Belt bag

[Rickey Brown]

I wanted a small belt bag to keep pocket items in at rendezvous and to use when hunting with the Fusil instead of a large bag. I made this one from elk hide sewn with hemp

 

[BrownBear]

Looks like my size and style of belt bag.... Small, no clasp or buckle to fumble with, but with a flap sewn with a top seam rather than one piece with the back and long enough not to flop open. Excellent!

My criteria for size is at least large enough for me to shove my closed fist into it (easier to grab small stuff that always settles to the bottom). Saying that, how big is yours?

 

[Rickey Brown]

LOL I wrapped the leather around mt fist so I could be sure to get my fist out when full

 

[Jim Vatt]

Looks really good. I made a belt bag last year based off an early 18th century drawing...unlike you...I "eyeballed wrong" and it's a little tough withdrawing my hand with something in it! Chalked it up to lessons learned.

 

[Artificer]

Martin,

Why not just take the pouch apart and sew a gusset all the way around?

Gus

 

[Jim Vatt]

That would work, but it'll probably just be given to someone with a much smaller hand than mine and I'll start over.

 

[Rickey Brown]

experience is the best teacher. I don't know how leather projects I started and had to scrap before I got the hang of it

 

[BrownBear]

I don't know how leather projects I started and had to scrap before I got the hang of it

Ain't that the truth!!!! :rotf:

Funny how good things look when you're first starting out, but with experience those first efforts start looking like something that needs to spend the rest of its days in the deep dark corner of a drawer somewhere... :td: