A Pouch
I've made several pouches over the years, but Most of them have been fairly bland and utilitarian, without any recognizable historical shape. I decided to try making something a little more distinctive this time, if not entirely accurate. I've had a pile of elk hide lying around for years that I was originally planning to turn into a new pair of shoes. Fortunately my laziness on the shoe front was a good thing in this case, as I've been informed that elk hide is far too stretchy to make good shoes. It does, however, make perfectly dandy pouches. It's quite thick, while still being very soft and supple. I wanted to make a purse with a rigid flap, though I wasn't able to pull together the materials to make any sort of proper frame. Instead I cut a piece of scrap aluminum to the shape I wanted and glued some slik to it to cover it up. I riveted it to the flap of the pouch with some leftover copper rivets from the coat of pates I made a while back. The result is not entriely unattractive, though it's still a little rough. The body of the pouch is closed with a drawstring, which I plan to replace with a better cord than the one seen here. The loop is sewn to the back of the pouch, and is just about the right size for my dagger to sit in comfortably. I plan to add some tassels to the bottom edge of the pouch, but otherwise this is pretty much the finished product.
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