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!

June 29, 2012

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.