Elk leg possibles pouch

[BowEd]

An  8" by 8" elk leg pouch with a round braided strap made with heavy brain tanned elk with buffalo hair cones down each side.



I'll do a little beadwork on this one with a key hole design using the four direction colors.Yellow to the east,red to the west,green to the south,and white to the north.No button closure will be needed.

I may bead a couple crosses on it also.
It's made into the same concept as the buffalo tipi bags with fringe on it's sides.

Glad to finish this one up as deer season opens in just a few days.I've worn it around target shooting and it wears very conveniently.

[BowEd]

I would say if anybody wants to get into this related thing I'd get myself The Books of Buckskinning series of books number 1 through 8.All sorts of skills shown in there and enjoyable to make.

[Pappy]

Very nice Ed as usual. Pappy

[BowEd]

Thanks Pappy...
It would be cool to see more of these skills out there.As there are some real artists out there far beyond the projects that I've shown.

[Pat B]

Very cool bags, Ed.   

[bjrogg]

Thanks for sharing Ed. Really nice stuff

Bjrogg

[BowEd]

Finished it up with a little beadwork.Siouw lazy stitched mostly going through the leather partway.

Might add crosses on it yet.

[chamookman]

Very cool Ed  ! Bob

[PaSteve]

Looking great, Ed.

[BowEd]

I can't help but stay connected to this type work.Used to do a lot more of it in the past.I enjoy seeing others' work also.

[BowEd]

A couple of 4 directions crosses and now I'm done.

Colors are greasy yellow,ponytrader blue,red,white,and arapaho green.All mostly old pale colors.Beads are # 11 seed beads.Don't care for the iridescent & translusant type beadwork colors being put on pow wow dancers outfits these days.

[Chumash]

A great work, thanks for sharing

[BowEd]

A close up look at my work...Not in any way perfect at all but good enough for me this time.I've done better and seen better.Taking your time more will give better results. An example as you can see the rows are humped up with the siouw lazy stitch being used.A little applique stitching laying flatter with the round rosette.As the types of stitches being described in the Buck and Doe deer leg pouches thread.

[BowEd]

I'm having thoughts at the moment of making a hunting quiver out of this brain tanned elk that'll only hold only 4 to 5  broadhead arrows.It'll suit the type of bow hunting that I do nowadays.A quiver for a 4 to 5 hour hunt.
The quivers I use now will hold 12 to 15 arrows and meant for 3D shooting mostly.
Maybe a little fringe and beadwork on it also.It's good to ruminate about these decisions a while to make exactly what you will like for yourself.
I've never been a fan of making stuff for display only.My stuff has to function and function well for what it's meant for.
It holds more value IMHO.In fact stuff that does'nt look well but functions well holds more value IMHO.

[BowEd]

I did some trading with a fella who knows how to quill really good.
I replaced some of my shabby beadwork with his work on this bag.It makes it look like a real key hole design.
I can't say enough about this guys attention to details.