My bag and whats in it.
Inside compartments. I know where they are and whats there by feel.
Things that go inside. Believe it or not, everything has its place, and I know where that is.
Close up. I forgot to set the camera for closeup and got inside its focal length, so it isnt in perfect focus, but, that's the way some days go.
The short starter is made from a waste section of whitetail antler beam, and it rides in a pocket on the bag strap. The handle on the patch knife used to stick up on that piece of beam. Waste not, want not. The burned Sucrets tin box holds all the jags, picks, spare parts and other things that would surely get lost if not contained. The old knife is a family original. I will post on the non-muzzy thread about that, as it came from Ohio with my gpa's-grandpa, along with a Smith Carbine which was converted to .50-70 cartridge~~I'm wantin some of your opinions on that rifle. The knife is made from a file, and is in the condition that I found it. The harp? is there for my satisfaction. PC or not, I always carry a handful of those Zone bars. They have about half the food value of a meal, and are balanced for diabetics. Besides that, they come in all sorts of flavors and taste good. I can hunt all day on 3 of them. About a buck a piece. If I'm at a PC event, I just take 'em out of the wrapper and stick them in a wax paper. My health takes precedence over period correct.
I made the bag when I made the Hawken. I found a book at the library, then, which was all about hunting bags, their history, &etc. They had a picture of an original French bag which was in a museum somewhere, and I copied it and personalized the inside. You older guys know that 30 years ago, information was scarce, Al Gore hadnt invented the internet yet, and a lot of current research wasnt available. However, according to that book, this should be a fair copy of a French trade bag of about 1790-1800.
The canvas? All sorts of it at Hobby Lobby. It is my next project in the making.
Bill