where to buy a sash and leg ties???

[adkmountainken]

i would like to buy a woven sash and matching leg ties to wear while hunting. could someone reccommend a place that will not break the bank? any help would be greatly apperaited.
Ken

 

[Rebel]

There is a lady that advertizes on auction arms that sells woven bag and horn straps as well as sashes. I bought a woven sling from here and it is nicely done. Her prices are reasonable. I don't have her contact info, but if you go to auction arms and look for woven horn and bag straps you should be able to find her. She is in Wash. state.

 

Depends on if you want Inkle woven or finger woven. Inkle you can get a full set for less than $50.00. Finger woven...well, do like I did, and learn to do it yourself, because the ladies get $2.00 a SQUARE INCH and for good reason. I finger wove a 3" inch wide by 12 foot long sash...it took me a month at 1 inch per hour, and then fifteen minutes between inches to untangle the 98 threads it took to make it 3 inches wide.

But it looked cooooooool....not sure I would do it again without a very good reason, though...

BUT, you can search online and find a bunch. I have a friend who does some really nice inkle work, including bow cases. [email protected]



Leg ties take about an hour a piece once you get your bearings, a horn or rifle strap about 2 hours, depending on how long and how wide.

Stumblin

 

falsears set me on the track of this place . their products look very nice come in up to 6 inch wide and long enough to go around a bear i dont know of anyplace that has a better price for wool.
illinois and wisconsin fur co.

 

[Huntinfool]

Hey ken,

Look on the ads page on this site.Top left hand side of page. I think someone sells them here.

Chuck :redthumb:

 

[tg]

I got a new sash from Ill. and Wiscon. Fur a while back and it is very nice and as stated they have a price that can't be beat...one note on the matching leg ties and sash some say that were not a common combination.

 

[adkmountainken]

TG,
not common? how so? as in they were not allways matched? any help would be greatly apperiated,
Ken

 

[onefeather]

hey i got a question you guys know that crochet stuff that old ladies do? well a long time ago i got my grandmother to make me a piar of leg ties out of them and i love them more than fingerwoven sash kind but mty real question is would have crochet been around in the 1740s 1790s time? :front: :hmm:

 

[Trina]

you could always make an inkle loom and make your own.. thats what I ended up doing :haha: :haha:

 

[onefeather]

yeah i know but i tried some out and didnt like them as much as my crochet ones but if it isnt pc i got other legties

 

[brubincam]

your grandmother made them for you,that would be enough reason to use them,in my opinion, :imo:your grandmother loves you enough to make them for you and you love them,wish i still had my grandmother,,, :m2c:

 

[Cruzatte]

Try these folks.
Wilde Weavery

And no, they don't have to match. Mine don't

Cruzatte

 

[Okwaho]

You don't indicate whether you are a reenactor and if so whether you are Native or White.Since I don't know I will tell you what I would tell someone starting out as a Native reenactor and I think the same applies to Whites wearing Indian style woven sashes and garters .DO get a FINGERWOVEN all wool sash with fringe at least 18-24" or so in length since Natives tied their sashes with the fringe.DO get garters made the same way with fringe long enough to tie BUT DO NOT get the garters to match the sash.I have even seen pictures of Natives with leggings that don't match ie;one red and one black.To get a modern loom {inkle etc.} woven sash with matching garters is to clearly brand the wearer as a beginner and/or one who hasn't done his homewrk and research.To put it more succinctly Natives were very eclective.I don't wear matching earrings anymore except on very rare occasions.Another thing to consider on sashes is this idea that sashes should be long enough to go around the waist twice.This was done to some degree by French Canadian Voyageurs but seldom by other whites and almost never by Natives.On many early Native sashes the ends ofthe woven material didn't even go more than half way around the waist or met in the center and the sashes then tied with the fringe.Many old sashes appear to have shorter fringe BUT only because the fringe kept breaking off.This advice also applies to Indian style woven bag and horn straps which I think should be separate[url] straps.In[/url] regards to Whites,I do,however think that wool and perhaps hemp straps for bags,horns etc.were woven on the same large looms used by frontier women for making coverlets and other items.See Joseph Dodderidge,"Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars",P.115 on this point.As to where to buy a sash and garters there are numerous folks who make them. Be prepared to spend more than the inkle woven ones sold by the catalogue vendors. There are several good ones who advertise in Smoke and Fire and the old adages still apply,"You get what you pay for" and "Always buy the very best you can afford".I hope I haven't stepped on too many toes here but that's what I think.
Tom Patton :m2c: