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Beaver Tail Pouch
primitivepaulette:
;D Thanks Scowler.. Think I'll cut that down about about 1 3/4's or two in. maybe and drill a hole and start off my narrow 4 strand round braid right there and put the 8" or so braid right into the right side of the pouch. details details :D
Pappy:
Very nice pouch,beautiful work. :)
Pappy
JW_Halverson:
If that feller had the bad taste to not like this project because of the floral pattern, refer him to historical documents indicating floral patterns were common and well accepted in the fur trade era. And if he still doesn't like it, send me a private message and I'll work out a trade for that lovely piece of work.
I've always wanted to do a double beavertail shooting pouch for my muzzleloading, this isn't helping me get over it.
primitivepaulette:
thanks Pappy and JW,
I think Billy likes the pouch a LOT. He offered to bring his chainsaw over when he comes to pickup the pouch and help me cut up about 3000lbs of wood from a bundle I picked up the other day. He must like it a lot to offer to do that!
I made a small crack on one side of the pouch today getting a little too anxious to rehydrate it again... I let it stiffen after the last time i wet it and well it might be okay to do it but really they are most delicate in the transition stage! so I will do my next pouch like all the other pouches historically.. as just a decoration on the flap or something. .. I will definately keep moving it as it dries but if this guy gets this rawhide tail skin wet.. and then it dries and he goes to bend it or something.. it could turn to more than two pieces of rawhide beavertail! And that's just not cool! so. really the skins are best left a bit thick and wrapped around something to dry fast like a bow grip or like a sheath cover.. something not meant to be used as a leather itself.. just nothing much to them.
I found a buckskinner's forum today.. couple of em on yahoo.. just waiting to join.. not really a part of any group. I've been tanning hides for 10 yrs or so, I think? time does fly.. especially the older you get!
swamp yeti:
That is very nice,like it a lot.
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