I promised my wife a shot bag some time ago, and finally sat down and put one together. Leather is 3 or 4 oz oil tan cowhide, brass buckle and sewn with linen thread.

Here are all the leather pieces cut out


Decorative edge cut into the flap and the seam welt


Straps sewn onto pouch back


Detail of buckle and strap keeper


Sewing the front on the pouch, inside out

And here is the bag turned right side out. I soak the bag to make it more pliable, then hang to dry for a couple days.



And here is the complete bag, finished with a brown shoe polish


I'll take some outdoor shots with it tomorrow, paired with her engraved powder horn.

Outstanding work!

Do you use a cutting jig to make that decorative edge ?

No jig. I just cut them by eye with a large xacto knife. They aren't all exact at all.

You're right. And the bag looks great. I hope my niece doesn't see it. She'd want one

Nice ! Any thing hand made is cool.

Mac

Very nice work

looks great

Nice looking bag.

Heres an outside picture with the powder horn I made her last year, with a fingerwoven strap.

Beautiful

Real nice work there!!! I do have a question on your edge pattern is that just something you thought up or is that a particular historically correct bag. I know the shot pouches in the southern Appalachians were so distinct you can tell where it originated from just from some design features. Thanks

That edge design came from an original pouch believed to be made by Tansell. He was much better known for making beautiful powder horns, with fancy throat work and very nice engraving. There was an article in a recent Muzzleloader magazine about the pouch.

A southern bearded pouch is on my to do list.

Very nice!

Thanks, be sure to post pictures when you get it done,

You do nice work!

K Snow you have a great talent!

Thanks for the compliments guys. I am nowhere near an expert with leatherwork, but I do enjoy making serviceable items.