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Offline Darren Haverstick

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Made this shooting bag for a friend
« on: January 02, 2018, 07:45:23 AM »
My good friend, John Pruitt, made a couple rifles for my dad and me and asked me to make him a shooting bag as payment. I finally finished it yesterday. What is really special about this piece is that the body of the bag is made from the hide off the moose I killed with my longbow in 2015. The light brown dotted leather is ostrich hide and the colored leather is ostrich leg skin. The trim and fringe are deer hide and I carved the buttons out of the antlers off a buck I killed with my longbow. Everything was sewn by hand using artificial sinew. The bag has one external pocket and two internal pockets. I hope he likes it!

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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2018, 01:50:19 PM »
As usual...great work by you!  :applaud
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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2018, 01:56:30 PM »
A shooting bag is on my list of accouterments to make and once again I am inspired. I figure if I reach for the stars, like these great examples, I'll get up out of the common mud of those last minute, thrown together, just good enough stuff that usually happens with a last minute deadline approaching.
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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2018, 07:06:44 PM »
Quote from: SharpStick on January 02, 2018, 01:56:30 PM
A shooting bag is on my list of accouterments to make and once again I am inspired. I figure if I reach for the stars, like these great examples, I'll get up out of the common mud of those last minute, thrown together, just good enough stuff that usually happens with a last minute deadline approaching.
 :bow

I would greatly suspect that last statement describes me to a "T".

I can say with almost certainty that I have never actually "planned" any accouterment I have ever made.
Perhaps a little thought went into the layout, but insofar as actually planning to do something on any given date or time, then gathering all the materials.....that has just never happened.

I suspect I will have to do better, if your work is any indication of what can happen once I climb out of the common mud, then I think a little prior planning has to be on the agenda....instead of; "Hey lookie what I found! I think I will make meself a doomaflitchie for my Black powder stuff".
Your work is outstanding. with your skills being remarkable.
 :hairy

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Offline Winter Hawk

Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2018, 05:14:49 PM »
That is plumb beautiful! :bow 
Iffen he don't like it, let us know and we'll whup up on him until he sees the error of his ways!   :laffing

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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2018, 07:24:34 PM »
Very nice indeed!!!  :hairy
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Offline PetahW

Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2018, 10:00:14 PM »
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Congrats are due for your wonderful workmanship and design ideas - VERY nice !  :toast

 :applaud :applaud


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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2018, 06:33:56 PM »
dhaverstick:  absolutely beautiful.

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Offline Hylander

Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2018, 12:15:15 PM »
Wow, nice work
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Offline Hanshi

Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2018, 02:10:36 PM »
Absolutely one of the most beautiful shooting bags ever to sooth my eyes. :bow
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Offline Sjfriend

Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2019, 11:12:05 PM »
Haven't been here in a while  :o

That is a beautiful piece of work! Did you tan the moose hide yourself? Wondered about doing that but that is some hard labor :)

Course, if I ever get to make my own bag, no way will I post now. I'm ashamed at my work just looking at that :)
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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2019, 12:31:20 PM »
YEOW!!  Pretty bag!! :applaud

Lots of work made my hands hurt looking at it. 
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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2019, 02:51:52 PM »
Amazing!!!!   :bow :bow :bow
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Re: Made this shooting bag for a friend
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2019, 11:32:40 PM »
Looks fantastic
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