Heart Shaped Bag #12

After a long time absent from posting my work, here is some photos of my most resent bag. The bag is heart shaped and made from 3 oz. veg tanned leather, hand stitched with linen thread, dyed a dark brown and treated with pure linseed oil and wax. The inside has a large pocket the full width of the bag and divided in half. The flap has some simple tooling done on the front side and striped linen added to the backside and is held closed with a brass button. The detail of the strap can be seen in the photo along with it's forged 1" buckle.The bag size is 7" wide x 9" deep.

Ax Set

Along with the new shot bag previously posted, he also order an ax and shoulder carry sheath. The small axe is hand forged from medium carbon steel with a slight hammered finish, the head size is about 4" long and has a 2" in cutting edge. Handle is 12 1/2" long, and is of Hickory,the handle has a curved bulbous end and finger grooves for a good grip. The leather shoulder sheath is made from 4 oz veg tanned leather and dyed a dark brown, the leather carry strap is 3/4" wide and is adjustable with a forged buckle.

New Bag #11

This is a single shot bag that I just completed for a gentlemen. It is made from 2-3 oz. veg tanned leather, hand stitched with linen thread. He requested that it have a small inside pocket and some tooling done on the flap.
The bag is seven inches wide and six and half inches deep with a inch and half  wide gusset added, all seam are welted also. The strap is one inch wide with a forged buckle, brass button closer.

My "Man Cave"

Finally, the wife and I have an empty nest, the last of our three sons has move out to start a family of his own. So I have taken over the bedroom that we had built in our basement a long time ago. I remove the closet to make it in to a room of 11x13 large enough for a small den. I now have a place to display and enjoy the things that I like to do. The buck was taken with a bow, and the two bear were both taken with a flintlock musket.The turkey tail fan & beard from my first bird, taken such a long time ago. They now have a place to be in which I can sit and remember the hunts from the past and dream of the ones yet to come.

Double Shot Snake

I was asked to make a new shot snake using the old one as a pattern. The old one was in bad shape, the leather was rotten and fell apart very easy.

 

This is what I had to work with.

                                           This is the finished one next to the old.

When trying to remove the English charger head the leather just tore away. One had already been repaired at one time.

 

The old ones in place.

 

This is the finished shot snake. 

New Double Bag #10

New Shot Bag #9