Making leather stuff for muzzleloaders...

[Adam Helmer]

I bought a bushel basket of leather pieces at a yard sale for $2.00 last year. Since then, I have made knife sheaths, possibles bag shoulder straps, flint pockets and leather lacings.

I just looked in the Cabela's Shooting catalog and saw a possibles bag (on page 115) for $179.99, plus shipping. The pouch is 11" high and 10" wide. That is a bit small for all my possibles. We have a "Nitch" indoor perpetual yard sale building just over the hill. They have a huge table of leather purses for $1 or $2 each. I snagged 3 and came home and fitted them all with leather shoulder straps.

My next project is to make a belt holster for my "New Orleans" .45 caliber percussion pistol to go on the same belt with my 'hawk. Ah, thanks for these long Winters in northcentral Pennsylvania.

Adam