#119

#119 - calf hair, cowhide, incised flap, copper button, antique buckle.

#118 - Pouch with Ron Hess Horn

Last year I brought two deer hides from hunting season to a tannery in Montgomery, NY named Pergamena (https://www.pergamena.net/).  They tanned both hides using chestnut tannins, which makes for a much different color and texture than typical commercial vegetable tanned hides.  That leather was used to make this pouch.  The strap was made Kris Polizzi and the banded horn by Ron Hess; both were aged by me.  The pouch also has an antique buckle.

End of Winter Hunting Season

Till spring turkey....

#117

Pouch #117; cowhide and hair-on calfhide, pigskin trim, antique buckle, copper button; powder horn by Ron Hess.

#116

Simple bark-tan pouch with pigskin trim, lined with linen, hemp strap and antique brass/steel buckle.

Tool wallet and pouch

Wallet and pouch, made for a friend to hold his flints and tools. Antique bone buttons.

(flint tool, ladle, pliers and mold made by Larry Callahan).

Converted Saddle Holster with Flintlock Pistol by Jack Hansberry

The premise behind this piece is that one part of a pair of saddle holsters was removed and repurposed into a shoulder-worn holster for a flintlock pistol with the addition of a belt.
The 54 caliber flintlock pistol was made by Hudson Valley gunmaker Jack Hansberry.