Inside the Haversack/Wallet/Saddlebags

[Delmonico]

That's about like the tins are priced at the place my wife gets supplies from.  Can't think of the name of it, but it's wholesale only and you must have a tax #. 

[Trinity]

I was half expecting to have to present a tax ID or to be limited to large quantities.  That is the first thing they answer in their FAQ.  If I wanted only one, then I could order only one.  Darn good deal.

[River City John]

and thanks to you, Monsiuer River City John! the bittke site has all my favorites and fascinating tin boxes;
whilst the Village tin ware site has most fascinating cigar and match tins! far more appropriate to a working stiff than the more popular silver plated items.

yhs
prof marvel

Actually, if you go to "Home" on the Village Tinsmith site and then page forward through their entire catalog, they do have lots of usable selections, such as a gun oil tins, a 1 oz. flask, medicine and Ether tins, etc. that could be quite useful too.
I have a soap tin and a cigar tin.
One thing I found on these crafted tin items, I had to take a fine file to corners and edges here and there to break down the sharpness.
Make them more 'user friendly', or at least RCJ-proof them.

RCJ

[Delmonico]

One thing I found on these crafted tin items, I had to take a fine file to corners and edges here and there to break down the sharpness.
Make them more 'user friendly', or at least RCJ-proof them.

RCJ

Good the Corpsman needs to help me in the kitchen, not bandagin' self inflected wounds.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

.....
One thing I found on these crafted tin items, I had to take a fine file to corners and edges here and there to break down the sharpness.
Make them more 'user friendly', or at least RCJ-proof them.

RCJ

Indeed!


Fall Creek Suttlery (FCS spelling, not mine) sells a fair selection of tin products, and I think I've seen them credit TVTs on their price tag placards ... I guess they're an outlet for some of the products.

Like you, John - I had to SHB/JCB "proof" many of them.  A small price to pay, I'd say.  VERY good quality products.  From now on, however, I shall buy right from the source - even with S&H the price is better: and I had no real complaints with FCS and their price for the items.

[kflach]

Wow. I spent just a few days offline and now there's all this!

In no particular order:

- James, right now I don't have a cartridge belt. I've got a basic Cabela's belt with nothing on it except my holster. I'll start looking at cartridge belts a little later this year.

- For those of ya'll that are into the little metal boxes, Ted Cash, (originator of the Ted Cash Capper) makes a number of different types of boxes. His site is http://www.tdcmfg.com/index.php

- St. George, when were you in Okinawa?

[St. George]

Several times.

Scouts Out!

[James Hunt]

Kflach:

While I have supported more than one leather working professional when it comes to gunbelts, I don't think I would do that for an 1870's persona anymore. I would just make it myself. The cartridge belts of my/your era were often field expedient affairs or if professionally made narrower with smaller buckles such as small harness buckles, roller buckles, or military belt plates, than those showing up in the 1880's as 2 1/2 inch or larger belts with large traditional buckles we are often used to seeing at shoots. So get yourself some linen thread (Wilde Weavery for a small price) and go to work. If I can do this, anyone can as I have no ability. Done for a fraction of the cost. Below my version of a fair weather Christian belt. Inexpensive belt purchased from I think blockade runner with my cartridge loops added, belt plate is repro and extra.



Also regarding all the posts on stuff to hold your accouterments in, not to be critical in any way - all good stuff - but to me the less is better approach usually leads one in the direction of authenticity, not always but usually. Hard to imagine a fella from the 1870's hauling about a carrier full of little tins and bottles and such. I just don't see it or read about it. Have fun.

[kflach]

James,

I agree with the "less is more" idea. That's why the idea of a two section carrier (like saddlebags or a pair of bank bags or the wallet you showed me) is appealing. I can put the things I use less or carry for maintenance/emergencies in one side and the things I really need just to shoot (bullets, wads, caps, powder) in the other. There's a lot of neat ideas here and they're appreciated because they give me options I was unaware of. I think it'll be a good thing to be able to reach into my bag and tell what the different items are just by feel.

[Dutch Limbach]

Amen!