Hunter's bag

[Qball]

Que ball i like that bag and that shirt,ask sis how much for a size large or extra large.Heck man,way to go sis!!!! :)Nice work on both!

Come on now you can talk her into it I'll play my geetar fer "er"

Sorry Rick, it was a one of.
She was between jobs and spent some time with a "furrier" (is that realy a word? took it from a dictionary)
A lady that fixed furr coats for a living.
I was realy in to flintlock musket shooting at that time, and she wanted to do something usefull with here time there.
Today she is a hairdresser with here own shop and don't have time for anything ells.

But thank you for asking

[GunClick Rick]

Well i'll just have to hope for a hair do then Them other two fellers ain't even good fer tips.

[Boothill Bob]

Skit snyggt Qball..... Ooops. Darn nice Qball

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Tomg, that bobcat hide makes a good-looking leather. Nice work on those pieces. Thanks for the pics and welcome to the forum.

[tomg]

Thank you Marshal Will for the kind words

[Skeeter Lewis]

Nice work, Tom.

[Skeeter Lewis]

This is the bag I eventually made. It's more of a possibles bag than a hunter's pouch.
Making the gusset with turned welts was a very tough job.
Skeet

[Skeeter Lewis]

Another pic...

[JD Alan]

Skeeter, you do incredible work. That one's the bomb for sure.

[KidTerico]

Sketter beautiful job on the bag. KT

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

  Nice work Skeeter, turning those seam lines can be a booger, it looks very professional.


         tEN wOLVES 

[GunClick Rick]

i agree with JD,that's SICK man!

[tomg]

Thank you Skeeter.
Man you do beautiful work.
That bag is excellent.

[Skeeter Lewis]

Thanks, pards.
Tom,  are the straps of your bag the same thickness as the rest of the bag?
I doubled up the thickness for the straps, but maybe a single layer of 2-3 oz. is okay. What do you think?

[santee]

Good lookin' bags all around.

[tomg]

Hi Skeeter.
2 to 3 oz. is just right.
T.C. Albert recommends working with 3 oz. leather when making bags.
My entire bag is 3 oz. leather.
Almost all my bags are 2 to 3 oz.
Its personal preference mostly.
Now when I made a strap for my marlin 336 I doubled up two strips of 3 oz. leather and sewed with beeswaxed heavy weight linen thread.
It took a few hours with all that sewing.

I did these saddlebags and canteen cover with 3 oz. veg. tan leather.




Now with knife sheaths,holsters and butt covers I use 8 to 10 oz. leather.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

   Nice craftsmanship Tom, your pieces all look period, old used and very authentic, thanks for sharing with us.

     
             Regards

           tEN wOLVES 

[Cliff Fendley]

Very nice work Tom, your doing an awesome job on those.

The one thing I would point out about T.C. Alberts book that I forgot to mention. In T.C.'s book he doesn't put a welt in that knife sheath. Possibly some originals didn't have it and it was left out to be correct but for safety reasons it would be a big plus.

If I had written that book and left it out for an authenticity reason I would have at least mentioned and shown it as a safety option to the reader. I'm not knocking T.C. it is a very informative book and I recommend it but that just really jumped out at me as a big no no in knife and sheath making.

[tomg]

Thank you Ten Wolves and Cliff.
Thats a good point on the knife sheaths.
I do the leather antigue with easy off oven cleaner.

[Skeeter Lewis]

Tom, that's knockout work. It catches the rustic style of the originals. Great posts. And thanks for the info. Skeet