Eldorado Report post Posted March 10, 2011 Made this pouch purse based an interpretation of this 1503 design - http://tarvos.imarea...ges/7005484.JPG Would love some comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TigerPal Report post Posted March 10, 2011 Very nice work! Historical side note: made me think of the old term "cut-purse" for a thief ... guess the small danglers gave rise to that by being easy to steal by sneakily cutting the strings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eldorado Report post Posted March 10, 2011 Very nice work! Historical side note: made me think of the old term "cut-purse" for a thief ... guess the small danglers gave rise to that by being easy to steal by sneakily cutting the strings. Thanks for the kind words. You know, a similar thought crossed my mind as I was researching and making it. Several of the styles of the time had the purse hanging from the belt by a simply string or leather thong. Fairly easy for a cutpurse to cut. This design (though I modified it a bit) appears to be one of the first attempts at fixing that, by making the belt connection be a more substantial piece of leather. The Girdle Purse also did this. I also think the several exterior pouches allowed access to coins and such, without opening the whole bag. This could have been important, both to keep hands out of it and so as to not let others know what you had. Easier to bargain if the other person thinks you only have the three shillings they can see in the outer pouch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RuehlLeatherWorks Report post Posted March 10, 2011 Very nice design! On a side note, that's exactly where the term "Cut purse" came from, though I believe it came from when the purse was carried on a single leather cord, making it easy to cut through. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
