Members Littlef Posted April 6 Members Report Posted April 6 (edited) 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. Edited April 6 by Littlef spelling Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
Members DieselTech Posted April 6 Members Report Posted April 6 Nice work. They all look great. Quote
Members Gezzer Posted April 6 Members Report Posted April 6 Love the beaver tail and the scrimshaw work ! Quote
AlZilla Posted April 6 Report Posted April 6 Wow. That is a great way to use the beaver tail. Definitely eye catching against the rabbit. I just got a few beaver tails last week that need a use. Quote “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire “Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” - Aristotle
CFM chuck123wapati Posted April 6 CFM Report Posted April 6 You are the best-dressed mountain man in the Rockies, indeed. Nice work! Horns are fun getting them thin enough to see through will make you pull your hair out lol. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Littlef Posted April 6 Author Members Report Posted April 6 4 hours ago, DieselTech said: Nice work. They all look great. Thank you very much! Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
Members Littlef Posted April 6 Author Members Report Posted April 6 4 hours ago, Gezzer said: Love the beaver tail and the scrimshaw work ! 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. 54 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said: You are the best-dressed mountain man in the Rockies, indeed. Nice work! Horns are fun getting them thin enough to see through will make you pull your hair out lol. Thank you sir. I truly appreciate that. I’m kinda excited to start a horn, and work through the process. Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
Members DoubleKCustomLeathercraft Posted April 12 Members Report Posted April 12 Oh great! Now you got me wanting to get a beaver tail to work with. That bag looks pretty damn awesome! Quote
Members Littlef Posted April 12 Author Members Report Posted April 12 15 hours ago, DoubleKCustomLeathercraft said: Oh great! Now you got me wanting to get a beaver tail to work with. That bag looks pretty damn awesome! 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. Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
Members Littlef Posted April 18 Author Members Report Posted April 18 On 4/6/2025 at 11:45 AM, DieselTech said: Nice work. They all look great. Thank you very much! On 4/6/2025 at 1:00 PM, AlZilla said: Wow. That is a great way to use the beaver tail. Definitely eye catching against the rabbit. I just got a few beaver tails last week that need a use. Thank you sir! Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
Members Mablung Posted April 26 Members Report Posted April 26 Oh, that is so cool. I love frontier history and the gear and accoutrements. Looks like just the thing a long hunter who lived and hunted from the small supplies carried in his possibles sack would carry. Now I want to make one (along with the long list of other things I want to make...). Quote
Members Littlef Posted April 29 Author Members Report Posted April 29 On 4/25/2025 at 8:44 PM, Mablung said: Oh, that is so cool. I love frontier history and the gear and accoutrements. Looks like just the thing a long hunter who lived and hunted from the small supplies carried in his possibles sack would carry. Now I want to make one (along with the long list of other things I want to make...). It was a rewarding project. It’s definitely sparks a lot of conversation when people see it. Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
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