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It was a rewarding project. It’s definitely sparks a lot of conversation when people see it.

Thank you very much! Thank you sir!

Leather stretches with age. You want them fairly tight from the build. When you are fine tuning the loops…. Use new brass. Don’t use fired brass, because they’ve expanded…. Then new brass will be loose. If you start off loose, as the leather breaks in, you’ll wind up losing rounds. rimed rounds will rest on the rim, but you should be able to make loops for 45acp and have them hold. Realistically I think modern gun belts with bullet loops are far more for looks than truly expecting to be reloading from the loops all the time. If I was reloading on the clock, I’d be inclined to keep a handful of loose rounds in a dump pouch, rather than trying to reload from bullet loops. If you are just practicing, having an extra box with you is more practical. The only time I might worry about losing rounds would be if you have a day hunting on horseback.

I used to use those same home depot shop lights with print paper taped over them. I found on Amazon and eBay they sell cheap lighting setups with tripods and umbrellas in the $40 range. The light socket itself is in the same quality range as a shop light… but then you have umbrellas to diffuse and a tripod with height and angle adjustments. It helped my lighting being able to easily reposition, and a white umbrella gives you more control over how it diffuses, for a pretty small price tag. https://www.ebay.com/itm/201868646712?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=JxFZRo4fQxa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_kGbz7lnTvS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

If you shoot in raw, you can salvage some quite mediocre shots From under or overexposure. You’ll never turn a Trash photo into a prize winner. 1. shoot a lot. 2. Check your histogram and image preview often. It’s good to turn the “blinkies” on, which show over exposure or under exposure. That gives you a quick reference when you’re shooting fast, so if the preview has a lot of blinking parts… stop and fix your exposure. more direct answer… you should never intend to have bad lighting, and hope to fix it in post. If you’re shooting your product… with the intent to sell. Spend a few bucks to improve your lighting. When people are are shopping…. People skip over bad photos that are hard to tell the details.

thanks. I saw the description of these possibles bags, and the front flap was referred to as a beaver tail, because of the shape. I thought, I wonder of a I could get a real beaver tail and what does it look like. It wasn’t very expensive.. maybe 20 -30 bucks-ish, from a guy on Etsy. When I saw that neat deep grain pattern in the tail, I was immediately sold.

Those reins are spectacular.

Thanks! I love the deep grain pattern in the beaver tail. It’s really holds the antique to make it pop. I was amazed how much some simple scrimshaw added to the look. I’m definitely gonna try to incorporate some more of it in future projects. Thank you sir. I truly appreciate that. I’m kinda excited to start a horn, and work through the process.

Thank you very much!

I have a whole bunch of stuff I've never tried before. Here's my first bag. A possibles bag. I made it out of 4-5oz leather, with a pillow ticking liner, then added rabbit to the front. I sewed it inside out. I never thought I've get it turned right side out. I took me almost an hour, and I had to beat it with a mallet to get the corners to collapse in. But I got it, and the seams didn't rip. It a beaver tail front flap. I thought I would be appropriate to actually get a beaver tail to make it. At the bottom of the strap, I picked up a few pieces of trade silver. The front flap is I could get them to attached directly to the strap, so I wetted some 2-oz leather pinned them to it, and then sewed the 2-oz onto the strap. I attached a patch knife and a powder measure to the straps. Then, I made a flint wallet, and a carved a moose in the front. First time for trying to make an animal type carving. Trying to push myself to do some different stuff. Finally, its not really leather work, but I made a turkey wing bone turkey call, and I tried doing a little scrimshaw in the bone. At some point, I want to make a powder horn for the bag, and I want to scrimshaw it. Needing to get some scrimshaw practice before I tackle that.

Thank you very much!!

Leather is pretty flexible when it’s wet. When you stamp leather, it spreads. The more you stamp … like in a basket weave pattern, it keeps spreading. By the time I stamped the diamond pattern, the stitch lines n the back of the holster no longer lined up. They were close, but the front absolutely spread out. If you masking tape the back when you stamp, it holds the leather in place, and keeps it from spreading out.

I’m kinda confused. I don’t recall ever saying the antler was cut off. Doogmeister asked if this was mule deer. I said I didn’t know.

Thanks! Not 100% sure on the antler. I bought it from a maker on Etsy. the seller didn’t say.

Thank you very much sir. Now I’m planning out how I want to design the possibles bag. Thank you very much.