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Elwindil
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So I have finally finished one of the pouches that I cut from that oiled leather I bought last year. I'm pleased with the way it turned out considering that sewing is not something that I am accomplished at, it's a skill I have but not one that I practice regularly, rather like most of everything else I need to brush up on I suppose. *laugh*

that said, there are things I would do differently on a second one, if anyone is curious I'll answer those questions. now for trying to put up pictures.
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So, this here is the start of things. I've got it laid out before punching in the diamond stitching holes. I left out some pieces in the final build, the belt looking strap bit and a piece that is supposed to reinforce the back, because they seemed unnecessary once I got to assembling. I didn't get any in progress pictures beyond this first one, because once I started I just kept going with minimal breaks.
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this is what the final product looks like, that wooden toggle is one I hand made from a piece of small tree branch I trimmed early last year. the cord holding it is waxed cotton cord, not period/setting correct but it's the closest I have and I'd already bought it so no sense in not using it.
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this is the interior, not a cavernous pouch by any means, but it will hold small items like a fire kit and such odds and ends as that.
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and here we see the admittedly rather poor stitching on the side. looking back, I would have probably used a different stitching method than what I initially used.

any comments, questions, critiques are more than welcome.
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A grand start!

I think you will be more satisfied in the future with a saddle-stitch - and perhaps running the seam line a hair closer to the edge - but that's definitely functional.

Onward! :)
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That looks like a good pouch, am I right in thinking that to close it you thread the wooden toggle through the square hole then through the loop?
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I tried a saddle stitch for some things, and find it a little difficult without the stitching horse due to arthritis and all. and yes, Iodo I thread t he toggle through the square hole and then the loop.
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Elwindil wrote:and yes, Iodo I thread t he toggle through the square hole and then the loop.
That is a very good idea, I may have to steal that :lol:
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it works surprisingly well, and if memory serves it was one of the many ways a pouch was closed, some of the others that I've seen in museums were a toggle sewn to the pouch body with a hole through the flap and a loop of cord wound around the toggle, at least that was the reconstruction any way. it might not have actually been done that way
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Some of the Birka pouches (aka tarsoly) from the 10th century use a cut-out/loop closure like that, but they are thought to have been held closed with a leather strap instead of a horn. You can see some of the fittings and a reconstruction here.

Slightly different execution, same concept.

Nice pouch, by the way :mrgreen:
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