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My good friend, John Pruitt, made a couple traditional muzzleloader rifles for my dad and me and asked me to make him a shooting bag as payment. I finally finished it yesterday. What is really special about this piece is that the body of the bag is made from the hide off the moose I killed with my longbow in 2015. The light brown dotted leather is ostrich hide and the colored leather is ostrich leg skin. The trim and fringe are deer hide and I carved the buttons out of the antlers off a buck I killed with my longbow. Everything was sewn by hand using artificial sinew. The bag has one external pocket and two internal pockets. I hope he likes it!

Darren

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Sweet! 

You tan the hide? Or send out? Just curious

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That's amazing! 

So much leather...so little time.

 

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Between it being an awesome bag in it's own right and the personal connection of the antler and moose hide I'm sure he'll love it.

Great looking bag!

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Beautiful work!  I like the rifles as well - LH flintlock and mule hammer sidelock - don't see that many of either styles around much!  

Gary

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Awesome work. Is the moose strap a single piece or folded over for more strength? 

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Man, that is an awesome piece of work! That stitching and lacework is insane.

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That is some magnificent work! Those are very nice rifles too. I'd be proud to carry any of them( I'm strictly pre 1840).

One day at a time my friends

              John

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Very nice! Where might one find info on the lacing applique and different stitching you did?

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How could he not love it? That is awesome.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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