Beaver tail style pouch made out of 2-3 ounce cowhide with a dark moon & star applique’ on front of the flap along with some brass spots. In addition, this pouch does have a 1.5 inch gusset and a inside pocket. Strap is 3/4 inches wide and features a brass buckle. I lined this pouch with striped ticking. Furthermore, I have hand stitched this pouch with linen thread and has welts on all seams. Rolled Read More …
Saturday February 1st my wife and I took a short 4.5 hour drive up to Manhattan, Kansas to the 35th Annual Kansas Muzzleloaders Convention at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel. At this time, we had never been to this convention in the past and I had just found out about it the week prior. It is free for the public to attend. However they were doing a donation to the local food bank for Read More …
Finally, my wife and I attended the 40th annual Nebraska Muzzleloader Convention in Kearney, Nebraska this year on January 18th. This convention was held at the Ramada Hotel on the east side of town just off I-80. The show runs for 3 days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Subsequently we were only able to go Saturday. By the time we arrived at 9:30 am it was packed already inside the convention center. Considering that the weather Read More …
Double buckle squirrel panel pouch. 7.5″w x 10″h with 1.5″ gusset. Pouch has a 3″h x 5″w inside pocket. Furthermore, this pouch is fully lined with green and white gingham checked fabric. Fully welted with rolled edges with short hand cut fringe. SOLD
You can tell by looking at my pouches I like a rolled edged on a pouch! This pouch features two rolled edges on it. One around the flap that has short fringe sewn in. The other rolled edge is around the opening to the pouch which also has short fringe. This pouch features a small 1.5 inch wide gusset that is about 7 inches long. Overall size is 10 inches tall by 7.25 inches wide Read More …
Ago weeks ago I made a panel pouch and I absolutely loved the way it came together. I wanted to make another panel pouch but with some slight modifications. On this one I added fringed rolled edges and fringed welts throughout the construction of this pouch. Materials used in this project was deer, goat and cow hides. It has a nice 1 inch buckle and 1 inch strap that is adjustable. All hand stitched with Read More …
In October I had the privilege to take several classes being taught at Conner Prairie in Fishers, Indiana on some leather working for knife sheaths, accouterments and hunting pouch. In addition these classes were taught by Ken Scott. Furthermore, Ken is an American Frontier Artist who has been named one of the top 200 traditional craftsmen by Early American Life Magazine. For the past 30 some odd years Ken has been teaching these class here Read More …
Last year I picked up a brass tacked knife sheath at a flea market in southwest Missouri. Whoever built it used cheap thin leather not really fit for carrying a knife in! I mainly bought it for repurposing the brass tacks on another project. Well that project just happened to be another knife sheath. I had a Weck & Muller skinning knife that I have been waiting to build a sheath. I used the reclaimed Read More …
I don’t normally do tooling on leather but I figured I’d give it a go again. With the right tools and a little bit of patience I made a piece that I was proud of. This was some of the best basket weave pattern that I have done. I installed a strip of 8-9 oz. veg tan for the gusset. Slicked down the edges by hand. Hand stitched with artificial sinew. This was made for Read More …
I built this Tennessee hunting pouch out of chromium tanned deer hide that is all hand stitched with artificial sinew. This was some extra thick stuff. The inside is fully lined with duck canvas and also is fully welted on the seams. The strap is oil tanned cow hide with brass buckle. The strap is adjustable. The flap features a rolled edge. Hunting pouch also has a two inch gusset.