogue of all sorts of 18th century hand tools and I cannot recommend it more highly. It shows the engraved plates of the original 18th century tools, but also has a page in modern text describing the tools for each plate. I used this as my primary source to gather tools for my 18th century Artificer's/Armorers Tool Kit I could use in the open at reenactments.

https://www.anvilfire.com/vises/af_vises_301.php

Gus

 

[boberator]

The following is a link to a pretty good source if you want original tools OR if like me you don't mind buying 19th or even 20th century tools that were still made the same as in the 18th century.

https://rowman.com/ISBN/97818793357...ls-c.1700-1950-and-the-Tools-of-Allied-Trades

Booth and Co. of the UK made modern tools right up to when they had to close for good a couple of years ago that were still most all made to be "correct" for the 18th century.

Here is a link to an absolutely fabulous catalogue of all sorts of 18th century hand tools and I cannot recommend it more highly. It shows the engraved plates of the original 18th century tools, but also has a page in modern text describing the tools for each plate. I used this as my primary source to gather tools for my 18th century Artificer's/Armorers Tool Kit I could use in the open at reenactments.

https://www.anvilfire.com/vises/af_vises_301.php

Gus

Very nice! I have a weakness for old hand vises and this has some I’ve never seen before.

 

[Moleman]

Thank you Gentlemen for your replies and links to some great information.
That is one thing I love about this hobby......the learning never ends.