Haversacks, Possible Bags, and Shot bags...

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Have to admit, I'm impressed with the "Who MakesFire " thread:)

Let's see how many of you have the gear to carry everything with....


Here's my Haversack. It's been waterproofed with beeswax and can carry all my gear that I need on the trail...

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Let's see some trail gear....everything from ball bags to shot bags, and the Possibility Bags..:)

giz
 
Her's my possibles bag and horn. I only use it when I take my Hawken out.
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I'm working on a sling for the Hawken that is made from a Hudson's Bay blanket and pillow ticking back, leather ends.
I use this more for packing pistols.
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My 20 inches and 30+ pounds of man bag, straight off the shelf from Harbor Freight.
Fluoropolymer waterproofing spray by 3M Corporation.
1847 Walker Colt replica by Uberti.
Loading lever retaining thingy by sltm1.
Girly-man sofa by Haverty's Home Decor.

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Ginormous, I have that same bag in black, they sure hold a lot. Great idea on the waterproofing spray, I'm going to do that today! That comes in handy here in the Pacific Northwest.


gizamo, I think that haversack is cool looking. That would be nice for my cap&ball revolver paraphernalia. Did you make that out of a light canvas?
 
It is made out of lightweight (10oz.) Canvas. Three pewter buttons. Cotton strap. Beeswax concoction to waterproof and give it that aged look.

They are available for sale at many of the muzzleloader sites that sell sutlery items..
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I have a WW2 surplus canvass bag that would make a possibles bag. Certainly not authentic leather, but with several pockets, and loops for whatever it was originally made for. It is in great shape, other than being a little dried out, and stiff as cardboard. Do any of you have any suggestions for a spray, or solution to soak this thing, to revive it?
 
Do any of you have any suggestions for a spray, or solution to soak this thing, to revive it?
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Mink oil is what I would try. Bob well be along, he'll know.



Ah heck, brain fart, I was thinking leather, not canvas.

An old canvas bag should be cotton fiber, use a very mild soap. The newer canvas is synthetic, you can get cleaning supplies for canvas at most boat shops.
 
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Do any of you have any suggestions for a spray, or solution to soak this thing, to revive it?
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The original stonewashing proces used pumice stones to soften the heavy denim garment. But that has been replaced with an industrial use enzyme wash.
There's some tips to try on the page below including repeated washings with a maximum amount of detergent and fabric softener. Some folks use sandpaper to rasp the material but that risks breaking some of the fibers.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=373276

I've found that some ladies bags from thrift shops can make very good inexpensive possibles bags and I'm still using the first one that I ever bought. It's a thin, light weight rectangular fold over made from soft pigskin and it hangs just right. I then thread a twist tie through the base of any zipper handle so that it won't rattle at all. I've bought other ladies handbags and also have some manufactured possibles bags made from polar fleece but I've never needed them. The latter do have more pockets and rugged plastic buckles, but they're not as comfortable or convenient as using the ladies leather fold over. ;)
 
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Arcticap, I'll scavenge just about anything for repurposing, but I gotta say, you're a better man than me, my friend. I draw the line at women's purses, no matter how caché the label on the item.

Unless it's a Dooney & Bourke, of course. Then I'm the first into the dumpster.
 
Never! Everyone knows you kneel when wearing a kilt and dumpster diving.

Etiquette first and foremost, lest we be thought barbarians.
 
Cats...

tend to be rather fond of swatting at, swinging from things which lure them from their location of dangle. :what:
 
That's the infamous Scottish Bog Cat. Indigenous to the Highlands and Loch areas of Scotland, this vicious feline is notorious for sharpening claws on bare legs. She's gonna make a nice Sporran one of these days. :)

BTW, coffee stains clean up with the universal solvent and social lubricant, Single Malt Scotch.
 
"the universal solvent and social lubricant, Single Malt Scotch"

Highland only please... that other stuff induces a headache, no matter how little is put to good use.

Never trust "down stream" sources of water. :D
 
plad kilt

Hay Ginous,Is that gorden plad.If so,howdy cuz..My granmaw was a Gorden from G. by way of the smokies in N.C. She was a moonshine ol gal though.
 
Chuck, nice to meet you. That's the Gordon Modern Tartan. And, as far as you know, that's me, or maybe not. ;)

My part of the family tree took a tortuous route to Georgia: no idea where before KY (we're talking the 1820's here) > Kentucky > New Jersey (Late 1800's) > Florida (1930's) > Arizona (1960's) > Georgia (Present day)

I attended college (one of several, for I was a professional student) for a couple of years in the NE of the state, and where I was introduced to "Hazel Creek white lightning" by none other than . . . The Big Cat, Mr. Johnny Mize, of St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees fame. Ignorant me, I didn't know who he was at the time, although I had heard a famous baseball player lived in the area. My brush with greatness I guess.

Anyway (and to stay on topic somewhat), my antecedents undoubtedly wore or carried a mixture of Sporrans, haversacks, ball bags, shot bags and what have you, and would be appalled my use of a not too original tool bag. :)
 
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