New York leatherworker Bill Schneider has crafted a
dandy “home-made looking” hunting pouch.
Made from a deer that Bill harvested and bark tanned, it’s been stained
a nice worn brown color and aged to look “already worn”. An interesting cross hatched design appears
on the front, which according to Bill is an unintentional result of scraping
the hide when tanning it. Intentional or not. It adds a nice different looking
design on the front.
Measuring a compact 8 x 9 inches, it features a double pouch
with a flapped front pouch and a full width integral pocket in back which gives
you two pouches without the thickness of four layers. Sewn with waxed linen thread, it incorporates
a hand forged buckle by Tennessean Steve Baxter on an adjustable strap. The
neat little side knife, made by Greg Bray, director and blacksmith at
Prickett’s Fort in West Virginia is hafted with a deer leg bone handle and
carries a nice razor-sharp forged blade - all aged to match the look of the
pouch. The fringed sheath is buttoned to the pouch and slips in the rear pouch,
but can be removed for separate use, if desired.
Bill can be reached at P O Box 249, Panama, NY 14767 Email:
airwolf54a@yahoo.com Phone:716 499-9716
Greg Bray can be reached director@prickettsfort.org
To contact Steve Baxter you will have to be run into him at
a rendezvous, Friendship or at his home in West Tennessee.
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