pouch with a difference
Feb 22, 2020 13:50:44 GMT -7
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Post by spence on Feb 22, 2020 13:50:44 GMT -7
I have a shot pouch which I thought some might like to see, it’s a bit unusual. It’s apparently made of moose hide, and there are some quite different construction techniques.
I don’t know who made it. A friend commissioned a rifle from Wm. Buchele in the 1970s, and this pouch came along with it. My friend bought the gun only as a collector’s item, had no interest in the pouch, so he gave it to me. I’ve almost never used it, but am carrying it more lately.
I’ve been told Bill Buchele had someone who made bags for him. Buchele went about his craft in such an offbeat way I’ve often wondered if that were true, because this seems just like the kind of pouch he would think up.
Something I’ve never seen before, the entire inside is painted with glue, apparently hide glue, I guess to stiffen it.
A piece of leather is glued inside, on the back panel, as a reinforcement to the strap being sewn on. The strap is both sewn and glued.
The pouch has a gusset, and welts at those seams. Inside, a piece of stiff vegetable tanned leather cut to exactly that shape is inserted in the bottom.
The strap is made of one piece folded and glued. It’s adjustable by changing the lacing at the shoulder.
The knife sheath is for a larger knife, and is done in an unusual way. It’s not sewn onto the front of the strap, but around it, with the strap inside. There is a hard rawhide insert, custom fit to the blade, which is inserted between the front of the strap and the sheath.
Spence
I don’t know who made it. A friend commissioned a rifle from Wm. Buchele in the 1970s, and this pouch came along with it. My friend bought the gun only as a collector’s item, had no interest in the pouch, so he gave it to me. I’ve almost never used it, but am carrying it more lately.
I’ve been told Bill Buchele had someone who made bags for him. Buchele went about his craft in such an offbeat way I’ve often wondered if that were true, because this seems just like the kind of pouch he would think up.
Something I’ve never seen before, the entire inside is painted with glue, apparently hide glue, I guess to stiffen it.
A piece of leather is glued inside, on the back panel, as a reinforcement to the strap being sewn on. The strap is both sewn and glued.
The pouch has a gusset, and welts at those seams. Inside, a piece of stiff vegetable tanned leather cut to exactly that shape is inserted in the bottom.
The strap is made of one piece folded and glued. It’s adjustable by changing the lacing at the shoulder.
The knife sheath is for a larger knife, and is done in an unusual way. It’s not sewn onto the front of the strap, but around it, with the strap inside. There is a hard rawhide insert, custom fit to the blade, which is inserted between the front of the strap and the sheath.
Spence
