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I'm pretty sure I have them all on the PC. I was never convinced this was an 18th century bag. No further information past 75 years was found. Search on ALR for Saratoga bag and you will see where I brought the conversation there as well in 2010
 
I'm pretty sure I have them all on the PC. I was never convinced this was an 18th century bag. No further information past 75 years was found. Search on ALR for Saratoga bag and you will see where I brought the conversation there as well in 2010
Whatever you, or anyone else, can come up with would be greatly appreciated.

I'm especially interested to know if further research was ever done. Regardless of outcome. I have a tough time believing this bag is from 1777, but I do think it is pretty early. Maybe earlier than we normally associate some of it's design elements to.
 
Here are the few I have from a post on another forum,
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Thanks for posting the photos BN.

I sure would like too hear what the final determination on it’s age was..

If it ever was determined...or not.
 
The antique horn in this picture was brought back to working order by bee’s wax and a new stopper I whittled myself:
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It had some tiny gaps around the base plug, which probably had shrunk over the decades. I warmed up a bar of bee’s wax over the burner on my stove till it was like a soft crayon, and rubbed in quite a lot of softened wax around the plug rim and around the antique wood screw for attaching a strap. I carefully worked it in with my fingers and it’s now 100% air tight. I had some scrap hickory laying around so fashioned a replacement for the missing plug. Then, I made a strap for it from good hemp cordage and 1/4” leather strapping which I dyed brown to match my shooting pouch.

Very fun and rewarding to put an old horn back into service! :)
 
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