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Title: possible bag pattern
Post by: woodstick on August 30, 2009, 12:08:06 pm: iam thinkin of doing some leather work. i got a soft tanned cow hide today and would like to do something with it, so i thought a possible bag but aint sure where to start, well iam but i would like to see some others. i looked on here and didnt find anything anybody got any advise. i will send you many thanks.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Pat B on August 30, 2009, 02:34:35 pm: Tim, figure out what you want/need in a possibles bag and make a pattern. I use poster board(paper) for patterns.The back and flap will be one piece of leather and the front will be the basic shape and size of the finished bag(minus the stitching seam). Between the two will be a gusset or the sides and bottom of the bag. With soft leather you will stitch the bag inside out and reverse it when done. By doing this it will get the rigidness it needs to hold it's shape. If you want a pocket inside you can add an extra panel to the front piece or to the back. Any raw edges should be rolled and sewn or put in a running stitch to prevent the leather from stretching.
Another thing that is important when working with leather is the stretch factor. Leather stretches more and easier across the hide and stretches less from head to tail. Use the non-stretch direction across openings and edges like the front flap and pockets and cut straps from head to tail for minimal stretch.
Osage medallions make for a nice closure button ( ;) ) on the flap with a thong attached to the front seam to hold the flap down.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: woodstick on August 30, 2009, 04:47:18 pm: thanks pat i knew you would give me some help i figure i just go at it i kind had in mind what you said.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Grunt on September 13, 2009, 12:35:04 pm: I have always incorporated a stick sewn to the back of the bag that the straps are tied to. Like a plains style quiver. Helps keep the bag's shape.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: woodstick on September 13, 2009, 12:43:50 pm: i got one made and i thought bout a stick cause it is made out of soft tanned cow hide and real floppy, thanks i will do that.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Pat B on September 13, 2009, 02:24:13 pm: You already have one with a red eyed coy-dog face on it! ;D
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: woodstick on September 13, 2009, 02:54:59 pm: yep i went to a deer farm yesterday to see some big bucks and do some shooting everybody asked where it come from, they liked it alot.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Pat B on September 13, 2009, 04:10:04 pm: 8) I'll make them one for $500! ;D
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: chasing crow on September 19, 2009, 09:27:59 am: Woodstick,
Don't forget to sow it together insideout. This hides and protects the stiching. Then work it to turn it rightside out. Happy sewing!
Chasing Crow
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: kayakfisher on November 12, 2009, 05:32:54 pm: This is a simple one my son made leather folded over stiched on sides piece folded over for flap strap sewed on works for him.
Dennis

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Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Cromm on November 12, 2009, 05:56:41 pm: I will try and post photos of one that I've made later today.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: madcrow on November 12, 2009, 07:57:22 pm: Here is one I made for mullet.

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/maillemaker1/Raw%20materials/knives378.jpg)
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Cromm on November 14, 2009, 11:02:00 am: Hi,
Here is the one I made this year and I am now adding a quiver to the back of it for 3D shoots.
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag001.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag003.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag004.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag005.jpg)

I've made it so I can take the knife and put it on the outside when camping or 3D shooting and then inside when I am out and about on the street trying to get to the wilds.

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag007.jpg)

Thanks for your time.....
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Cromm on November 14, 2009, 11:06:44 am: And this is as far as I've got on putting the quiver on it....
First the back of the bag
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag006.jpg)

Then the quiver on top.
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag011.jpg)
Then with some arrows in to show you what it will be like....
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag010.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag012.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/QuiverBag014.jpg)

Thanks again for your time.
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: medicinewheel on November 15, 2009, 01:50:57 pm: Been thinking about the same sort of thing, but probably wildboar hide...
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: zeNBowyer on November 15, 2009, 02:01:48 pm: Cromm,
I like your design with the loops, looks like a very functional bag
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: radius on November 15, 2009, 02:15:08 pm: what does possible bag mean? and how is it different from a purse?
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: bobnewboy on November 15, 2009, 02:48:51 pm: Hi Woodstick,

I followed Pat's advice, and here's a link to my first bag:

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,12609.msg176613.html#msg176613
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: zeNBowyer on November 15, 2009, 03:01:17 pm: Radius-
In the Mountain Man era it was common for a trapper or a hunter to carry your most basic posessions in a small bag called a possibles bag,
Ammunition,knives, food, firestarter etc might be carried in a simple bag or purse carried on the shoulder
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Pat B on November 15, 2009, 05:41:56 pm: Radius, the only difference in a possibles bag and a purse is in the attitude! ;D
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Cromm on November 15, 2009, 06:11:05 pm: Quote from: Pat B on November 15, 2009, 05:41:56 pm
Radius, the only difference in a possibles bag and a purse is in the attitude! ;D

;D ;D :-* :-*
Title: Re: possible bag pattern
Post by: Hillbilly on November 15, 2009, 08:13:15 pm: In the era those were common, pants didn't generally have pockets, so they kind of held everything that you would carry in your pockets.