Leather Shot Bags & Accouterments for the French & Indian War.

Leather Shot Bags & Accouterments for the French & Indian War.
Welcome to my Blog! My name is Darrel Lang and I specialize in the Replication of Leather shot bags & Accouterments made in the colonies by the harness and saddle maker of the18th century. All items are hand sewn using waxed linen thread, dyed, then treated with neatsfoot oil & bee’s wax. The leather used is of veg. tanned cow hide 2-3 or 4-5 oz. weight. Other materials used are pig skin, period correct linens for the 18th century and iron or brass buckles. Please take a look at what I have to offer. Thank you!

July 5, 2011

Bags for the CLA show.

I received a phone call one day last week from Bill Pritchard, he is a gun maker from Kentucky, he had seen some of my belt pouches that I had posted on the CLA site for sale. He like the looks of one of the pouches and was wondering if I could make two just a little larger with no frills, no lining or pockets in side the bag and no straps he would add his own. Bill believes that the bags made in the early 18th century where made small and with out lining and all the pockets that we find in today's bags.   Plain & Simple!
He is going to display these bags along with some of his guns at the big CLA show in August.

Bag #1
Is made from 4-5 oz. veg. tanned leather, hand sewn with linen thread and dyed a dark brown and treated with bee's wax. The bag finished size is 7"x7" with a 1 1/2" gusset, there is no lining or pockets in side the bag as requested by Bill.

 Bag #2
This bag is made the same as above but is only 6 1/2" wide and 7" deep with the 1 1/2" gusset and again no lining or pockets in side the bag.